News: Today in Country Music History May 11

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1914	Singer and radio personality Bob Atcher born in Hardin County, Ky.
1955	Mark Herndon, drummer with Alabama, born in Springfield, Mass.

1978	Songwriter Glenn Sherley, who wrote Johnny Cash's "Greystone Chapel," died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound in Gonzales, Calif.
1979	Lester Flatt, age 64, died in Nashville, Tennessee
1979	Fiddler John Ashby, age 63, died
1996	Singer-songwriter Walter Hyatt (Uncle Walt's Band) died in a plane crash in Florida
1999	Songwriter and author Shel Silverstein died in Key West, Fla.

1996	Steve Wariner became a Grand Ole Opry cast member
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1957	The Everly Brothers debuted on the Grand Ole Opry

1992	Willie Nelson's Honeysuckle Rose album was certified multi-platinum with sales of 2 million

2002	Cyndi Thomson married musician Daniel Goodman