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    • May 11, 1979
    R&B team Peaches & Herb collect a platinum single from the RIAA for "Reunited." The certification comes three days after the release of a country version by Louise Mandrell & R.C. Bannon
    May 11, 1979
    Lester Flatt dies in Nashville. The guitarist teamed with banjo player Earl Scruggs in Bill Monroe's band, before the two went on to form their own influential bluegrass act. Flatt & Scruggs are inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1985
    May 12, 1979
    Conway Twitty's "Don't Take It Away" hits #1 on the Billboard country singles chart
    May 12, 1979
    Marie Osmond is a guest, along with Vicki Lawrence and Charo, on the TV special "Paul Lynde Goes Mad"
    May 13, 1979
    Two hundred fifty music industry friends attend a memorial service for Lester Flatt, including Roy Acuff, who calls him "a man you could trust"
    May 14, 1979
    Rock musician Dan Auerbach is born in Akron, Ohio. A member of The Black Keys, he produces and plays on Connie Britton's "Bitter Memory," a track from "The Music Of Nashville: Original Soundtrack Season 1 Volume 2"
    May 14, 1979
    Lester Flatt is buried in the hills of White County, Tennessee
    May 15, 1979
    Epic releases Tammy Wynette's "No One Else In The World"
    May 15, 1979
    Moe Bandy & Joe Stampley record "Just Good Ol' Boys" in an afternoon session at Nashville's Jack Clement Studios
    May 16, 1979
    Future Country Music Hall of Fame members Willie Nelson, Charley Pride and Frances Preston present president Jimmy Carter an award recognizing his support of country music in the White House in Washington, D.C.
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