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Apr 3, 1961
Folk figure Pete Seeger is sentenced in New York to 10 one-year prison terms for contempt of Congress, after a lengthy investigation into Communist activities. The conviction is overturned in 1962. Two years earlier, Seeger's "Gotta Travel On" became a country hit for Billy Grammer
Sep 14, 1963
Hoping to end a boycott by major folk artists, ABC invites "Gotta Travel On" songwriter Pete Seeger to appear on "Hootenanny." When the network demands he sign an oath of loyalty to the U.S., he declines and the boycott continues
Jun 6, 1964
The Rolling Stones perform in San Antonio, Texas, where they appear on a bill that also includes George Jones. The Possum's guitarist gets into a fight with Mick Jagger, putting him in a headlock until Jones orders his bandmate to let go
Aug 22, 1964
Johnny Cash takes radio programmers to task in an ad in Billboard magazine for not playing "The Ballad Of Ira Hayes," asking "Where are your guts?" It becomes a point of controversy, creating a movement to have him stripped of CMA membership
Mar 18, 1965
The Rolling Stones urinate on a service station wall in England, an incident that adds to their bad-boy reputations. Four years later, the group cuts "Honky Tonk Women," ranked in a Country Music Foundation book among country's greatest singles
Dec 28, 1965
Johnny Cash pleads guilty to drug possession in El Paso, Texas, where he was busted in October with over 1,000 pills. A related newspaper photo leads the Ku Klux Klan to boycott Cash concerts under the misguided premise that Cash's wife is black
Feb 4, 1966
The Tennessean reports Johnny Cash will file a $25-million defamation of character lawsuit against the Ku Klux Klan, which has circulated messages demanding boycotts of his concerts, falsely believing he married an African-American woman
Mar 4, 1966
The Beatles' John Lennon, co-writer of the future country hits "I Feel Fine" and "I Don't Want To Spoil The Party," is quoted controversially in The London Evening Standard: "We're more popular than Jesus Christ right now"
Apr 12, 1967
Rolling Stones Keith Richards and Mick Jagger are punched by a customs official at the Le Bourget Airport in Paris. The two will co-write "Honky Tonk Women," deemed one of country's 500 greatest singles in a Country Music Foundation publication
Jul 25, 1967
The London Times carries an ad that lobbies for the legalization of marijuana. It's signed by all four members of The Beatles, each of whom is destined to achieve some country success as a songwriter or recording artist
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