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    • Jun 2, 1958
    "Maybellene" songwriter Chuck Berry is arrested in St. Charles, Missouri, on a federal charge of transporting a firearm on the interstate. The charges are later dropped
    Jul 10, 1958
    "Johnny B. Goode" songwriter Chuck Berry, driving his pink Cadillac, is arrested for "careless and imprudent driving" in St. Louis, Missouri. He pays a $15 fine
    Jul 11, 1958
    Chuck Berry, a future member of the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, purchases a two-story house in St. Louis, Missouri, symbolic of his success with such songs as "Johnny B. Goode," "Maybellene" and "Thirty Days (To Come Back Home)"
    Aug 23, 1958
    Country singers Rusty Draper and Jerry Wallace guest on ABC's "The Dick Clark Show," headlined by Chuck Berry
    Dec 25, 1958
    The Everly Brothers begin a 10-day appearance at Manhattan's Loew's Theater in "Alan Freed's Christmas Rock & Roll Spectacular," joined on the bill by Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley and Jackie Wilson
    Aug 27, 1959
    Chuck Berry--the author of future hits for Emmylou Harris, George Jones and Buck Owens--is arrested in Meridian, Mississippi, when a white girl at a fraternity dance kisses him. The African-American rocker is jailed overnight and fined $700
    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
    Mar 4, 1960
    "Maybellene" songwriter Chuck Berry is found guilty in St. Louis of violating the Mann Act, for taking an under-age female across state lines with reputedly improper motivations. It is the first of three such cases in which he will be tried over 13 months
    Jun 1, 1960
    "Brown Eyed Handsome Man" writer Chuck Berry is found not guilty on two counts of violating the Mann Act. It is the second of three trials he undergoes during 1960-61 for allegedly transporting a woman across state lines for sexual reasons
    Mar 13, 1961
    Chuck Berry, the author of "Johnny B. Goode," is tried in St. Louis, Missouri, for the third time in 13 months for violating the Mann Act, a federal statute designed to combat prostitution. He is ultimately found guilty and given a three-year sentence
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