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May 2, 1952
Myrna Loy stars in "Belles On Their Toes" as it premieres in New York. "Georgia On My Mind" songwriter Hoagy Carmichael also appears in the picture
May 3, 1952
Eddy Arnold hits #1 on the Billboard country singles chart with "Easy On The Eyes"
May 3, 1952
Kitty Wells records "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels" at the Castle Studio in Nashville during her first session for Decca Records
May 4, 1952
J.L. Frank dies in a Detroit hotel room, where he's been laid up with strep throat. Referred to as the "Flo Ziegfeld of country music," he was the first major promoter and manager in the genre, working with Pee Wee King, Roy Acuff and Minnie Pearl in a career that will place him in the Country Music Hall of Fame
May 6, 1952
Major Walter Harris' plane is shot down over China during the Korean War. Daughter Emmylou Harris is unaware if her father is even alive for the next 16 months while he's tortured as a prisoner of war
May 8, 1952
Western-swing vocalist Leon Huff dies of a heart attack near Eufaula, Oklahoma, while riding Johnnie Lee Wills' bus. He sang with Bob Wills and The Light Crust Doughboys, in addition to Johnnie Lee
May 10, 1952
Hank Thompson takes over the #1 position in the Billboard country singles chart with "The Wild Side Of Life"
May 11, 1952
Lucy Robertson, the eight-year-old daughter of Texas Jim Robertson, dies when she's hit by a car in a hit-and-run accident in Teaneck, New Jersey
May 13, 1952
Hank Thompson records "The New Wears Off Too Fast" during an afternoon session at Capitol's studio on Melrose in Los Angeles
May 14, 1952
Guitarist Jimmy Self marries Zelma Boyd. During their years together, he plays on country hits by Don Gibson, Hank Locklin and Eddy Arnold
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