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Jan 16, 1953
Bill Monroe suffers 19 broken bones in a head-on collision on Highway 31 near White House, Tennessee. He still manages to get out of the car and pull another passenger, Bessie Lee Mauldin, out of the other side. Monroe is unable to tour until May
Feb 22, 1953
A benefit concert in Louisville raises $9,000 for Bill Monroe, who broke 19 bones in a January car accident. Among the artists on the bill: Ernest Tubb, Hank Snow, Red Foley, Lew Childre, Carl Smith and Mother Maybelle Carter & The Carter Sisters
Jun 10, 1953
Woody Guthrie suffers severe burns on his right arm in an accidental fire at home while attempting to cook breakfast in a barbecue pit in Beluthahatchee, Florida
Aug 17, 1953
Red Foley's wife, Sally Sweet Foley, checks into the Vanderbilt Medical Center in Nashville. The hospital declines to specify her ailment, saying she is being treated for a "nerve condition"
Apr 26, 1954
Ernest Tubb is arrested for drunk driving when his car hits a telephone pole on North First Street in Nashville
Sep 16, 1954
A confused Woody Guthrie checks into Brooklyn State Hospital in New York voluntarily. Guthrie has been suffering for several years from Huntington's chorea, a rare neurological disease
Oct 3, 1955
Earl Scruggs suffers a fractured hip in an early-morning automobile accident 15 miles east of Knoxville, Tennessee. Also injured in the crash are his wife, Louise, and sons Gary and Randy Scruggs
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"
Feb 23, 1956
Elvis Presley collapses after a concert at the Gator Bowl in Jacksonville, Florida. A doctor tells him to slow down, but Presley performs again the next night
Mar 22, 1956
Carl Perkins suffers a broken collarbone, a concussion and cuts when the Chrysler transporting his band to New York for "The Perry Como Show" back-ends a truck in Delaware. Also injured in the accident are brothers Clayton and Jay Perkins
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