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    • Sep 17, 1961
    Charlie Walker organizes a benefit concert in San Antonio for Jimmie Rodgers' ailing widow, Carrie. Ernest Tubb, Hank Snow, Hawkshaw Hawkins, The Wilburn Brothers, Johnny Cash, Jimmy C. Newman and Bill Anderson help raise $6,000
    Nov 24, 1961
    Gene Autry pleads guilty in Los Angeles to driving drunk, receiving a 30-day suspended sentence, a $500 fine and three years probation
    Feb 1, 1962
    The Bradley Film & Recording Studio, the cornerstone of Nashville's Music Row, becomes Columbia Recording Studios as Owen Bradley sells the facility for $300,000
    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"
    Dec 28, 1962
    Patsy Cline completes her Las Vegas debut at the Merri-Mint Theater, where she earned $35,000 in a five-week engagement
    Dec 30, 1962
    Brenda Lee suffers a minor eye injury and has her hair singed when she tries unsuccessfully to rescue her poodle, CeeCee, from a house fire in Nashville. Lee's nine-room home, valued at $37,000, is destroyed along with $25,000 worth of clothing
    Jun 26, 1963
    A Nashville judge approves 18-year-old Brenda Lee's plan to sign a 20-year contract with Decca Records guaranteeing her $35,000 annually
    Aug 9, 1963
    Sandra Jean Betts files a paternity suit in Los Angeles against Ray Charles, seeking $1,100 monthly in child support. Charles' album "Modern Sounds In Country And Western Music" had given the R&B singer a link to the country genre
    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"



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