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    • Aug 2, 1967
    The Helena Independent Record reports Charley Pride and his wife, Rozene, were denied service at a Montana restaurant and had a real estate agent refuse to show them a house because of their skin color
    Jan 26, 1968
    Singer/songwriter Neil Young and his Buffalo Springfield bandmate, Stephen Stills, have a fight in their dressing room before a concert
    Nov 3, 1968
    While performing in Atlanta, Jerry Lee Lewis hits a man in the audience in the face with the microphone stand for saying something derogatory about the music. The man dies in 1970, and his estate sues Lewis five years later
    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"
    Aug 15, 1970
    Janis Joplin attends her 10-year high school reunion in Port Arthur, Texas, then goes to The Pelican Club to see Jerry Lee Lewis. Backstage, she slugs the Killer after he insults her sister
    Dec 19, 1970
    President Richard Nixon commends MGM head Mike Curb for dropping more than 15 acts from the label roster under the premise that they advocated drug use. The artists, in fact, were selling poorly
    Jul 21, 1971
    Jerry Lee Lewis plays a concert at Memphis' El Capitan supper club that leads to a lawsuit. A woman at the show, Ann McMahon, will contend in court that Lewis slapped her and humiliated her over the public-address system
    Jun 17, 1972
    Burglars are arrested at Democratic headquarters in the Watergate Hotel in Washington, D.C., leading to a scandal that brings down president Richard Nixon. As Congress conducts hearings in secret over the coming months, songwriter Kenny O'Dell is inspired to write what becomes a Charlie Rich hit, "Behind Closed Doors"
    Sep 17, 1972
    Faron Young spanks a six-year-old girl on stage in Clarksburg, West Virginia, for sticking her tongue out at him before he sang "This Little Girl Of Mine." Her parents claim Young bruised her; he is fined $24 plus $11 for court costs
    Nov 23, 1972
    Bored and lonely in a hotel room on Thanksgiving, Tom T. Hall writes "Spokane Motel Blues." The city is angered when the song later appears on an album



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