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    • May 2, 1987
    Johnny Cash performs for a Billy Graham Crusade at Williams-Brice Stadium in Columbia, South Carolina
    May 2, 1987
    Cinemax shoots "Chet Atkins: Certified Guitar Player" at Vanderbilt's Neely Auditorium in Nashville. The concert special features performances by Emmylou Harris, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Mark Knopfler and The Everly Brothers
    May 2, 1987
    Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris hit #1 on the Billboard country albums chart for the first of five straight weeks with the "Trio" project
    May 2, 1987
    T. Graham Brown's "Don't Go To Strangers" climbs into the top spot on the Billboard country singles chart
    May 2, 1987
    Ronnie McDowell appears alongside athletes Boog Powell and Greg Louganis in the Apple Blossom Festival parade in Winchester, Virginia
    May 3, 1987
    A bronze statue of Dolly Parton seated atop a boulder is unveiled outside the Sevier County Courthouse in Sevierville, Tennessee
    May 3, 1987
    Fiddler Merle Franklin "Red" Taylor dies of cancer at the North Mississippi Medical Center in Saltillo. He made his mark as a member of Little Jimmy Dickens' band, playing on "Hillbilly Fever" and "A-Sleeping At The Foot Of The Bed." Taylor also appeared on Bill Monroe's "Uncle Pen"
    May 4, 1987
    MCA releases Lee Greenwood's single "Someone"
    May 4, 1987
    Mandolin player Gene Johnson performs for the first time with The Tennessee River Boys--destined to become Diamond Rio--in Clewiston, Florida
    May 4, 1987
    Mercury releases Kathy Mattea's "Train Of Memories"
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