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    • May 6, 1985
    Barbara Mandrell holds a recording session at Ronnie Milsap's Groundstar Laboratory, her first session since a near-fatal auto accident the previous September
    May 6, 1985
    Jerry Lee Lewis checks out of the hospital after a bout with ulcers
    May 8, 1985
    Amid reports the Grand Ole Opry is planning to trim its roster, Porter Wagoner rallies members in a meeting to assure them the Opry is behind them. Attendees include Roy Acuff, Jack Greene, Jan Howard, Connie Smith, Jeannie Seely and Billy Walker
    May 8, 1985
    The Tennessee legislature adopts a resolution honoring Crystal Gayle for her contributions to the state
    May 10, 1985
    Columbia releases T.G. Sheppard's first album for the label, "Livin' On The Edge"
    May 10, 1985
    The western spoof "Rustler's Rhapsody" appears in movie houses. The soundtrack features Gary Morris' "Lasso The Moon," plus tracks by Randy Travis, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Pam Tillis, Charlie McCoy, Karen Brooks, Pinkard & Bowden, John Anderson, Rex Allen, Rex Allen Jr. and Roy Rogers
    May 10, 1985
    Pop group The Go-Go's announce their break-up. Unpredictably, group members Charlotte Caffey and Jane Wiedlin go on to co-write Keith Urban's country hit "But For The Grace Of God"
    May 11, 1985
    Reba McEntire arrives in the top spot on the Billboard country singles chart with "Somebody Should Leave"
    May 11, 1985
    Sammy Kershaw marries Kimberly Moore in Lafayette, Louisiana
    May 11, 1985
    Charley Pride receives an honorary doctorate in humanities from Wheeling College, a Catholic school in West Virginia
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