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Sep 1, 1948
Actor Robert Mitchum is one of four people arrested for marijuana use at a home in the Hollywood Hills. Mitchum fears it will end his career, but he goes on to take part in many more movies as well as a country hit: "Little Old Wine Drinker Me"
Jan 5, 1952
Merle Travis is arrested for drunk and disorderly conduct in Los Angeles
Aug 17, 1952
Hank Williams is arrested in Alexander City, Alabama, for drunken behavior
Apr 26, 1954
Ernest Tubb is arrested for drunk driving when his car hits a telephone pole on North First Street in Nashville
Nov 17, 1955
Ray Charles is busted backstage in Philadelphia for the use of narcotics. The R&B singer later makes waves in country with his 1962 album "Modern Sounds In Country And Western Music" and his 1985 duet with Willie Nelson, "Seven Spanish Angels"
May 27, 1957
Ernest Tubb is arrested for carrying a pistol and for drunk and disorderly conduct after he fires a shot in the lobby at Nashville's WSM radio
Sep 22, 1957
T. Texas Tyler is arrested and jailed in San Antonio for possession of marijuana after he's found with 45 doobies at the White Plaza Hotel. Tyler is unable to perform at a tour stop that night with fellow members of the Grand Ole Opry
Dec 14, 1957
T. Texas Tyler pleads guilty in a Texas court to possession of 45 doobies in September. He receives a five-year prison term
Dec 31, 1957
Ernest Tubb is fined $250 when he hits a tree, driving drunk, on Lynwood Terrace in Nashville with his 1957 Cadillac
Dec 22, 1959
"Maybellene" songwriter Chuck Berry is charged in St. Louis with violating the Mann Act, for reputedly transporting a female across state lines for sexual purposes
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