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    • May 11, 1987
    The Oak Ridge Boys announce the addition of Steve Sanders the same day that former Oak William Lee Golden files a $40-million lawsuit against the group
    May 12, 1987
    Drummer and vibraphone player Victor Feldman dies in Los Angeles. Mostly used on pop hits by the likes of Steely Dan, Christopher Cross and James Taylor, he also played on Glen Campbell's "By The Time I Get To Phoenix" and "Hey Little One"
    May 13, 1987
    Capitol releases Don Williams' "I'll Never Be In Love Again"
    May 15, 1987
    Kris Kristofferson and his wife, Lisa, welcome their second baby, naming him John in honor of Johnny Cash
    May 16, 1987
    Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris score a #1 country single in Billboard magazine with a title written by pop record producer Phil Spector, "To Know Him Is To Love Him"
    May 16, 1987
    Johnny Cash cuts a concert short during his second song in Council Bluffs, Iowa. He's taken to Mercy Hospital, where he's diagnosed with an irregular heartbeat
    May 16, 1987
    David Crosby, a co-founder of the pioneering country-rock band The Byrds, marries Jan Dance in Los Angeles
    May 17, 1987
    An arsonist sets fire to Tom Petty's house in Los Angeles while his family eats breakfast, doing $800,000 worth of damage. Petty wrote Rosanne Cash's "Never Be You" and goes on to write Roy Orbison's "You Got It"
    May 18, 1987
    Warner/Curb releases Hank Williams Jr.'s "Born To Boogie," with lyrical nods to Elvis Presley, Marilyn Monroe, Chuck Berry's "Johnny B. Goode" and Hank Williams' "Jambalaya (On The Bayou)"
    May 18, 1987
    MCA releases The Oak Ridge Boys' "This Crazy Love"
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