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Dec 22, 1966
Roy Drusky loses $4,500 worth of equipment and stage clothes when thieves break into his trailer
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"
Apr 29, 1967
Singer Ronnie Van Zant is arrested in Jacksonville for disorderly conduct and released on $50 bond. His band, Lynyrd Skynyrd, nets one of the greatest country singles in history with "Sweet Home Alabama," according to a 2003 Country Music Foundation book, "Heartaches By The Number"
Jun 27, 1967
The Rolling Stones' Mick Jagger is found guilty in London on a January narcotics charge and sent to jail. He goes on to sing lead on "Honky Tonk Women," ranked among country's greatest singles in a Country Music Foundation publication
Jun 29, 1967
The Rolling Stones' Keith Richards is found guilty in London of narcotics charges, incurred at a party he hosted in January. He is sentenced to one year of incarceration. Two years later, he co-writes "Honky Tonk Women"
Jun 30, 1967
Rolling Stones Mick Jagger and Keith Richards are freed from a London jail, days after they were sentenced on drug charges. The two co-write "Honky Tonk Women," named among country's greatest singles in a Country Music Foundation publication
Jul 14, 1967
Burglars steal $5,000 worth of goods from Hank Snow's office while he plays the Grand Ole Opry. Taken are watches, cufflinks, diamond earrings, belt buckles and insurance papers, but no money
Sep 22, 1967
While shooting "The Bill Anderson Show" at the WSIX-TV studios in Nashville, Jan Howard's briefcase falls off the trunk of her car. A man in an Oldsmobile picks it up and drives off, taking her tax records, personal documents and tranquilizers
Nov 2, 1967
Johnny Cash is arrested and jailed overnight in Lafayette, Georgia, for illegal possession of pep pills. The next morning, the sheriff asks Cash why he is wasting his life and hurting his family over narcotics. Within days, the singer begins taking steps to end his addiction
Nov 2, 1967
David Allan Coe finishes a four-year sentence at the Ohio State Penitentiary. He was found guilty of possessing burglary tools
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