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Aug 15, 1961
The military comedy "Marines, Let's Go" premieres in New York City, with Rex Allen singing the theme song
Aug 15, 1961
Singer/songwriter Paul Jefferson is born in Woodside, California. After a brief solo career in the mid-1990s, he scores a hit as the writer of Aaron Tippin's "That's As Close As I'll Get To Loving You"
Aug 17, 1961
Patsy Cline holds a recording session at the Bradley Studio in Nashville with Loretta Lynn in attendance
Aug 18, 1961
Columbia releases Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs' "Go Home"
Aug 18, 1961
Jimmy Dean records the recitation "Big Bad John" at the Bradley Film & Recording Studio in Nashville
Aug 20, 1961
Sheb Wooley records "That's My Pa" in Nashville
Aug 21, 1961
George Jones reaches #1 on the Billboard country singles chart for the first of seven total weeks with "Tender Years"
Aug 21, 1961
Columbia releases Ray Price's "Soft Rain"
Aug 21, 1961
Patsy Cline records "Crazy" at the Bradley Film & Recording Studio in Nashville
Aug 22, 1961
Conway Twitty and three band members escape injury when they run from their car on an Iowa highway just before the vehicle explodes. They lose $15,000 in clothing and equipment, plus a briefcase full of money from their Midwest tour
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