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Jan 13, 1934
Skeeter Davis' grandfather, James Roberts, is murdered in Rising Sun, Indiana
Aug 1, 1934
Lead Belly is released from the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola. His song "Goodnight Irene" will become a country hit twice in 1950, for Moon Mullican and for Ernest Tubb & Red Foley
Nov 16, 1937
Elvis Presley's father, Vernon, and two other men are accused by their employer, Orville Bean, of forging a $4 check. Vernon pleads not guilty
Nov 17, 1937
Elvis Presley's father, Vernon, is found guilty of forging a check. He spends six months in jail before he's sentenced for the crime
May 25, 1938
Elvis Presley's father, Vernon, is sentenced to three years for forging a check the previous November. The next day, the victim, Orville Bean, kicks three-year-old Elvis and his mother out of their home
Jun 1, 1938
Elvis Presley's father, Vernon, begins serving a three-year sentence at the Mississippi State Penitentiary in Parchman
Feb 6, 1939
Elvis Presley's father, Vernon, is released from jail after serving eight months of a three-year sentence for forging a $4 check
Nov 16, 1944
Chuck Berry, a future member of the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, pleads guilty in Boone County, Missouri, for using a gun to steal a car. He and three friends are sentenced to 10 years in prison. He serves three years
Jul 13, 1945
The Roswell Daily Record, of New Mexico, reports that four young men pleaded guilty to charges of statutory rape. Among them is Lefty Frizzell
Jan 23, 1946
A Los Angeles judge dismisses charges filed by Ruthie Reece, a singer in Spade Cooley's band who accused Cooley of attacking her in Glendale in November. The judge calls the 18-year-old's story "improbable"
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