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  • May 1, 1996
    Former country artist k.d. lang earns a double-platinum from the Recording Industry Association of America for her album "Ingenue"
    May 1, 1996
    Steve Earle takes in an RIAA-certified gold album, for "Copperhead Road"
    May 1, 1996
    The Tennessean reports Faith Hill has ended her engagement to record producer Scott Hendricks, the head of Capitol Records' Nashville division
    May 2, 1996
    Travis Tritt earns a platinum album from the Recording Industry Association of America for "Greatest Hits: From The Beginning"
    May 2, 1996
    Jason Petty stars as Hank Williams when the theatrical biography "Lost Highway" debuts at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium. Music in the performance includes "Your Cheatin' Heart," "Moanin' The Blues" and "Lovesick Blues"
    May 3, 1996
    Patsy Montana dies of heart failure at her home in San Jacinto, California, months before entering the Country Music Hall of Fame. She was the first female country artist to gain a million-selling single, with "I Wanna Be A Cowboy's Sweetheart"
    May 4, 1996
    Brooks & Dunn spend the first of seven total weeks at #1 on the Billboard country albums chart with "Borderline"
    May 4, 1996
    Shania Twain races into the top spot on the Billboard country singles chart with "You Win My Love"
    May 4, 1996
    Rhett Akins and Dan Seals take part in the annual parade at the Apple Blossom Festival in Winchester, Virginia
    May 4, 1996
    Lane Brody and drummer Eddie Bayers repeat their wedding vows for friends at a Nashville church. It's the third nuptial ceremony for the couple in less than 18 months

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