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    • Aug 15, 1981
    Kenny Rogers goes to #1 on the Billboard country singles chart with "I Don't Need You," produced by Lionel Richie
    Aug 15, 1981
    Four years after Elvis Presley's passing in Memphis, "The Day Elvis Died" is the cover story for TV Guide magazine
    Aug 17, 1981
    Brandon Church is born in Catawba County, North Carolina. He co-writes "How 'Bout You," a 2006 country hit for his older brother, Eric Church
    Aug 17, 1981
    Elektra releases Sammy Johns' single "Common Man." John Conlee has a hit with the song in 1983
    Aug 17, 1981
    Willie Nelson suffers a collapsed lung while swimming in Hawaii
    Aug 18, 1981
    "I Fall To Pieces" songwriter Hank Cochran marries Suzi Calder
    Aug 20, 1981
    Record producer and Capitol executive Lee Gillette dies after a fall at his home in California. He produced hits for Tennessee Ernie Ford, Jimmy Wakely, Leon Payne and Hank Thompson while overseeing the label's country releases from 1944-1950
    Aug 20, 1981
    George Jones fails to show for a concert in Wichita Falls, Texas. He also stiffs two managers at a meeting to reassign his contract
    Aug 20, 1981
    "The Waltons" ends a 10-year prime-time run on CBS. For half of its TV life, the show featured Tex Ritter's son, John Ritter, as reverend Matthew Fordwick
    Aug 21, 1981
    Barbara Mandrell performs "The Best Of Strangers" in the CBS special "Good Evening, Captain," a tribute to Captain Kangaroo with Mike Farrell, Todd Bridges, Kim Fields and Jean Stapleton
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