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May 17, 1975
Freddy Fender's "Before The Next Teardrop Falls" rises to #1 on the Billboard country albums chart, a spot it occupies for a total of nine weeks
May 17, 1975
Pop singer B.J. Thomas finds his way to the top of the Billboard country singles chart with one of country music's longest song titles: "(Hey Won't You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song"
May 18, 1975
Mick Jagger accidentally cuts his wrist on the door of a New York restaurant, necessitating 20 stitches. The Rolling Stones' "Honky Tonk Women" will be named among country's 500 greatest singles in a Country Music Foundation book
May 19, 1975
ABC-TV's "An Evening With John Denver" receives an Emmy award for outstanding comedy/variety special
May 21, 1975
George Morgan holds his final recording session at Ray Stevens' studio in Nashville
May 22, 1975
Roy Clark records "If I Had To Do It All Over Again" at the Jack Clement Studios on Belmont Boulevard in Nashville
May 22, 1975
Freddy Fender's "Before The Next Teardrop Falls" earns a gold single from the RIAA
May 22, 1975
Hank Williams Jr.'s second wife, the former Gwendolyn Yeargain, sues for divorce, claiming cruel and inhuman treatment
May 23, 1975
The Jimmie Rodgers Museum is dedicated in Meridian, Mississippi
May 23, 1975
Contradicting his future ultra-conservative image, Charlie Daniels tells Nashville's morning newspaper, The Tennessean, he supports the legalization of marijuana
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