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    • May 22, 1961
    Mary Sue Everly sues for divorce from her husband, The Everly Brothers' Don Everly. He allegedly tells her, "Babe, you just ain't Hollywood"
    May 22, 1961
    Bass player Dana Williams is born in Dayton, Ohio. He joins Diamond Rio, a band that wins the Country Music Association's Vocal Group award three times. Members of the Grand Ole Opry, the band thrives on tight instrumentation and strong harmonies
    May 23, 1961
    Gene Autry is arrested in North Hollywood and charged with drunk driving after failing a field sobriety test. He's released on $263 bail
    May 23, 1961
    Five weeks after location shooting ended in Hawaii, filming for the Elvis Presley movie "Blue Hawaii" ends in Los Angeles
    May 23, 1961
    Flatt & Scruggs record "Go Home" at the Recording Studio in Nashville
    May 24, 1961
    Buck Owens records "Under The Influence Of Love" in an afternoon session at the Capitol tower in Hollywood
    May 25, 1961
    Rex Allen records the theme to the movie "Marines, Let's Go" at the Bradley Film & Recording Studio in Nashville
    May 25, 1961
    Roy Drusky records "I Went Out Of My Way (To Make You Happy)"
    May 26, 1961
    Ray Stevens records a minor pop hit, "Jeremiah Peabody's Poly Unsaturated Quick Dissolving Fast Acting Pleasant Tasting Green And Purple Pills," in his first Mercury session, at Nashville's Bradley Recording Studio
    May 26, 1961
    Following an association with Capitol Records, Jerry Reed holds the first of six recording sessions in a new deal with Columbia. He'll move along to RCA before finally reaching his commercial peak
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