May 7 in Country Music History

In 1894, Riley Puckett of the Skillet Lickers was born in Alpharetta, Georgia.

In 1915, Kyle Bailes, of the Bailes Brothers, was born in Kanawha County, West Virginia.

In 1931, songwriter Jerry Chesnut was born in Harlan County, Kentucky.  Among the many hits this Songwriter Hall Of Fame member has written are "A Good Year For The Roses", "T-R-O-U-B-L-E", "Another Place, Another Time", "Holding On To Nothing","It's Four In The Morning", "Looking At The World Through A Windshield", and several more Elvis Presley cuts, which in itself makes him very successful. 

In 1949, "Lovesick Blues" by the late and great Hank Williams was amid a SIXTEEN week run at Number One on the charts. It was his first Number One.

In 1977, "Play, Guitar Play" by Conway Twitty went to Number One on the Charts.

In 1983, "Jose Cuervo" by Shelley West went to Number One on the Billboard Charts. 

In 1988, "Cry, Cry, Cry" by Highway 101 was at Number One on the Billboard Charts.

In 1998, singer-songwriter Eddie Rabbit passed away from lung cancer.