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    • May 16, 1986
    Tom Cruise sings "Great Balls Of Fire" at a piano in a bar scene with Anthony Edwards, Meg Ryan and Kelly McGillis as the movie "Top Gun" debuts in theaters. The soundtrack includes recordings by Kenny Loggins, Otis Redding, Miami Sound Machine and The Righteous Brothers
    May 16, 1986
    Warner/Curb releases Hank Williams Jr.'s "Country State Of Mind"
    May 16, 1986
    Willie Nelson has a steel rod inserted in his left thumb at Seton Hospital in Austin, Texas, during surgery to mend a fracture suffered in a bike accident. The injury forces the postponement of a show in Tampa
    May 16, 1986
    Capitol releases T. Graham Brown's debut album, "I Tell It Like It Used To Be"
    May 16, 1986
    RCA releases The Judds' "Rockin' With The Rhythm"
    May 17, 1986
    Hank Williams Jr.'s cover of "Ain't Misbehavin'" drives to the top of the Billboard country singles chart
    May 18, 1986
    Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson and Waylon Jennings appear in a CBS remake of the western movie "Stagecoach," along with June Carter, John Schneider, John Carter Cash, Jessi Colter, David Allan Coe and Billy Swan
    May 19, 1986
    Warner Bros. releases The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's "20 Years Of Dirt: The Best Of The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band"
    May 19, 1986
    MCA releases George Strait's album "#7"
    May 21, 1986
    Barbara Mandrell joins Frankie Avalon to host the ABC special "America Picks The #1 Songs" from the Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles. The winning entries: Bill Haley's "Rock Around The Clock," Simon & Garfunkel's "Bridge Over Troubled Water" and Lionel Richie's "All Night Long (All Night)"
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