Gene Krupa, the most famous drummer of the swing era, was arrested in San Francisco and sentenced to one to six years at San Quentin for using a minor, his teenage valet, to carry marijuana; he served six months.[1] The charge is now described as falsified, and the case broke up his orchestra.[2]
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