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    • Aug 22, 1961
    Willie Nelson holds his first recording session for Liberty Records, yielding his first solo hit, "Touch Me"
    Aug 22, 1961
    Spade Cooley is sentenced to life in prison for killing his wife in April. He's sent to Vacaville Medical Center
    Aug 24, 1961
    Patsy Cline records "Have You Ever Been Lonely (Have You Ever Been Blue)." Twenty years later, her vocal part is technologically combined with the voice of the late Jim Reeves, who also recorded the song, for a posthumous duet
    Aug 24, 1961
    Johnny and Vivian Cash have their fourth daughter, Tara Cash, in Encino, California
    Aug 25, 1961
    Patsy Cline records "Strange," written by Mel Tillis, and "You're Stronger Than Me" at the Bradley Film & Recording Studio in Nashville. Michelle Branch covers the former song and Rebecca Lynn Howard remakes the latter one 40 years later on the tribute album "Remembering Patsy Cline" 
    Aug 25, 1961
    Billy Ray Cyrus is born in Flatwoods, Kentucky. The novelty hit "Achy Breaky Heart" brings him instant fame in 1992. He turns to acting in the TV series "Doc," "Hannah Montana" and "Still The King," and returns to the pop charts in 2019 by collaborating with Little Nas X on "Old Town Road"
    Aug 26, 1961
    Merle Haggard and his first wife, the former Leona Hobbs, have a daughter, Kelli Haggard. She receives credit as a co-writer on "It's All In The Movies," though it's merely a gift from her dad
    Aug 26, 1961
    Ray Pillow makes his first appearance on the Grand Ole Opry
    Aug 26, 1961
    Guitarist Jimmy Olander is born in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He becomes a member of Diamond Rio, whose crisp harmonies and instrumental prowess net such melodic hits as "Meet In The Middle," "One More Day" and "How Your Love Makes Me Feel"
    Aug 27, 1961
    Jeffrey Steele is born in Burbank, California. He helps found the band Boy Howdy before piling up hits as a songwriter, including Keith Urban and Eric Church's "Raise 'Em Up," Rascal Flatts' "What Hurts The Most," Montgomery Gentry's "My Town" and Tim McGraw's "Meanwhile Back At Mama's," featuring Faith Hill
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