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    • May 8, 1980
    Columbia releases Johnny Duncan's "I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (In My Dreams)"
    May 8, 1980
    "Johnny Cash: The First 25 Years" airs on CBS with George Jones, Kris Kristofferson, Roy Acuff, June Carter, The Carter Family, Waylon Jennings, Dolly Parton, Anne Murray, The Oak Ridge Boys, Tom T. Hall, Larry Gatlin, Johnny Paycheck and others
    May 9, 1980
    Elektra releases the "Bronco Billy" soundtrack, featuring Ronnie Milsap, Merle Haggard, Penny DeHaven and Clint Eastwood
    May 9, 1980
    Eight days after CBS artists swept the Academy of Country Music Awards by trading votes with other labels, RCA refuses to renew its memberships
    May 9, 1980
    Warner Bros. premieres "Bronco Billy" in New Orleans, Louisiana. The picture yields hits with Merle Haggard's "Misery And Gin," Ronnie Milsap's "Cowboys And Clowns" and "Bar Room Buddies," which pairs Haggard with the movie's star, Clint Eastwood
    May 10, 1980
    The Kenny Rogers project "Gideon," built around songs written by Kim Carnes, hits #1 on the Billboard country albums chart
    May 10, 1980
    Emmylou Harris collects a #1 country single in Billboard with "Beneath Still Waters"
    May 10, 1980
    The Amazing Rhythm Aces perform "Third Rate Romance" from New York in a guest appearance on the NBC show "Saturday Night Live"
    May 12, 1980
    Sometimes-country singer Linda Ronstadt's New Wave-inspired album "Mad Love" is certified gold and platinum by the RIAA
    May 12, 1980
    Queen's rockabilly-based "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" is certified gold by the RIAA. Dwight Yoakam earns a country hit with the song in 1999
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