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May 4, 1979
Lance Bass is born in Clinton, Mississippi. He joins 'N Sync, which earns an Academy of Country Music award nomination for an Alabama collaboration on "God Must Have Spent A Little More Time On You." Bass also launches a country label, Free Lance Entertainment, in 2001
May 5, 1979
John Conlee's "Backside Of Thirty" rises to #1 on the Billboard country singles chart
May 5, 1979
Jimmy Dean is grand marshal of the feature parade during the Apple Blossom Festival in Winchester, Virginia, riding alongside such figures as baseball's Brooks Robinson and Mickey Mouse
May 6, 1979
"Donny And Marie," featuring "Paper Roses" singer Marie Osmond, makes its final prime-time appearance on ABC-TV
May 7, 1979
Kenny Dale records "Sharing" and "Only Love Can Break A Heart" during a midday session at Nashville's Soundshop
May 7, 1979
George Jones' Possum Holler opens on Nashville's Printers Alley, just down the street from his former club, the World Famous Possum Holler, sold to Kenny Rogers
May 8, 1979
Epic releases Louise Mandrell & R.C. Bannon's remake of "Reunited"
May 9, 1979
Gary Morris has a son, Matt Morris, in Denver
May 9, 1979
Elektra releases Eddie Rabbitt's album "Loveline"
May 9, 1979
CBS-TV airs "The Johnny Cash Spring Special" featuring June Carter, Waylon Jennings, George Jones, Earl Scruggs and Martin Mull
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