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Aug 5, 1980
Rosanne Cash records "Seven Year Ache" at Davlen Sound on Lankershim Boulevard in North Hollywood, California
Aug 6, 1980
Six hours before a scheduled concert for 660 nuns, Charley Pride's airplane is involved in a mid-air collision in Texas. Two passengers in the other plane are killed; Pride and 15 others miraculously escape without major injury
Aug 7, 1980
Columbia releases Willie Nelson's single "On The Road Again"
Aug 7, 1980
Bill Monroe and Doc Watson play the White House with 1,000 in attendance, including president Jimmy Carter. Monroe's set includes "Uncle Pen," "Blue Moon Of Kentucky" and "Blue Yodel No. 8 (Mule Skinner Blues)"
Aug 8, 1980
MCA releases Don Williams' album "I Believe In You"
Aug 9, 1980
Mickey Gilley hits the top of the Billboard country singles chart with a song from the "Urban Cowboy" soundtrack, "Stand By Me"
Aug 10, 1980
Vocalist and keyboard player Lydia Salnikova is born in Obninsk, Russia. She joins the all-Russian band Bering Strait, scoring a 2003 Grammy nomination for the instrumental track "Bearing Straight"
Aug 11, 1980
Elektra releases Jerry Lee Lewis' remake of "Over The Rainbow"
Aug 11, 1980
Steel player Alexander "Sasha" Ostrovsky is born in Obninsk, Russia. As a member of the all-Russian band Bering Strait, he performs on the cleverly titled "Bearing Straight," an instrumental track nominated for a Grammy award in 2003
Aug 13, 1980
Willie Nelson performs the national anthem for the Democratic National Convention at New York's Madison Square Garden as Jimmy Carter is nominated for president. A political cartoon later responds, "Hey, that was just great, Mr. Nelson. Really super. Say what song was that, anyway?"
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