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    • May 9, 1949
    Billy Joel is born in New York City. Added to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1999, he writes "Shameless," eventually recorded as a country hit by Garth Brooks
    May 9, 1949
    Columbia releases Floyd Tillman's "Slipping Around"
    May 11, 1949
    Coral releases Kenny Roberts' double-sided hit, "I Never See Maggie Alone" backed with "Wedding Bells"
    May 13, 1949
    Exile keyboard player Marlon Hargis is born in Somerset, Kentucky. He's with the band when it first charts in country music during 1984 with "Woke Up In Love" and "Crazy For Your Love," but departs the following year
    May 15, 1949
    Singing cowboys Jimmy Wakely and Ray Whitley deliver the title song in the debut of "Across The Rio Grande"
    May 16, 1949
    Wayne Raney records "Why Don't You Haul Off And Love Me" in Cincinnati
    May 17, 1949
    June Carter and comedic duo Homer & Jethro record a parody of "Baby, It's Cold Outside" in Nashville
    May 18, 1949
    Earl Scruggs' first son, Gary Scruggs, is born in Knoxville
    May 19, 1949
    Charles Starrett portrays The Durango Kid once more with the debut of the western movie "Laramie," also featuring Smiley Burnette and Elton Britt
    May 19, 1949
    ZZ Top bass player Dusty Hill is born in Dallas. The Texas blues-rock trio is celebrated with a 2002 tribute album, "Sharp Dressed Man," featuring performances by Brad Paisley, Lonestar, Kenny Chesney, Brooks & Dunn and Willie Nelson
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