This Day in Music History (October 5)

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  • 1965: Johnny Cash was arrested crossing the Mexican border into El Paso, Texas after customs officials found hundreds of pills in his guitar case. He received a suspended jail sentence and a $1,000 fine.

 

  • 1975: Stevie Wonder appeared at the Wonder Dream Concert in Kingston, Jamaica, a Jamaican Institute for the Blind benefit concert. He appeared along with Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, and Bunny Wailer, the three original Wailers, performing together for the last time.

 

  • 2006: Jeffery Borer, who admitted to secretly videotaping Michael Jackson on a private jet, was sentenced to six months of home detention, and fined $10,000. Borer, who was the owner of private jet firm Xtra Jet, had instructed an employee to buy and install two cameras on the plane.

 

  • 2011: David Cassidy filed a multi-million dollar lawsuit against Sony, claiming he had no been paid royalties on sales of Partridge Family merchandise which bear his image. The merchandise included lunchboxes, magazines, and board games. Cassidy told CNN “It’s just a matter of being fair and doing the right thing. Just be fair, be real, be genuine, don’t be greedy.”

 

  • 2015: Stevie Wonder’s divorce from fashion designer Kai Millard was finalized after several years in court. The pair were married in 2001, but separated in 2009, and Stevie filed for divorce in 2012.

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