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    • May 13, 1959
    The Jordanaires join poet Carl Sandburg as guests on the NBC variety series "The Milton Berle Show"
    May 13, 1959
    Johnny Horton records a special version of "The Battle Of New Orleans" for England, replacing "We fought the bloody British" with "We fought the bloomin' rebels"
    May 15, 1959
    Webb Pierce records the Mel Tillis-penned "I Ain't Never" at the Bradley Film & Recording Studio in Nashville
    May 16, 1959
    Jimmie Rodgers and LaVern Baker guest on ABC's "The Dick Clark Show"
    May 16, 1959
    The Everly Brothers' Don Everly and his wife, Mary Sue, have a daughter, Venetia Ember Everly, in Nashville
    May 18, 1959
    A history lesson makes history as Johnny Horton's recording of "The Battle Of New Orleans" goes to #1 on the Billboard country singles chart
    May 18, 1959
    The Crickets record the original version of "I Fought The Law," written by group member Sonny Curtis. It's destined to become a country hit for Hank Williams Jr. almost 20 years later
    May 18, 1959
    Kitty Wells and Webb Pierce record "Finally"
    May 20, 1959
    Susan Cowsill is born in Newport, Rhode Island. The only daughter in the family pop group The Cowsills, she contributes to a trio of late-'60s hits, including "Indian Lake," which Freddy Weller revamps for country customers in the 1970s
    May 20, 1959
    Faron Young records "Country Girl," written by Roy Drusky, at Nashville's Bradley Film & Recording Studio. Background vocals are provided by Johnny Paycheck
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