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May 1, 1970
Charlie Daniels sits in on a most auspicious recording session in New York. He plays bass alongside drummer Russ Kunkel for Bob Dylan and George Harrison. The tracks are never officially released, although they appear widely on bootlegs
May 1, 1970
Johnny Cash makes his acting debut in "The Trail Of Tears," a PBS show co-starring Jack Palance that documents the plight of Georgia Cherokees, banished from their home by the American government. Cash is part Cherokee
May 2, 1970
Marty Robbins is wedded to the #1 position on the Billboard country singles chart with "My Woman, My Woman, My Wife." Among the single's supporting musicians is guitarist Charlie Daniels
May 2, 1970
Glen Campbell appears on the cover of TV Guide
May 3, 1970
Roger Miller is a guest on the ABC variety series "The Engelbert Humperdinck Show"
May 4, 1970
The "Midnight Cowboy" soundtrack earns a gold album from the RIAA. It includes Nilsson's "Everybody's Talkin'," heralded among country's all-time greatest singles in the Country Music Foundation book "Heartaches By The Number"
May 4, 1970
Joe Walsh, a future member of The Eagles, watches police gun down four students at Kent State University in Ohio
May 4, 1970
Dolly Parton records the Jimmie Rodgers classic "Mule Skinner Blues" at Nashville's RCA Studio B
May 5, 1970
The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's John McEuen and his wife, Kae McEuen, welcome their first son, Noel McEuen
May 5, 1970
Mel Tillis records "Heaven Everyday" in Nashville
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