High Rollers Social & Pleasure Club
May 2 Allen Toussaint's musical revue "High Rollers Social & Pleasure Club" closes at the Helen Hayes Theater, NYC, after 13 performances
- May 4 "I Saw the Light" single released by Wynonna (Billboard Song of the Year, 1992)
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May 5 American country singer Tammy Wynette hospitalized with bile duct infection
Sarafina!
May 11 Film adaptation of Mbongeni Ngema and Hugh Masekela's anti-apartheid musical "Sarafina!", starring Leleti Khumalo, Miriam Makeba, and Whoopi Goldberg, premieres at Cannes Film Festival in France
Music History
May 16 "Smells Like Nirvana" by Weird Al Yankovic hits #35
Some Gave All
May 19 "Some Gave All" debut album by Billy Ray Cyrus is released (Billboard Album of the Year 1993)
- May 20 American rapper Tung Twista raps 597 syllables in under 60 seconds
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