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    • May 2, 1936
    Pop singer Engelbert Humperdinck is born in Madras, India. He scores a major hit with the ballad "After The Lovin'," a song that earns a country Grammy nomination for Barbara Mandrell when she records it in 1977
    May 13, 1936
    Guitar player Corki Casey O'Dell is born. A 2014 inductee in the Musicians Hall of Fame, she plays on numerous Duane Eddy recordings, plus the 1956 Sanford Clark country hit "The Fool"
    May 13, 1936
    Gene Autry stars as the appropriately titled "Singing Cowboy" opens in movie theaters. It co-stars Smiley Burnette and Lon Chaney Jr. In the role, Autry tries to convince a radio station to sponsor a broadcast to raise money for a crippled girl
    May 14, 1936
    Pop star Bobby Darin is born in The Bronx. Straddling the line between rock & roll and traditional pop during the 1950s and '60s, he earns his lone country hit as an artist with 1958's "Splish Splash." He also writes "Dream Lover," a pop song remade for country music by Billy "Crash" Craddock in 1971
    May 16, 1936
    Songwriter Joe Rock is born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The manager for the R&B act The Skyliners, he writes their hit "Since I Don't Have You," revamped for country music by Ronnie Milsap in 1991
    May 18, 1936
    Leon Ashley is born near Covington, Georgia. He establishes his own label, Ashley Records, and hits #1 as an artist in 1967 with "Laura (What's He Got That I Ain't Got)"
    May 23, 1936
    The state of Indiana celebrates Cole Porter Day, honoring a native son who has built a reputation on Broadway. He eventually adds a country hit to his resume, when Gene Autry records "Don't Fence Me In"
    May 25, 1936
    Singer/songwriter Tom T. Hall is born in Olive Hill, Kentucky. Nicknamed "The Storyteller," he earns a string of plot-thick hits and writes titles such as "Harper Valley P.T.A." and "Little Bitty" en route to membership in the Country Music Hall of Fame and the Songwriters Hall of Fame
    May 30, 1936
    Following a two-year stay with the program, the blackface comedy duo Lasses & Honey makes its final Grand Ole Opry appearance
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