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    • May 8, 1945
    Jim Reeves makes his first appearance as a pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals' B-level farm team in Lynchburg, Virginia, a 7-1 loss to the Portsmouth Cubs
    May 14, 1945
    Okeh releases Bob Wills & The Texas Playboys' two-sided hit, "Stars And Stripes On Iwo Jima" and "You Don't Care What Happens To Me"
    May 15, 1945
    "The Cisco Kid In Old New Mexico" debuts in movie theaters. The Duncan Renaldo picture features ex-Grand Ole Opry member Lee "Lasses" White as a sheriff
    May 16, 1945
    Songwriter Nicky Chinn is born in London. Known for such pop hits as The Sweet's "Ballroom Blitz," Suzi Quatro's "Stumblin' In" and Exile's "Kiss You All Over," he also co-writes Randy Barlow's 1979 country hit "Lay Back In The Arms Of Someone"
    May 19, 1945
    Gene Autry tops the Billboard country singles chart for the first of eight total weeks with the World War II soldier tale "At Mail Call Today"
    May 23, 1945
    Misty Morgan is born in Buffalo, New York. She teams with husband Jack Blanchard in 1970 to create a #1 hit with a novelty, "Tennessee Bird Walk"
    May 24, 1945
    Ernest Tubb records "I'll Step Aside" in Chicago
    May 24, 1945
    Priscilla Wagner is born in Brooklyn, New York. Adopted by her stepfather in 1950, she becomes Priscilla Beaulieu, before meeting future husband Elvis Presley while he is stationed in Germany
    May 28, 1945
    The John Wayne western "Flame Of Barbary Coast," set in San Francisco, debuts in movie theaters with bit parts for Stuart Hamblen and Frankie Marvin
    May 28, 1945
    Creedence Clearwater Revival's John Fogerty is born in Berkeley, California. His composition "Lookin' Out My Back Door" is named among country's 500 greatest singles in the Country Music Foundation's "Heartaches By The Number"
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