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    • May 1, 1959
    Hawkshaw Hawkins signs a recording contract with Columbia Records. During the ensuing two-year association, Hawkins earns a hit for the label with "Soldier's Joy"
    May 4, 1959
    Columbia releases Stonewall Jackson's "Waterloo"
    May 4, 1959
    The Kingston Trio's "Tom Dooley" wins Best Country & Western Performance at the first Grammy Awards presentation. The folk record, which never made the country chart, beats two Everly Brothers singles, plus Don Gibson and Jimmie Rodgers
    May 4, 1959
    Randy Traywick is born at Memorial Hospital in Monroe, North Carolina. As Randy Travis, his rich baritone is a signature sound in the New Traditionalist movement of the late-1980s, earning him a spot in the Country Music Hall of Fame. Among his hits: "On The Other Hand," "Three Wooden Crosses" and "Forever And Ever, Amen"
    May 5, 1959
    The city of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, votes to incorporate. The government-built town, where the first atomic bomb was developed, has already become the namesake for gospel music's The Oak Ridge Quartet, destined to become The Oak Ridge Boys
    May 6, 1959
    Wynn Stewart records the first version of "Above And Beyond," which becomes a hit the following year for Buck Owens
    May 6, 1959
    Hawkshaw Hawkins records "Soldier's Joy"
    May 9, 1959
    Johnny Horton performs "The Battle Of New Orleans" during "The Dick Clark Show" on ABC-TV. Also appearing are Paul Anka, Jesse Belvin and The Skyliners, who sing "Since I Don't Have You"
    May 11, 1959
    Decca releases Kitty Wells' "Your Wild Life's Gonna Get You Down"
    May 13, 1959
    Songwriter Allen Shamblin is born in Cleveland, Tennessee. He authors Randy Travis' "He Walked On Water," John Michael Montgomery's "Life's A Dance," Bonnie Raitt's "I Can't Make You Love Me" and Miranda Lambert's "The House That Built Me"
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