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    • May 2, 1966
    Capitol releases Buck Owens' gospel album "Dust On Mother's Bible"
    May 2, 1966
    Capitol releases Buck Owens' "Think Of Me"
    May 3, 1966
    Future "Hee Haw" star Gunilla Hutton concludes her one-year run as Billie Joe Bradley on the CBS sitcom "Petticoat Junction"
    May 3, 1966
    Leslie "Sissy" Fitzgerald is born. When she dies 41 years later in a motorcycle accident, she's memorialized by her boss, Alan Jackson, in "Sissy's Song"
    May 3, 1966
    Bill Phillips records "The Words I'm Gonna Have To Eat"
    May 4, 1966
    Singer/songwriter Anders Osborne is born in Uddevalla, Sweden. He pens the Tim McGraw single "Watch The Wind Go By"
    May 6, 1966
    Mel Tillis records "Stateside" during his first session after signing a new contract with Kapp Records. The song provides his touring band with its name: The Statesiders
    May 7, 1966
    Johnny Cash kicks off his first British tour at The Empire in Liverpool, with June Carter and The Statler Brothers
    May 9, 1966
    The Righteous Brothers collect a gold record from the RIAA for their single "(You're My) Soul And Inspiration," with Glen Campbell in a supporting role on acoustic guitar
    May 9, 1966
    Marty Robbins records "The Shoe Goes On The Other Foot Tonight" and "You Gave Me A Mountain" at Nashville's Columbia Recording Studio. The latter eventually becomes a pop hit for Frankie Laine and a country hit for Johnny Bush
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