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    • May 20, 1989
    Vern Gosdin, Jo-El Sonnier and Roy Acuff are musical guests on TV's "Hee Haw," hosted for the week by Loretta Lynn and Roy Clark
    May 20, 1989
    Hank Williams Jr. says a private investigator can prove that someone spiked his drinks with valium before his controversial Baton Rouge concert on May 6
    May 20, 1988
    Elvis Presley receives seven gold, platinum and multi-platinum certifications from the RIAA. Among the haul are platinum albums for "Elvis As Recorded At Madison Square Garden," "Elvis' Golden Records" and "Pure Gold"
    May 20, 1988
    RCA releases Eddie Rabbitt's "The Wanderer"
    May 20, 1985
    Singer/songwriter Jon Pardi is born in Dixon, California. He brings a honky-tonk attitude to such country hits as "Up All Night," "Head Over Boots" and "Dirt On My Boots" beginning in 2013, earning New Male Vocalist of the Year from the Academy of Country Music and New Artist of the Year from the Country Music Association
    May 20, 1983
    Johnny Cash begins four days in traction in a Nashville hospital to relieve two compressed vertebrae. He attributes the condition to 27 years of touring
    May 20, 1983
    Merle Haggard and two members of The Strangers, Jimmy Belkin and Don Markham, are arrested for drinking on stage at the Asheville Civic Center in North Carolina. The venue has no liquor license
    May 20, 1983
    Crystal Gayle appears on "The SCTV Network"
    May 20, 1982
    Merle Haggard & George Jones record "C.C. Waterback"
    May 20, 1981
    MCA releases the Tom Petty album "Hard Promises." It introduces "Thing About You," a song destined to become a country hit for Southern Pacific four years later
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