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Aug 20, 1955
Alvin Krolik is shot and killed while trying to rob a liquor store in El Paso, Texas. His obituary will mention a line from an unpublished autobiography in which he described himself as "a man who walked a lonely street." Songwriters Tommy Durden and Mae Boren Axton turn that phrase into an Elvis Presley hit, "Heartbreak Hotel"
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"
Jan 4, 1956
Merle Travis is arrested at his home, at 12406 Chandler Boulevard in Los Angeles, after pistol-whipping his wife during a drunken rage
Apr 10, 1956
A dozen years after he appeared on the country charts, Nat "King" Cole is attacked on stage in Birmingham by six members of the White Citizens Council. Despite back injuries, Cole finishes the show but vows never to play the South again
May 23, 1956
Woody Guthrie is arrested for vagrancy in New Jersey. He is institutionalized at Greystone Park in Morris Plains, where he spends his next five years, suffering from Huntington's chorea
Sep 3, 1956
Police in Springfield, Missouri, answer a disturbance call to find Red Foley's wife, Sally, in the front seat of their car crying. Her face and forehead are covered with marks, and she accuses her husband of hitting her, though she does not file charges
Sep 8, 1956
Jimmy Boyd is arrested for reckless driving in Los Angeles after he was spotted drag racing and skidded into a fire hydrant on Kester Avenue trying to elude the police. Boyd is fined $100
Oct 18, 1956
When Elvis Presley stops at a Memphis gas station, fans gather around his car while an attendant checks the engine. Station owner Edd Hopper is angered by the crowd and pops Presley in the head. Presley, in turn, gives Hopper a black eye. Hopper and an employee are fined for assault. Charges against Presley are ultimately dropped
Nov 22, 1956
An unemployed sheet-metal worker in Toledo, Ohio, punches Elvis Presley, claiming the singer caused the break-up of his marriage. The attacker is found guilty of assault
Apr 1, 1957
Merle Haggard's first daughter, Dana, is born in Bakersfield. He misses the event, serving nine months in the Ventura County Jail for stealing a 1952 Oldsmobile
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