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Jan 9, 1962
Charges against Ray Charles for heroin possession are dropped when an Indianapolis judge rules police did not have a proper search warrant. The next month, Charles records "Modern Sounds In Country And Western Music"
Feb 19, 1962
Chuck Berry, the author of "Maybellene," "Johnny B. Goode" and "Thirty Days," begins a three-year sentence in the federal prison in Terre Haute, Indiana, for violating the Mann Act, an antiquated law designed to battle prostitution
Mar 16, 1962
A jury acquits silver-screen cowboy Gene Autry of a drunk-driving charge in Van Nuys Municipal Court in California
Oct 18, 1963
Chuck Berry leaves the Federal Medical Center in Springfield, Missouri, after serving one year of a three-year sentence for violating the Mann Act. During his stay, he wrote "(You Never Can Tell) C'est La Vie," a future country hit for Emmylou Harris
Oct 31, 1964
Ray Charles is arrested in Boston for possession of marijuana and heroin, leading him to secure professional help to beat his addiction
Oct 4, 1965
Johnny Cash is arrested in the El Paso airport and charged with possession of more than 1,000 pills, including dexedrine and tranquilizers
Oct 11, 1965
Police in Grand Prairie, Texas, arrest three members of Jerry Lee Lewis' band and a teenage girl when more than 200 illegal pills are found in their Cadillac
Dec 28, 1965
Johnny Cash pleads guilty to drug possession in El Paso, Texas, where he was busted in October with over 1,000 pills. A related newspaper photo leads the Ku Klux Klan to boycott Cash concerts under the misguided premise that Cash's wife is black
Dec 3, 1966
A Boston court convicts Ray Charles of heroin and marijuana possession. He receives a five-year suspended sentence and a $10,000 fine. Charles had a pop hit earlier in the year with Buck Owens' "Crying Time"
Feb 12, 1967
English authorities raid Keith Richards' Sussex home. He and his Rolling Stones compadre, Mick Jagger, receive drug charges at a later date. The duo is credited for co-writing 1969's country-tinged "Honky Tonk Women"
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