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Aug 27, 1968
KNIX-FM signs on the air in Phoenix. Previously operated as a classical station, the signal was purchased for $75,000 by Buck Owens
Aug 27, 1968
Columbia releases Ray Price's "She Wears My Ring"
Aug 27, 1968
Columbia releases Marty Robbins' "I Walk Alone"
Aug 28, 1968
Police combat Vietnam War protesters at Chicago's Grant Park with tear gas during the Democratic National Convention. Among the demonstrators is Peter, Paul & Mary's Peter Yarrow, writer of the country hit "Torn Between Two Lovers"
Aug 28, 1968
Elvis Presley finishes filming the western "Charro!"
Aug 28, 1968
Former Elvis Presley guitarist Scotty Moore marries his third wife, Emily Hastings
Aug 28, 1968
Tammy Wynette writes and records "Stand By Your Man" at the Columbia Recording Studio in Nashville
Aug 30, 1968
Bass player Geoff Firebaugh is born. He replaces Smilin' Jay McDowell as a member of BR549 in 2004
Aug 30, 1968
Cowboy singer Gene Autry gives a rare locker room pep talk to his baseball team, the California Angels. It is not enough to keep them from finishing the season eighth among the American League's 10 teams
Aug 30, 1968
Loretta Lynn records "Your Squaw Is On The Warpath" in an evening session at Bradley's Barn in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee
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