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    • May 23, 1973
    R&B record executive Don Robey sells his Duke-Peacock label to ABC-Dunhill. Two songs he wrote will become country hits in the 1980s: "Share Your Love With Me," for Kenny Rogers; and "Pledging My Love," for Emmylou Harris
    May 23, 1973
    The Statler Brothers record "Susan When She Tried" during the afternoon at the Mercury Recording Studio in Nashville
    May 23, 1973
    Clive Davis leaves as the head of CBS Records' pop division, which includes Columbia and Epic. He later heads Arista and establishes a Nashville division, which spawns Alan Jackson, Brooks & Dunn, Brad Paisley and Diamond Rio, among others
    May 23, 1973
    Barbara Mandrell records "The Midnight Oil" at the Columbia Studios in Nashville
    May 23, 1972
    Brian McComas is born in Bethesda, Maryland. He earns a hit in 2003 with "99.9% Sure (I've Never Been Here Before)"
    May 23, 1971
    Kris Kristofferson brings out two surprise guests during a show at New York's Bitter End: John Prine and Steve Goodman, who serves up "City Of New Orleans"
    May 23, 1970
    Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan sing "Tennessee Bird Walk" and "Humphrey The Camel" on Dick Clark's "American Bandstand"
    May 23, 1966
    Four years after he earned a country hit with "Old Rivers," actor Walter Brennan is honored with the Horatio Alger Award at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York
    May 23, 1966
    Decca releases Loretta Lynn's "You Ain't Woman Enough"
    May 23, 1964
    Six months after releasing "Saginaw, Michigan," Lefty Frizzell plays Saginaw, where the mayor surprises him on stage with a silver hammer. Fearful of a stranger with a potential weapon, Frizzell gets him in a headlock and wrestles him to the ground
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