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Oct 16, 1969
Record producer and Chess label executive Leonard Chess dies when he has a heart attack and crashes his car in Chicago. He produced Chuck Berry's "Maybellene," ranked among country's greatest singles in a Country Music Foundation book
Nov 16, 1969
Janis Joplin is arrested in Tampa for using vulgar language on stage. Within a year, she records "Me And Bobby McGee," hailed in the Country Music Foundation's "Heartaches By The Number" among the greatest country singles in history
Dec 6, 1969
The Rolling Stones' free show at Altamont, California, goes awry as one concert-goer is stabbed to death in a confrontation with Hell's Angels, who are handling security. Also on the bill are The Flying Burrito Brothers, including Chris Hillman and Gram Parsons, performing "Six Days On The Road"
Mar 4, 1970
Ferlin Husky's 17-year-old son Danny, who plays drums in Husky's band, dies in a storm-related car accident in Kentucky
Mar 26, 1970
Peter, Paul & Mary's Peter Yarrow is found guilty of "taking immoral liberties" with a 14-year-old girl, resulting in a three-month jail sentence. Six years later, he's the writer and producer of Mary MacGregor's pop-country hit "Torn Between Two Lovers"
Jun 5, 1970
Faron Young has a head-on collision with another car after crossing the center lane on Nashville's Hillsboro Road. He's hospitalized at Vanderbilt Medical Center, where much of his tongue is sewn back together. He's also charged with reckless driving
Jun 7, 1970
Arsonists use kerosene to set a fire at Los Angeles club The Ash Grove. The venue reopens in days. The Melrose Avenue site has hosted The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Johnny Cash, Bill Monroe, Flatt & Scruggs and Maybelle Carter, among others
Jul 28, 1970
While campaigning for Senate candidate Tex Ritter, Roy Acuff's car is hit by a milk truck near Kingsport, Tennessee. Acuff receives a bruised kneecap and chin, and is gouged below his lower lip
Aug 14, 1970
Pop singer/songwriter Stephen Stills is arrested at a hotel in La Jolla, California, for cocaine possession. Currently a member of Crosby, Stills & Nash, he was a founding member of Buffalo Springfield, a pioneering country-rock band
Aug 26, 1970
An anonymous phone caller informs the International Hotel in Las Vegas of a plot to kidnap Elvis Presley
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