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    • May 20, 1976
    Marty Robbins records "Among My Souvenirs" during a 6 p.m. session at the Columbia Recording Studios in Nashville
    May 20, 1976
    Jimmy Dean earns his first gold single from the RIAA in 15 years, for "I.O.U."
    May 21, 1976
    "All The Love In The World" earns a gold album from the RIAA for Mac Davis
    May 21, 1976
    The movie "Gator" premieres at the Tennessee Theater in Nashville, with Burt Reynolds and Jerry Reed. The film includes musical performances by Reed, Bobby Goldsboro and Dinah Shore
    May 22, 1976
    Conway Twitty's "After All The Good Is Gone" reaches the top spot on the Billboard country singles chart
    May 22, 1976
    Gordon Lightfoot performs as musical guest on NBC's "Saturday Night Live"
    May 23, 1976
    Amped on whiskey and cocaine, Ronnie Van Zant loses his voice during a Lynyrd Skynyrd show in Charlotte and leaves the stage. "Sweet Home Alabama" ranks among country's greatest singles in a Country Music Foundation book
    May 24, 1976
    The Tulsa district attorney announces he's dropping indecent exposure charges levied against Faron Young, noting that an affidavit from a witness casts extreme doubt about accusations that Young exposed himself to a couple backstage in 1974
    May 24, 1976
    Arista president Clive Davis pleads guilty in New York for failure to report $8,800 as income in 1972 during a well-publicized tax case. Davis will authorize a Nashville division 13 years later, launching the careers of Alan Jackson and Brooks & Dunn
    May 25, 1976
    Singer/guitarist Cody Canada is born in Pampa, Texas. He becomes the frontman for one of Dierks Bentley's favorite alt-country bands, Cross Canadian Ragweed. He goes on to form the red-dirt band The Departed
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