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    • May 13, 1961
    The Louvin Brothers record the Chet Atkins-penned "How's The World Treating You." The song eventually is remade by Alison Krauss and James Taylor, who earn a Grammy nomination for their performance
    May 15, 1961
    Decca releases Kitty Wells' "Heartbreak U.S.A."
    May 16, 1961
    Carl Smith records "Air Mail To Heaven" and "Kisses Never Lie"
    May 18, 1961
    The Country Music Association begins its quarterly board meetings at the Deauville Hotel in Miami Beach. During the two-day gathering, the board votes to establish a Country Music Hall of Fame
    May 18, 1961
    Claude King records the definitive version of his first hit, "Big River, Big Man," during an evening session at the Bradley Film & Recording Studio in Nashville
    May 19, 1961
    Ottis Dewey Whitman dies in Florida. His survivors include son Slim Whitman, a yodeling country singer
    May 19, 1961
    Chet Atkins performs for president John F. Kennedy at the annual White House news photographer dinner at a Washington, D.C., hotel. With Atkins are bassist Bob Moore, pianist Bill Purcell and drummer Buddy Harman
    May 20, 1961
    Singer/songwriter Dan Wilson is born in Minneapolis. After establishing himself with the pop band Semisonic, he co-writes The Dixie Chicks' Grammy-winning "Not Ready To Make Nice" and Dierks Bentley's "Home"
    May 21, 1961
    Brenda Lee records the pop hit "Dum Dum" in Nashville at the Bradley Studios
    May 22, 1961
    RCA releases Don Gibson's "Sea Of Heartbreak"
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