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May 10, 1956
Randy Goodman is born. He becomes the chief of Disney's Lyric Street label when it opens in Nashville in 1997, working with Rascal Flatts, SHeDAISY and Aaron Tippin. He takes over Sony Nashville in 2015, signing such acts as Kane Brown, Maren Morris and Luke Combs
May 11, 1956
"The Pinky Lee Show" ends a two-year run as a daily kids program on NBC-TV. The cancellation provides a little scheduling freedom for cast member Molly Bee
May 13, 1956
Harry, Abe and Jack Warner sell Warner Bros. Pictures for $22 million. The next day, Jack Warner buys it back. Within two years, the company adds a record label, eventually associated with Randy Travis, Hank Williams Jr. and Faith Hill
May 13, 1956
Gene Autry's weekly half-hour show "Melody Ranch" is broadcast for the last time on CBS Radio. The cast includes Johnny Bond, and its theme is Autry's signature song, "Back In The Saddle Again"
May 14, 1956
Columbia releases Carl Smith's double-sided single, "You Are The One" and "Doorstep To Heaven"
May 14, 1956
"True Love Ways" songwriter Buddy Holly receives a prescription for contacts from his doctor. Holly finds them uncomfortable and chooses to continue wearing his black glasses, which become a personal trademark
May 15, 1956
Eddy Arnold records "Casey Jones (The Brave Engineer)" at New York's Webster Hall
May 16, 1956
Drummer Billy "Bun" Wilson joins the American Federation of Musicians Local 257 in Nashville. He plays on Ernest Tubb's 1961 hit "Thoughts Of A Fool"
May 19, 1956
Chess releases Chuck Berry's rock & roll hit "Roll Over Beethoven," which namechecks Carl Perkins' "Blue Suede Shoes"
May 21, 1956
Capitol releases Sonny James' "Twenty Feet Of Muddy Water"
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