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    • May 6, 1970
    Sammi Smith records the Kris Kristofferson-penned "Help Me Make It Through The Night" at Nashville's Monument Studio
    May 6, 1970
    Roy Clark performs "I Never Picked Cotton" on NBC's prime-time show "The Kraft Music Hall." Others appearing include John Hartford and Bobbie Gentry
    May 6, 1970
    Merle Haggard sings Jimmie Rodgers' "Nobody Knows But Me" on ABC-TV's "The Johnny Cash Show," and does "In The Jail House Now" with the host. Cash also teams with Brenda Lee on "Bad News." Other performances include Charley Pride's "Is Anybody Goin' To San Antone" and The Statler Brothers' "Flowers On The Wall"
    May 7, 1970
    Chet Atkins and Jerry Reed record the Grammy-nominated album "Me And Jerry" in a single day at Nashville's RCA Studio B. Among the songs: "MacArthur Park," "Tennessee Stud," "Bridge Over Troubled Water" and "Something"
    May 8, 1970
    Barbara Mandrell gives birth to her first child, Matthew Dudney, via Caesarian section on Mothers' Day
    May 9, 1970
    Dave Dudley's single "The Pool Shark" tops the Billboard country singles chart
    May 9, 1970
    Lynyrd Skynyrd plays "Free Bird" live for the first time at the opening of the Jacksonville Art Museum. The song is namechecked in Brad Paisley's 2008 collaboration with Keith Urban, "Start A Band"
    May 10, 1970
    Sonny James performs "My Love" and "Waterloo" on "The Ed Sullivan Show." The evening also features The Jackson 5, Don Rickles and pianist Roger Williams, who does an Irving Berlin medley
    May 12, 1970
    Columbia Records presents a special plaque to Carl Smith celebrating 20 years with the label at New York's prestigious 21 Club
    May 13, 1970
    The 30th installment of "The Johnny Cash Show" airs on ABC-TV, with guests Marty Robbins, Roy Acuff, Tex Ritter, The Carter Family and mother Carrie Cash, who joins her son to sing the gospel classic "Uncloudy Day"
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