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Aug 6, 1979
"Bee Gee Mania": Months after Susie Allanson's version of their song "Words" became a country hit, pop singer/songwriters Barry, Maurice and Robin Gibb are featured on the cover of People magazine
Aug 6, 1979
Gail Davies records "Blue Heartache" in her first Warner Bros. session, at Nashville's Woodland Sound Studios
Aug 6, 1979
Kenny Rogers nets a gold single from the RIAA for "She Believes In Me"
Aug 7, 1979
Columbia Records releases the Larry Gatlin & The Gatlin Brothers Band single "All The Gold In California"
Aug 7, 1979
Mac Davis records "It's Hard To Be Humble" and "Let's Keep It That Way" at Nashville's Jack Clement Studios
Aug 8, 1979
Tammy Wynette has surgery in Tucson on her left elbow and ring finger, alleviating numbness caused by a restricted nerve
Aug 9, 1979
Columbia releases Rosanne Cash's debut single, "No Memories Hangin' Round," a duet with Bobby Bare
Aug 10, 1979
The Dom DeLuise movie "Hot Stuff" debuts in New York with Jerry Reed in a supporting role. Reed also performs the title song
Aug 10, 1979
Chuck Berry begins serving a 100-day jail sentence for tax evasion at Lompoc Prison in California. Exactly three years prior, Emmylou Harris re-recorded the Berry-penned "(You Never Can Tell) C'est La Vie"
Aug 11, 1979
Guy Willis, of The Willis Brothers, performs on the Grand Ole Opry one last time
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