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Feb 3, 1959
Rock pioneer Buddy Holly dies in a plane crash near Mason City, Iowa, along with touring partners The Big Bopper and Ritchie Valens. Holly's bass player, Waylon Jennings, gave up a seat on the plane
Mar 26, 1959
Elvis Presley's father, Vernon, and secretary, Elisabeth Stefaniak, are injured in a car accident on Germany's autobahn
Aug 27, 1959
Chuck Berry--the author of future hits for Emmylou Harris, George Jones and Buck Owens--is arrested in Meridian, Mississippi, when a white girl at a fraternity dance kisses him. The African-American rocker is jailed overnight and fined $700
Oct 9, 1959
Rollin Sullivan, of the comedy duo Lonzo & Oscar, loses his wife, Ruth Sullivan, and brother, Phil Sullivan, when another driver drifts into their lane on U.S. Highway 30 in Wyoming, and hits their car head-on. Rollin Sullivan, who was sleeping in the backseat, enters Evanston Memorial Hospital with serious injuries
Nov 23, 1959
Musician Jim Nicks is killed when Red Sovine and his band have a car accident in Oklahoma, spurred by a blown tire. Sovine and three other band members are injured in the crash
Dec 22, 1959
"Maybellene" songwriter Chuck Berry is charged in St. Louis with violating the Mann Act, for reputedly transporting a female across state lines for sexual purposes
Feb 8, 1960
Congress begins hearings to investigate payola in music and radio. Future Academy of Country Music awards producer Dick Clark survives the scandal. Rock deejay Alan Freed, credited as a co-writer on "Sincerely," is destroyed
Mar 4, 1960
"Maybellene" songwriter Chuck Berry is found guilty in St. Louis of violating the Mann Act, for taking an under-age female across state lines with reputedly improper motivations. It is the first of three such cases in which he will be tried over 13 months
May 13, 1960
Freddy Fender is arrested for possession of marijuana in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He spends the next three years in the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola
Jun 1, 1960
"Brown Eyed Handsome Man" writer Chuck Berry is found not guilty on two counts of violating the Mann Act. It is the second of three trials he undergoes during 1960-61 for allegedly transporting a woman across state lines for sexual reasons
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