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May 21, 1956
Brenda Lee signs her first recording contract, with Decca Records
May 22, 1956
After recording for several years in Dallas, Lefty Frizzell holds his first Nashville session at the Bradley Film & Recording Studio
May 23, 1956
Woody Guthrie is arrested for vagrancy in New Jersey. He is institutionalized at Greystone Park in Morris Plains, where he spends his next five years, suffering from Huntington's chorea
May 26, 1956
Champagne king and former country hitmaker Lawrence Welk joins Alice Lon on the cover of TV Guide
May 28, 1956
Capitol releases Faron Young's double-sided single, "Sweet Dreams" backed with "Until I Met You"
May 28, 1956
Studio musician Brent Rowan is born in Waxahachie, Texas. He wins the Academy of Country Music's Top Guitarist in 1989, first playing on John Conlee's "Friday Night Blues," then working with Alabama, Blake Shelton and Shania Twain, among others
May 28, 1956
Dobro player Jerry Douglas is born in Warren, Ohio. A member of Alison Krauss + Union Station, he plays on such country hits as Randy Travis' "Diggin' Up Bones," Sara Evans' "Born To Fly," Little Big Town's "Boondocks" and Chris Hillman & Roger McGuinn's "You Ain't Going Nowhere"
May 31, 1956
The John Wayne movie "The Searchers" opens in Lubbock. A frequent line from the film, "That'll be the day," inspires Buddy Holly to write a classic
May 31, 1956
Hank Snow records "Conscience I'm Guilty"
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