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Dec 6, 1961
Gene Autry is arrested on drunk driving charges in Los Angeles after almost hitting maintenance workers with his station wagon near the corner of Sunshine Terrace and Laurel Canyon. Just two weeks prior, he pleaded guilty to a previous DUI
Jan 9, 1962
Charges against Ray Charles for heroin possession are dropped when an Indianapolis judge rules police did not have a proper search warrant. The next month, Charles records "Modern Sounds In Country And Western Music"
Feb 19, 1962
Chuck Berry, the author of "Maybellene," "Johnny B. Goode" and "Thirty Days," begins a three-year sentence in the federal prison in Terre Haute, Indiana, for violating the Mann Act, an antiquated law designed to battle prostitution
May 30, 1962
Kenny Rogers' first wife, Janice, files charges against her ex-husband for failure to pay $80 monthly child support. She claims he is $250 in arrears
Dec 8, 1962
Disc jockey Alan Freed pleads guilty in New York to taking $2,000 in 1958 in exchange for airplay. He receives a $300 fine and six months probation for violating payola laws. His name is among the credits on The Forester Sisters' hit "Sincerely"
Feb 3, 1963
Merle Haggard's prison sentence ends. He served two years, nine months behind bars and two years, three months on parole
Aug 25, 1963
Beatle Paul McCartney is fined 31 pounds for speeding and has his drivers license suspended for one year. He goes on to have songwriting credits on the country hits "I Don't Want To Spoil The Party" and "I Feel Fine"
Oct 18, 1963
Chuck Berry leaves the Federal Medical Center in Springfield, Missouri, after serving one year of a three-year sentence for violating the Mann Act. During his stay, he wrote "(You Never Can Tell) C'est La Vie," a future country hit for Emmylou Harris
Oct 22, 1963
David Allan Coe begins serving a four-year prison sentence at the Ohio State Penitentiary, for car theft, possession of obscene materials and possession of burglary tools. He later claims he killed a fellow inmate during his incarceration
Oct 22, 1963
Thieves in St. Louis steal a saddle embedded with 65 silver dollars from Webb Pierce's car while the singer appears on an all-night radio show. Police later find the saddle--minus the silver dollars
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