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    • May 21, 1955
    Chuck Berry records "Maybellene," a song inspired by Bob Wills' "Ida Red," at Chicago's Chess Recording Studio, with Willie Dixon on bass. George Jones & Johnny Paycheck have a country hit with the song--with the spelling changed to "Mabellene"--in 1979
    May 22, 1955
    Ain't that a shame: Fats Domino's concert in Bridgeport, Connecticut, is cancelled when police predict it will lead to a riot. Domino's current hit, "Ain't It A Shame," is eventually reconstituted for the country audience by Hank Williams Jr.
    May 23, 1955
    "The Pee Wee King Show" debuts on ABC-TV, where it remains for four months. The program originates at WEWS in Cleveland
    May 24, 1955
    Producer, engineer and mixer David Leonard is born. He works with Barenaked Ladies, Dwight Yoakam and Ty Herndon and produces John Hiatt for the soundtrack of "Where The Heart Is"
    May 24, 1955
    Faron and Hilda Young buy their first home, on Bel Air Drive in Nashville
    May 24, 1955
    Sioux Falls, South Dakota, resident Sharon Williams receives a telegram saying she's won a contest to name Faron Young's band. The singer is nicknamed the Young Sheriff and his band becomes the Country Deputies
    May 24, 1955
    Rosanne Cash is born in Memphis, Tennessee. The daughter of Johnny Cash, she infuses pop and rock influences in her own progressive recording career beginning in the late-1970s, winning a Grammy for "I Don't Know Why You Don't Want Me"
    May 25, 1955
    Faron Young records "Go Back You Fool" and "All Right" in Nashville
    May 25, 1955
    The Louvin Brothers record "When I Stop Dreaming" in Nashville
    May 27, 1955
    The Volunteer State celebrates Tennessee Ernie Ford Day as the singer returns to his hometown, Bristol
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