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    • May 12, 1971
    Sonny James records "A Mi Esposa Con Amor (To My Wife With Love)" at Nashville's Jack Clement Studios. After moving to Columbia Records, he will record a hit version of the song in 1974
    May 12, 1971
    Columbia releases Freddy Weller's "Indian Lake"
    May 12, 1971
    Epic releases Jody Miller's "He's So Fine"
    May 12, 1971
    "The Kraft Music Hall" closes out a four-year prime-time run on NBC-TV. The Wednesday-night program used numerous hosts, with Eddy Arnold, Don Rickles and Alan King handling the role most often
    May 12, 1971
    The Rolling Stones' Mick Jagger marries Bianca Perez at Town Hall in St. Tropez, France. The Stones' "Honky Tonk Women" is named among the 500 greatest country singles in the Country Music Foundation's 2003 book "Heartaches By The Number"
    May 12, 1971
    The divorce of Jerry Lee Lewis and Myra Gale Lewis is finalized, with Myra receiving the house, $175,000, two Lincolns and custody of their daughter
    May 12, 1971
    Merle Haggard records "Someday We'll Look Back" at the Capitol Recording Studios in Los Angeles
    May 13, 1971
    Songwriter Bobby Gregory dies of cancer in Nashville. He wrote "Sunny Side Of The Mountain," which will be covered three months later by The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band with Jimmy Martin for the album "Will The Circle Be Unbroken"
    May 13, 1971
    Faron Young records "Leavin' And Sayin' Goodbye" at the Mercury Recording Studio on Music Row in Nashville
    May 13, 1971
    The syndicated "This Is Your Life" salutes "Hee Haw" star Junior Samples. Among those paying homage is comedian Archie Campbell
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