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  • May 15, 1981
    RCA releases Waylon Jennings & Jessi Colter's medley of "The Wild Side Of Life" and "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels"
    May 16, 1981
    The Statler Brothers perform "Flowers On The Wall" and B.J. Thomas sings "Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head" during the week's edition of "Solid Gold." Also appearing are Aretha Franklin, Gladys Knight & The Pips and Andy Gibb
    May 16, 1981
    T.G. Sheppard's "I Loved 'Em Every One" tops the Billboard country singles chart
    May 16, 1981
    R&B keyboard player Ernie Freeman dies of a heart attack. Freeman made one showing on the country charts, with his 1958 cover of the instrumental "Raunchy"
    May 16, 1981
    Jimmy Dean drops in on ABC-TV's "Fantasy Island"
    May 18, 1981
    MCA releases Merle Haggard's "Rainbow Stew"
    May 18, 1981
    Manager Albert Grossman files a $450,000 lawsuit against ex-client Bob Dylan in New York demanding back royalties and punitive damages. During their association, Dylan penned the country hits "It Ain't Me, Babe" and "I'll Be Your Baby Tonight" 
    May 20, 1981
    MCA releases the Tom Petty album "Hard Promises." It introduces "Thing About You," a song destined to become a country hit for Southern Pacific four years later
    May 20, 1981
    An obsessive fan begins stalking Bob Dylan, trespassing on his property 19 times in the next month and issuing death threats to his entourage. Dylan is destined for a place in the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame
    May 20, 1981
    Mel Tillis performs for president Ronald Reagan and his cabinet at the Sheraton Hotel in Washington, D.C.

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