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    • May 10, 1966
    Janis Joplin begins her second pilgrimage from Texas to San Francisco, where she eventually establishes herself. Her 1970 recording of "Me And Bobby McGee" will rank among country's 500 top singles in a Country Music Foundation book
    May 10, 1966
    Mel Tillis records "Mental Revenge." The song becomes a hit for Waylon Jennings the following year, and Tillis has his own hit with it in 1976
    May 10, 1966
    Charley Pride records "Just Between You And Me"
    May 11, 1966
    "The Las Vegas Hillbillys" makes its debut in theaters. The movie features Ferlin Husky, Jayne Mansfield, Don Bowman, Wilma Burgess, Del Reeves, Connie Smith, Roy Drusky, Sonny James, the Duke of Paducah and Bill Anderson, who performs "Bright Lights And Country Music"
    May 11, 1966
    Bob Dylan plays Sofia Gardens in Cardiff, England. On hand to visit: Johnny Cash
    May 12, 1966
    Songwriter Bobby Tomberlin is born in Luverne, Alabama. A singer on the CMT game show "The Singing Bee," he authors Darryl Worley's "A Good Day To Run" and Diamond Rio's "One More Day"
    May 12, 1966
    Eddy Arnold's album "My World" receives gold certification from the RIAA
    May 13, 1966
    Darius Rucker is born in Charleston, South Carolina. The lead singer of Hootie + The Blowfish, he becomes a solo country artist in 2008, winning the Country Music Association's New Artist of the Year in 2009. His hits include "Homegrown Honey," "Alright," "Don't Think I Don't Think About It" and "Wagon Wheel"
    May 13, 1966
    Some fine pickin' and finger lickin': Colonel Sanders makes a guest appearance on the Grand Ole Opry, where he promises a free chicken dinner to the first 1,000 people who write him in care of WSM Radio
    May 13, 1966
    The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band gets paid for a concert for the first time when the group plays The Paradox in Orange, California
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