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  • May 9, 2001
    Jerry Lee Lewis' office denies that he fathered a child by Bonny Lee Bakley in 1993. Bakley, the wife of "Baretta" star Robert Blake, had been shot five days earlier in Los Angeles, creating national headlines
    May 10, 2001
    Hank Williams Jr. records five songs at Shreveport's Municipal Auditorium, the former radio home of "The Louisiana Hayride," which previously employed his father
    May 11, 2001
    For a second straight year, "Sunflower" songwriter Neil Diamond performs the national anthem in Boulder for Colorado University's graduation ceremonies
    May 11, 2001
    The indie film "Sordid Lives" debuts in U.S. theaters, with Olivia Newton-John singing "Will The Circle Be Unbroken." The movie also features Tammy Wynette's "Stand By Your Man," "'Til I Can Make It On My Own" and "Your Good Girl's Gonna Go Bad"
    May 12, 2001
    The Tim McGraw title "Set This Circus Down" tops the Billboard country albums chart for the first of six straight weeks
    May 12, 2001
    Darryl Worley marries Beverly Dean Irvin on the steps of the Hardin County Courthouse in Savannah, Tennessee
    May 12, 2001
    Tim McGraw receives an honorary doctorate from the University of Louisiana-Monroe
    May 12, 2001
    Reba McEntire picks up a Drama Desk Award at the La Guardia High School for the Performing Arts in New York, honoring her work in "Annie Get Your Gun"
    May 13, 2001
    Randy Travis, John Schneider, Delta Burke, Lulu Roman and Faye Dunaway appear in the first part of a two-part storyline on CBS-TV's "Touched By An Angel"
    May 13, 2001
    The musical "The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer," written by country songwriter Don Schlitz, closes amid poor reviews at New York's Minskoff Theatre after 21 shows. The production loses $7.5 million

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