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May 10, 1930
Betty Brown is born in Dodge City, Kansas. Son Dave Innis will become the keyboard player for Restless Heart
May 16, 1930
Bandleader Isham Jones records one of several hit versions of Hoagy Carmichael's "Star Dust." The tune becomes the title track for a groundbreaking Willie Nelson album nearly 50 years later
May 24, 1930
The Carter Family records "Worried Man Blues," "Lover's Farewell," "When The World's On Fire" and "I Have An Aged Mother" in Memphis. A line from the former song, "Train I ride, 16 coaches long," is later woven into "Mystery Train." The melody from "When The World's On Fire" will be borrowed for "This Land Is Your Land"
May 29, 1930
Music executive Lou Robin is born in Chicago. Beginning in 1973, he spends 30 years as the manager for Johnny Cash & June Carter
May 31, 1930
When Jimmie Rodgers performs in Holdenville, Oklahoma, his first wife, Stella Haskins, introduces him to his daughter, Kathryn Rodgers. He autographs a picture for the kid and shows up at her home the next day with presents
May 31, 1930
Actor Clint Eastwood is born at St. Francis Hospital in San Francisco. He duets with Merle Haggard on "Bar Room Buddies," appears on T.G. Sheppard's "Make My Day," and joins producer Snuff Garrett as a co-owner of the Viva label, which launches David Frizzell & Shelly West in the 1980s
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