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May 1, 1958
KLLL signs on the air in Lubbock, Texas. Among its disc jockeys in its first year of operation: Waylon Jennings
May 3, 1958
Jimmie Rodgers performs "Honeycomb" and "Secretly" during ABC's telecast of "The Dick Clark Show"
May 3, 1958
Police turn the house lights on before the end of a Jerry Lee Lewis concert at the Boston Arena. When a riot erupts, mayor John Hynes bans rock & roll shows from the city. Chuck Berry and Buddy Holly are also on the Alan Freed-promoted bill
May 6, 1958
Ray Price records Roger Miller's "Invitation To The Blues" during a midnight session at Nashville's Bradley Studios
May 7, 1958
Conway Twitty records "It's Only Make Believe" at the Bradley Film & Recording Studio in Nashville
May 8, 1958
Mel Tillis records "A Violet And A Rose." The song becomes a hit for Little Jimmy Dickens in 1962
May 8, 1958
Bill Phillips signs his first recording contract, with Columbia Records
May 9, 1958
The Alfred Hitchock movie "Vertigo" premieres in San Francisco. It merits a mention in The Statler Brothers' 1977 country hit "The Movies"
May 10, 1958
Robert Mitchum stars as the war-themed picture "Thunder Road" debuts in theaters. The film will be memorialized in The Statler Brothers' 1977 country hit "The Movies"
May 12, 1958
Decca releases The Kalin Twins' "When"
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