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May 12, 2006 Jennifer Nettles makes her TV acting debut on NBC's "Las Vegas." During the episode, Sugarland performs "Something More," "Just Might Make Me Believe" and "Down In Mississippi (Up To No Good)," its lyrics changed to "down in Las Vegas"
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May 12, 1955 Kix Brooks is born in Shreveport, Louisiana. He co-writes hits for John Conlee and The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band before forming Brooks & Dunn with Ronnie Dunn. Behind such hits as "Boot Scootin' Boogie," "My Maria" and "Only In America," they become country's most-successful duo, joining the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2019
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May 12, 2016 Alabama performs with the Nashville Symphony at the Schermerhorn Symphony Center for an audience that includes Jake Owen. The set includes "Tennessee River," "Lady Down On Love" and "Mountain Music"
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May 12, 2021 A Mississippi Country Music Trail marker is installed in Starkville to commemorate Johnny Cash's 1965 arrest and overnight stay in the Starkville jail
May 12, 2023 Blake Shelton receives a star in the Hollywood Walk of Fame

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