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    • May 18, 1957
    Rusty & Doug, the Kershaw brothers' Cajun act, debuts on the Grand Ole Opry
    May 20, 1957
    Kitty Wells records "Touch And Go Heart" at Nashville's Bradley Recording Studio
    May 21, 1957
    Songwriter Steven Dale Jones is born. He pens Reba McEntire's "He Gets That From Me," Mindy McCready's "Ten Thousand Angels" and Diamond Rio's "One More Day"
    May 21, 1957
    Ferlin Husky records "A Fallen Star" and "Prize Possession"
    May 24, 1957
    Eleven weeks after he first tried it, Ray Price records the definitive version of the Bob Wills-penned "My Shoes Keep Walking Back To You" in an overnight session at Nashville's Bradley Studios
    May 26, 1957
    Marty Robbins performs "A White Sport Coat (And A Pink Carnation)" on "The Steve Allen Show." The NBC telecast also features Dean Martin, Martha Raye, Erroll Garner and Andy Griffith
    May 26, 1957
    Rockabilly artist Johnny "Peanuts" Wilson has first solo recording session with producer Norman Petty in Clovis, New Mexico, after leaving Roy Orbison's band. Wilson will write the country hits "Roses For Mama" and "Love The World Away"
    May 27, 1957
    Ernest Tubb is arrested for carrying a pistol and for drunk and disorderly conduct after he fires a shot in the lobby at Nashville's WSM radio
    May 27, 1957
    Brunswick releases Buddy Holly's "That'll Be The Day"
    May 28, 1957
    Andy Griffith plays a hobo as the movie "A Face In The Crowd" debuts in theaters. Big Jeff Bess, a future co-owner of Tootsie's Orchid Lounge, portrays a sheriff in the picture, which also features Walter Matthau, Burl Ives and comedian Rod Brasfield, who goads Griffith into singing "Rye Whiskey"
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