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  • May 19, 1973
    Freddie Hart reaches the top spot on the Billboard country albums chart with "Super Kind Of Woman"
    May 19, 1973
    Fourteen-year-old Tanya Tucker collects her first #1 country single, hitting the top of the Billboard list with "What's Your Mama's Name"
    May 21, 1973
    Dave Loggins records his pop hit "Please Come To Boston" at Nashville's Jack Clement Studios in an evening session
    May 21, 1973
    Cher records her pop hit "Half-Breed" with producer Snuff Garrett, destined to be known for country productions with Eddie Rabbitt, The Statler Brothers and David Frizzell & Shelly West
    May 21, 1973
    Trumpeter and bandleader Vaughn Monroe dies in Stuart, Florida. With more than 60 pop hits to his credit from 1940-1954, he also landed in country music with his 1949 recording "Riders In The Sky (A Cowboy Legend)"
    May 23, 1973
    R&B record executive Don Robey sells his Duke-Peacock label to ABC-Dunhill. Two songs he wrote will become country hits in the 1980s: "Share Your Love With Me," for Kenny Rogers; and "Pledging My Love," for Emmylou Harris
    May 23, 1973
    The Statler Brothers record "Susan When She Tried" during the afternoon at the Mercury Recording Studio in Nashville
    May 23, 1973
    Clive Davis leaves as the head of CBS Records' pop division, which includes Columbia and Epic. He later heads Arista and establishes a Nashville division, which spawns Alan Jackson, Brooks & Dunn, Brad Paisley and Diamond Rio, among others
    May 23, 1973
    Barbara Mandrell records "The Midnight Oil" at the Columbia Studios in Nashville
    May 24, 1973
    Marty Robbins sings the theme song, "A Man And A Train," as the movie "Emperor Of The North" debuts in theaters with Lee Marvin and Ernest Borgnine in the leading roles

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