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  • May 22, 1986
    Austin Brown is born in Tifton, Georgia. He sings high tenor in the a cappella country group Home Free, joining the act in 2013 just before "Crazy Life" becomes the first of multiple Top 5 albums
    May 22, 1986
    George Jones and Merle Haggard post $50,000 bond money to get Johnny Paycheck out of jail in Hillsboro, Ohio, where he was being held for the December shooting of Larry Wise in a barroom argument
    May 24, 1986
    Reba McEntire takes "Whoever's In New England" to the top spot on the Billboard country albums chart
    May 24, 1986
    Kenny Rogers takes over the #1 position on the Billboard country singles chart with "Tomb Of The Unknown Love"
    May 24, 1986
    Garth Brooks marries the former Sandy Mahl in Owasso, Oklahoma
    May 25, 1986
    Kenny Rogers' manager, Ken Kragen, sponsors Hands Across America, an attempt to link a chain of people from New York to Los Angeles. Country participants include: The Oak Ridge Boys, Earl Thomas Conley, Lee Greenwood and Brenda Lee
    May 26, 1986
    The NBC special "Bob Hope's High-Flying Birthday" features Alabama, Glen Campbell, Elizabeth Taylor and Barbara Mandrell
    May 27, 1986
    Ashley Judd graduates from Paul Blazer High School in Ashland, Kentucky
    May 29, 1986
    Frances Preston becomes the first Nashville executive named to run BMI's American operation. The New York-based agency collects and distributes earnings on behalf of songwriters and publishers for the public performance of their songs
    May 31, 1986
    Willie Nelson hits #1 on the Billboard country albums chart with "The Promiseland"

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