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Aug 10, 1972
Lester Flatt records a new version of "Foggy Mountain Breakdown" in Nashville with a band that includes mandolin player Roland White. The track receives a Grammy nomination for Best Country Instrumental Performance
Aug 10, 1972
Bobby Pinson is born in Panhandle, Texas. The gritty-voiced singer/songwriter nets a 2005 hit with "Don't Ask Me How I Know" and writes Toby Keith's "Made In America," Sugarland's "It Happens" and Jason Aldean's "Rearview Town"
Aug 10, 1972
"I Feel Fine" songwriter Paul McCartney and his wife, Linda, are arrested after a concert in Gothenburg, Sweden, and charged with drug possession
Aug 10, 1972
Lou Robin becomes Johnny Cash's manager, a role he assumes for the remainder of the singer's career
Aug 11, 1972
Elvis Presley files for divorce from Priscilla in Santa Monica, California
Aug 11, 1972
Willie Nelson delivers his inaugural performance at the Armadillo World Headquarters in Austin, Texas, the site where he begins to find his audience
Aug 12, 1972
Donna Fargo's "The Happiest Girl In The Whole U.S.A." launches a four-week occupation of the top spot on the Billboard country albums chart
Aug 12, 1972
Freddie Hart's "Bless Your Heart" rises to #1 on the Billboard country singles chart
Aug 12, 1972
David Houston joins the Grand Ole Opry at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium. He performs "Almost Persuaded," "Soft, Sweet And Warm," "Baby, Baby (I Know You're A Lady)" and "Livin' In A House Full Of Love"
Aug 13, 1972
Patsy Stoneman leaves The Stoneman Family
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