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Aug 10, 1964
Mick Jagger is found guilty of speeding and driving without insurance in Liverpool, England. In 1969, he co-writes "Honky Tonk Women," ranked among country's 500 greatest singles in the Country Music Foundation's "Heartaches By The Number"
Jan 5, 1965
Faron Young is arrested for assault after throwing his drink in the face of a policeman cracking down on a violation of Nashville liquor policies at the Music City Club on 16th Avenue. Young is required to pay a $75 fine
Jan 27, 1965
Don Gibson is arrested at his home in Nashville for assault and battery following an altercation with his wife, Rosalene. She is hospitalized two days later with a laceration above her eye
May 11, 1965
Johnny Cash is arrested for trespassing in Starkville, Mississippi, when he walks on private property to pick some flowers. During his night in jail, he violently kicks the walls of his cell, breaking his big toe
Jul 22, 1965
Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Bill Wyman are fined five pounds for urinating on a gas station wall in London. In 2003, their recording of "Honky Tonk Women" is ranked in a Country Music Foundation book among the 500 greatest country singles
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
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
Apr 28, 1966
Just weeks after Ray Charles' version of Buck Owens' "Crying Time" peaked in pop's Top 10, doctors pronounce Charles clean of his addiction to heroin
Jul 10, 1966
When Neil Young spots Buffalo Springfield associate Richard Davis being shook up by police over a parking ticket in front of The Whisky in Los Angeles, he tries to assist Davis. He ends up jailed and receives multiple lacerations and head injuries
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"
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