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May 1, 1964
Hair stylist Larry Geller appears on the Paramount lot in Hollywood with promised spiritual reading material for his new client, Elvis Presley. Among the titles: "The Impersonal Life," "Autobiography Of A Yogi" and "The Initiation Of The World"
May 3, 1964
Patsy Stoneman's husband, Don Dixon, is killed in an automobile accident
May 5, 1964
Stonewall Jackson records "I Washed My Hands In Muddy Water"
May 7, 1964
Jan Howard joins the American Federation of Musicians' Local 257 in Nashville
May 7, 1964
The Stoneman Family performs on "The Steve Allen Show" on NBC-TV
May 9, 1964
Chet Atkins' "Guitar Country" goes to #1 on the Billboard country albums chart for the first of six straight weeks
May 9, 1964
Chuck Berry kicks off his first tour of the United Kingdom, with Carl Perkins, The Animals and The Nashville Teens in tow. In the audience: The Rolling Stones
May 11, 1964
Hank Williams Jr. begins three days of recording with MGM labelmate Connie Francis at Nashville's Columbia Recording Studio. The first song they tackle: "Wolverton Mountain," written by Bocephus' future manager, Merle Kilgore
May 12, 1964
Bobby Bare wins Best Country & Western Recording for "Detroit City" in the sixth annual Grammy Awards
May 13, 1964
Songwriter Neal Coty is born in Maryland. He pens Mark Chesnutt's "She Was"
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