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May 8, 1967
LaVerne Andrews dies of cancer in Los Angeles. With younger siblings Maxene and Patty, she was a part of The Andrews Sisters, a World War II-era pop trio that dented the country charts during the 1940s in pairings with Bing Crosby and Ernest Tubb
May 9, 1967
Singer/songwriter Jason White is born in Cleveland, Ohio. He writes the Tim McGraw hit "Red Ragtop"
May 10, 1967
Songwriter Barry Dean is born in Okmulgee, Oklahoma. He pens Little Big Town's "Pontoon," Martina McBride's "God's Will," Jon Pardi's "Heartache Medication" and Jason Aldean's "1994"
May 13, 1967
Buck Owens takes possession of the top position on the Billboard country singles chart with "Sam's Place"
May 13, 1967
David Houston appears on "The Porter Wagoner Show"
May 13, 1967
Merle Haggard performs "The Bottle Let Me Down" and "Swinging Doors" as he makes his Grand Ole Opry debut
May 14, 1967
The Turtles sing "Happy Together" on CBS-TV's "The Ed Sullivan Show." Nearly a dozen years later, the song becomes a country hit for T.G. Sheppard
May 15, 1967
Two years after writing the future country hit "I Feel Fine," Paul McCartney meets Linda Eastman, destined to become Mrs. McCartney, at the London club Bag O' Nails, where both are attending a Georgie Fame concert
May 15, 1967
Mark Chesnutt's future wife, Tracie Motley, is born
May 17, 1967
The Bob Dylan documentary "Dont Look Back" debuts at San Francisco's Presidio Theatre. Its off-stage moments include Dylan and Joan Baez harmonizing on two Hank Williams hits, "Lost Highway" and "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry"
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