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May 15, 1982
Bass player Birch Monroe dies following a heart attack in Owensboro, Kentucky, one day before his 81st birthday. The older brother of Bill Monroe, he appeared on The Blue Grass Boys' 1948 hit "Wicked Path Of Sin"
May 15, 1982
Ricky Skaggs joins the Grand Ole Opry, performing "Crying My Heart Out Over You" and "Blue Moon Of Kentucky"
May 17, 1982
Merle Haggard & George Jones record the Willie Nelson-penned "Yesterday's Wine"
May 18, 1982
Conway Twitty records "The Rose" in an evening session at Nashville's Sound Stage
May 18, 1982
T. Graham Brown moves to Nashville
May 20, 1982
Merle Haggard & George Jones record "C.C. Waterback"
May 22, 1982
Waylon & Willie occupy the #1 slot on the Billboard country singles chart for the first of two weeks with "Just To Satisfy You"
May 22, 1982
Willie Nelson's "Always On My Mind" rises to #1 on the Billboard country albums chart. It totals 22 weeks at the top through the end of the year
May 22, 1982
Former country singer Olivia Newton-John serves as musical guest for NBC-TV's "Saturday Night Live"
May 23, 1982
Willie Nelson's first TV movie, "Coming Out Of The Ice," debuts on CBS
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