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    • May 12, 1960
    Hank Snow records "Miller's Cave," written by Jack Clement, during an afternoon session at Nashville's RCA Studio B
    May 13, 1960
    Actress Julianne Phillips is born in Lake Oswego, Oregon. She marries Bruce Springsteen in 1985. During their four-year marriage, Springsteen's "Stand On It" becomes a country hit for Mel McDaniel
    May 13, 1960
    To answer Hank Locklin's "Please Help Me, I'm Falling," Skeeter Davis records "(I Can't Help You) I'm Falling Too"
    May 13, 1960
    Freddy Fender is arrested for possession of marijuana in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He spends the next three years in the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola
    May 13, 1960
    Gid Tanner dies in Dacula, Georgia. The singer, fiddler and banjo player began making records in 1924 as a leader of the string band The Skillet Lickers, making him one of country's recording pioneers
    May 16, 1960
    Hank Locklin rises to #1 on the Billboard country singles chart for the first of 14 straight weeks with "Please Help Me, I'm Falling"
    May 16, 1960
    Decca releases Lewis Pruitt's "Softly And Tenderly (I'll Hold You In My Arms)"
    May 17, 1960
    TV executive and artist manager Simon Fuller is born in Hastings, England. The creator of "American Idol," he signs Carrie Underwood and Kellie Pickler to management deals with his company, 19 Entertainment
    May 19, 1960
    The Drifters record the original version of "Save The Last Dance For Me." It subsequently becomes a country hit three times: for Buck Owens in 1962, for Emmylou Harris in 1979, and for Dolly Parton in 1984
    May 23, 1960
    Don Gibson records "(I'd Be) A Legend In My Time" and "Far, Far Away" late at night at Nashville's RCA Studio B. "Legend In My Time" is destined to become a hit for Ronnie Milsap almost 15 years later
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