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    • Aug 17, 1987
    Ten years after his death in Memphis, Elvis Presley is still so popular he makes the cover of People magazine
    Aug 18, 1987
    Guitarists Billy Burnette and Rick Vito join Fleetwood Mac, replacing Lindsey Buckingham. The previous year, Burnette was a finalist for Top New Male in the Academy of Country Music awards
    Aug 19, 1987
    Songwriter John Ryan is born. Known for his work with One Direction and 5 Seconds Of Summer, he also co-writes Thomas Rhett's country single "Vacation"
    Aug 19, 1987
    Anne Murray nets platinum albums from the RIAA for "Christmas Wishes" and "New Kind Of Feeling"
    Aug 22, 1987
    Restless Heart appears at #1 on the Billboard country singles chart with "Why Does It Have To Be (Wrong Or Right)"
    Aug 22, 1987
    When Levon Helm appears at the Stone Pony in Asbury Park, New Jersey, Bruce Springsteen hops on stage to add vocals to "Up On Cripple Creek" and the former Waylon Jennings hit "Lucille"
    Aug 22, 1987
    Roy Clark joins the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville. Among the songs he performs during the evening: "Thank God And Greyhound," "Come Live With Me" and "If I Had To Do It All Over Again"
    Aug 24, 1987
    MCA releases Waylon Jennings' single "My Rough And Rowdy Days"
    Aug 24, 1987
    MCA releases Reba McEntire's "The Last One To Know"
    Aug 25, 1987
    Jay Osmond, of The Osmond Brothers, marries Kandilyn Harris at the Salt Lake Temple in Utah
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