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    • May 10, 1999
    Songwriter Shel Silverstein is found dead at his Key West, Florida, home following a heart attack. The multi-talented cartoonist and author wrote Johnny Cash's "A Boy Named Sue," Bobby Bare's "Marie Laveau" and Loretta Lynn's "One's On The Way"
    May 11, 1999
    Dreamcatcher releases Kenny Rogers' album "She Rides Wild Horses"
    May 11, 1999
    Lyric Street Records releases SHeDAISY's debut album, "The Whole SHeBANG." The group celebrates with a performance in its hometown, Salt Lake City, at a Karl Malone charity event
    May 12, 1999
    George Jones pleads guilty to a pair of alcohol-related charges that led to a near-fatal accident in March. "I've had a lifelong struggle with alcohol," he says publicly. "The struggle never ends, and I will get treatment to help me cope better"
    May 13, 1999
    Red Kirk dies in Bristol, Tennessee. A disc jockey in Knoxville and Ohio, he also had a pair of country hits: 1949's "Lovesick Blues" and 1950's "Lose Your Blues"
    May 14, 1999
    Randy Travis is inducted into the North Carolina Hall of Fame as governor Jim Hunt proclaims Randy Travis Day in the state
    May 14, 1999
    Clay and Lori Walker have a daughter, Skylor ClayAnne Walker
    May 15, 1999
    Keifer Thompson marries Shawna McIlwain in Nashville. The couple ultimately becomes country duo Thompson Square
    May 15, 1999
    Tim McGraw's "Please Remember Me," written by Rodney Crowell, goes to #1 on the Billboard country singles chart, remaining for a total of five weeks
    May 15, 1999
    Chester Buchanan dies. With twin Lester, he was a member of The Buchanan Brothers, who etched their name into the history books with their 1946 hit "Atomic Power," inspired by the U.S. bombing of Hiroshima
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