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18

This Day in Country Music History, May 18

2008
Sugarland's "Stay" is a double-winner, claiming Single Record and Song of the Year during the 43rd annual Academy of Country Music Awards on CBS from the MGM Grand in Las Vegas
2005
Gretchen Wilson earns a gold single with "Here For The Party" and a platinum one with "Redneck Woman"
2004
Loretta Lynn shoots a video with rocker Jack White, of The White Stripes, for her song "Portland, Oregon." The location: a barn in Hurricane Mills, Tennessee
2003
A wheelchair-bound Johnny Cash sits in the front row at the funeral for June Carter at the First Baptist Church in Hendersonville, Tennessee. Emmylou Harris, Larry Gatlin, The Oak Ridge Boys and Sheryl Crow all perform at the memorial
1996
Brooks & Dunn begin a three-week stay at #1 on the Billboard country chart with their remake of "My Maria"
1986
Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson and Waylon Jennings appear in a CBS-TV remake of the western movie "Stagecoach," along with June Carter, John Schneider, John Carter Cash, Jessi Colter, David Allan Coe and Billy Swan
1979
David Nail is born in Kennett, Missouri. The soulful vocalist earns his first hit in 2009 with "Red Light" and adds a #1 single in 2011 with "Let It Rain"
1959
A history lesson makes history as Johnny Horton's recording of "The Battle Of New Orleans" goes to #1 on the Billboard country singles chart
1952
George Strait is born in Poteet, Texas. The authentic cowboy becomes a voice for traditional country beginning in 1981, accruing more than 25 gold albums and membership in the Country Music Hall of Fame
1948
Joe Bonsall is born in Philadelphia. In 1973, the ex-gang member becomes a tenor singer in the gospel quartet The Oak Ridge Boys, who soon shift into country music, using him as a lead voice on such hits as "Elvira," "Bobbie Sue" and "Love Song"
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