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    • May 6, 1974
    Merle Haggard appears on the cover of Time magazine with the headline "Songs Of Love, Loyalty & Doubt: Country Music"
    May 9, 1974
    Bruce Springsteen performs "Born To Run" live for the first time when he opens for Bonnie Raitt at the Harvard Square Theatre in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The Boss and the song will appear in the first verse of Pat Green's "Feels Just Like It Should"
    May 9, 1974
    Jerry Reed takes over for the week as host of NBC's "Music Country USA." The installment also features Charlie Rich, Donna Fargo, Ray Stevens, Lynn Anderson, Mac Davis, Doug Kershaw and Jeannie C. Riley
    May 9, 1974
    Singer/songwriter Gary Chapman holds his first Nashville recording session, at the Mercury Studios. Chapman will go on to write T.G. Sheppard's "Finally" and Kenny Rogers' "I Prefer The Moonlight," and to host TNN's "Prime Time Country"
    May 10, 1974
    Waylon Jennings performs "Good Hearted Woman" on "The Midnight Special." The NBC show also features comedian George Carlin, Leo Sayer and Buffy Sainte-Marie
    May 10, 1974
    Eric Clapton records "I Shot The Sheriff" at Miami's Criteria Studios. The band includes drummer Jamie Oldaker, a future member of The Tractors
    May 11, 1974
    Sonny James takes over the top spot on the Billboard country singles chart with "Is It Wrong (For Loving You)"
    May 11, 1974
    Led Zeppelin meets Elvis Presley backstage when The King performs at The Forum in Los Angeles. The band's Robert Plant ends up singing "Love Me" with Presley
    May 12, 1974
    A $2-million psychiatric facility is dedicated as the Johnny Cash Hospital in Decatur, Alabama. As a bronze plaque is unveiled at the ceremony, Cash says, "I feel higher than I ever did on dope"
    May 13, 1974
    MCA releases Cal Smith's album "Country Bumpkin"
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