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    • May 19, 1941
    At a Bob Wills concert at Tulsa's Cain's Academy, Betty Anderson requests "You Are My Sunshine" at the bandstand. It's their first meeting, and it becomes "their song" by the time they marry the following year
    May 22, 1941
    Hank Locklin and his wife, Willa Jean, have a daughter, Margaret
    May 23, 1941
    Grand Ole Opry alumnus Lee "Lasses" White returns in a supporting role in the Hollywood sequel "Scattergood Pulls The Strings"
    May 24, 1941
    Robert Zimmerman, the future Bob Dylan, is born at St. Mary's Hospital in Duluth, Minnesota. The singer/songwriter pens several country hits, including "It Ain't Me, Babe," "You Ain't Going Nowhere" and "To Make You Feel My Love"
    May 27, 1941
    Ending a three-day pursuit, the British Navy downs the German battleship The Bismarck. Johnny Horton later turns the World War II event into a country hit with "Sink The Bismarck"
    May 28, 1941
    R&B vocalist Myrna Smith is born in Newark, New Jersey. During her tenure with The Sweet Inspirations, she provides backing vocals on Elvis Presley's country hits "Way Down," "Hurt" and "Moody Blue"
    May 28, 1941
    Decca releases Ernest Tubb's "Walking The Floor Over You"
    May 30, 1941
    Tyrone Power stars as "Blood And Sand" debuts in theaters. It earns a mention in The Statler Brothers' 1977 country hit "The Movies"
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