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THIS DAY IN COUNTRY MUSIC
- 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
- May 18, 2005: Gretchen Wilson earns a gold single with "Here For The Party" and a platinum one with "Redneck Woman"
- May 18, 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
- May 18, 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
- May 18, 1996: Brooks & Dunn begin a three-week stay at #1 on the Billboard country chart with their remake of "My Maria"
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