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Aug 20, 1998
The Dixie Chicks appear on a T-shirt in the comic strip "Nancy"
Aug 20, 1997
Record producer Roy Dea dies at Nashville's Southern Hills Medical Center, two days after suffering a heart attack. His credits included hits by Tom T. Hall, Gary Stewart, Johnny Rodriguez and Dickey Lee
Aug 20, 1997
The State of Alabama dedicates a 50-mile stretch of Interstate 65 as the Hank Williams Memorial Lost Highway in a ceremony in the State Capitol. The renamed section runs from his birthplace, Georgiana, to Montgomery, the site of his grave
Aug 20, 1996
In one of country music's more unusual collaborations, River North Records releases The Beach Boys' album "Stars And Stripes," featuring country remakes of their classics with Toby Keith, Lorrie Morgan, Sawyer Brown, Willie Nelson and others
Aug 20, 1996
Mercury releases Billy Ray Cyrus' album "Trail Of Tears"
Aug 20, 1995
Steel guitarist Orville "Red" Rhodes dies in Los Angeles. A former member of the house band at The Palomino in Los Angeles, he won the Academy of Country Music's Top Steel Guitar honor four times in his career
Aug 20, 1994
Razzy Bailey marries his business partner, Faye Bright, aboard a yacht on Nashville's Old Hickory Lake
Aug 20, 1993
Columbia releases "Bob Dylan: The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration," featuring live Dylan songs by Mary Chapin Carpenter, Rosanne Cash, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash & June Carter, Kris Kristofferson, Roger McGuinn, George Harrison and others
Aug 20, 1993
Grand Ole Opry star Bill Carlisle has coronary-bypass surgery at Nashville's Baptist Hospital, nine days after suffering a heart attack
Aug 20, 1992
Pop singer Demi Lovato is born in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She earns a Top 15 country single in 2016 when she joins Brad Paisley on "Without A Fight"
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