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May 4, 1993
Garth Brooks' "No Fences" becomes the first country album certified by the RIAA for shipments of 10 million units
May 6, 1993
Mary Chapin Carpenter sings "He Thinks He'll Keep Her" with harmonies by Pam Tillis, Trisha Yearwood, Patty Loveless, Emmylou Harris, Kathy Mattea and Suzy Bogguss as CBS airs "The Women Of Country." The lineup also includes Lynn Anderson, Michelle Wright, Lorrie Morgan and Tanya Tucker, among others
May 6, 1993
The Internal Revenue Service raids the Nesbit, Mississippi, home of Jerry Lee Lewis and takes more than 300 items--including three pianos, concert posters and a grandfather clock--with plans to auction them to settle a $1.6-million tax debt
May 7, 1993
CBS tapes "A Day In The Life Of Country Music," featuring numerous events that all occur the same day: Brooks & Dunn go racing at the Nashville Motor Speedway, Merle Haggard and Max D. Barnes co-write a song and Lyle Lovett gets a haircut
May 8, 1993
The Backstreet Boys give their first public performance at SeaWorld Orlando. The group earns a country hit in 2016 by teaming with Florida Georgia Line on "God, Your Mama, And Me"
May 8, 1993
Mark Knopfler receives an honorary music degree from the University of Newcastle in England. The rock guitarist wrote Highway 101's "Setting Me Up," John Anderson's "When It Comes To You" and Mary Chapin Carpenter's "The Bug"
May 10, 1993
Epic releases The Gibson/Miller Band's "Texas Tattoo." The recording includes a guitar solo that uses "The Yellow Rose Of Texas"
May 10, 1993
Mickey Gilley's Branson theater is destroyed in a fire
May 10, 1993
Arista releases Alan Jackson's "Chattahoochee"
May 11, 1993
Brooks & Dunn claim three honors during the NBC telecast of the 28th annual Academy Of Country Music awards from Los Angeles' Universal Amphitheatre: Top Vocal Duet; Single Record of the Year, for "Boot Scootin' Boogie"; and Album of the Year, for "Brand New Man"
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