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May 2, 1940
Gene Autry and Smiley Burnette star in the debut of "Men With Steel Faces," with Autry discovering an advanced culture living underground. The movie's plot is similar to the 1935 western sci-fi that gave Autry his first starring role, "The Phantom Empire"
May 5, 1940
Bing Crosby portrays a singing construction worker in the New York debut of the comedy "If I Had My Way." The film includes a bit part for former Grand Ole Opry member Lee "Lasses" White
May 8, 1940
Ricky Nelson is born in Teaneck, New Jersey. Carried into the limelight through his role on TV's "The Adventures Of Ozzie And Harriet," he gains success in pop music, but also launches four Top 10 country hits in 1958
May 9, 1940
Tex Ritter is Tex Rockett in the debut of "Cowboy From Sundown," a western that features a minor role for "Dear Oakie" songwriter Doye O'Dell
May 10, 1940
R&B singer Arthur Alexander is born in Florence, Alabama. A couple of his songs become country hits in the hands of other artists: "Everyday I Have To Cry Some," by Joe Stampley; and "You Better Move On," by Billy "Crash" Craddock
May 15, 1940
Gene Autry and Smiley Burnette try to stop an on-screen kidnapping with the theater debut of "Gaucho Serenade"
May 18, 1940
Keyboard player Larry McCoy is born in Middletown, Ohio. He contributes to Johnny Cash's 1976 hit "One Piece At A Time," plus Cash's duet with Waylon Jennings, "There Ain't No Good Chain Gang"
May 19, 1940
Songwriter Mickey Newbury is born in Houston. He writes "I Wonder If I Ever Said Goodbye," by Johnny Rodriguez; "I Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)," by Kenny Rogers; and "An American Trilogy," by Elvis Presley
May 20, 1940
R&B performer Frederick "Shorty" Long is born in Birmingham, Alabama. He plays piano on a number of Elvis Presley recordings, including the session in which the King records "Don't Be Cruel" and "Hound Dog"
May 20, 1940
The Los Angeles Times reports that Gene Autry and rival silver-screen cowboy Roy Rogers "have puffed the peace pipe." Their feud, however, is strictly a publicity gimmick instituted by Republic Pictures
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