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May 23, 1978
Kenny Rogers, Donna Fargo and Barbara Mandrell co-host the 13th annual Academy Of Country Music awards on ABC-TV. Rogers wins four times during the ceremony, taped the previous month at Los Angeles' Shrine Auditorium
May 24, 1978
A day before it opens to the public, Webb Pierce unveils his guitar-shaped swimming pool to the music industry. Record producer Glenn Sutton runs through the crowd in a Green Hornet mask and green trunks, swims the length of the pool and disappears
May 24, 1978
The U.S. Postal Service issues a Jimmie Rodgers commemorative stamp
May 25, 1978
The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's John McEuen has a son, Ryan McEuen
May 25, 1978
Danny Davis & The Nashville Brass hold the first sessions for the album "Cookin' Country" at Music City Music Hall on Music Row in Nashville. They record "The End Of The World," "Lay Down Sally," "It's A Heartache," "Lovesick Blues" and "Sugarfoot Rag," among others
May 25, 1978
Webb Pierce's guitar-shaped pool on Music Row is opened to the public. Also on display is his $100,000 silver-dollar convertible, a 1962 Pontiac with 1,100 silver dollars embedded in the design
May 26, 1978
Crystal Gayle sings "Ready For The Times To Get Better" as ABC airs "The Osmond Brothers Special," also featuring guests Bob Hope, Andy Gibb and--from a beach in Hawaii--Donny & Marie Osmond
May 26, 1978
Columbia releases Janie Fricke's debut album, "Singer Of Songs"
May 26, 1978
The Peter Fonda movie "High-Ballin'" debuts in theaters. The cast includes Jerry Reed, who contributes "High Rollin'" to the soundtrack
May 27, 1978
The Statler Brothers light at #1 on the Billboard country singles chart with "Do You Know You Are My Sunshine"
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