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May 17, 1948
Columbia releases Floyd Tillman's "I Love You So Much, It Hurts"
May 17, 1948
NBC-TV premieres "Village Barn," a New York-based country show. During part of its run, it's hosted by "Sioux City Sue" songwriter Dick Thomas
May 18, 1948
Joe Bonsall is born in Philadelphia. In 1973, the ex-gang member becomes a tenor singer in the gospel quartet The Oak Ridge Boys, who soon shift into country music, using him as a lead voice on such hits as "Elvira," "Bobbie Sue" and "Love Song." The Oaks join the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2015
May 22, 1948
Southern-rock vocalist Doug Gray is born in Spartanburg, South Carolina. He becomes a member of The Marshall Tucker Band, who earn a country Grammy nomination in 1977 for their single "Long Hard Ride"
May 23, 1948
Buddy Alan is born in Tempe, Arizona. The son of Buck Owens and Bonnie Owens, he joins Buck on a Top 10 duet in 1968, "Let The World Keep On A-Turnin'," and later goes into country radio programming
May 24, 1948
Esther Williams and Ricardo Montalban record "Baby, It's Cold Outside" for the movie "Neptune's Daughter." The following year, Homer & Jethro record a country parody of the song with June Carter
May 26, 1948
Stevie Nicks is born in Phoenix, Arizona. She joins the pop group Fleetwood Mac, whose self-titled 1975 album includes her composition "Landslide." The song becomes a country hit for The Dixie Chicks in 2002
May 26, 1948
Hank and Audrey Williams' first divorce is finalized
May 27, 1948
The animated Disney movie "Melody Time" debuts, featuring "Fantasia"-like segments with contemporary music. Roy Rogers and The Sons Of The Pioneers sing "Blue Shadows On The Trail" and "Pecos Bill," a future hit for Tex Ritter
May 29, 1948
Merle Travis receives a guitar he had asked Paul Bigsby to custom-make on his behalf. Featuring Travis' name in mother of pearl along the base of the pick guard, it becomes his trademark instrument, often referred to as "the Bigsby"
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