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    • Aug 1, 1982
    Carole King, writer of the Tammy Wynette hit "Crying In The Rain," marries Rick Sorensen at the Robinson Bar Ranch near Stanley, Idaho
    Aug 1, 1982
    Donnie Hale, Rose Maddox' son, dies in Reno, Nevada
    Aug 2, 1982
    Elektra/Curb releases The Whites' "You Put The Blue In Me"
    Aug 2, 1982
    "I make a better whore than a secretary": Dolly Parton, promoting the movie "The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas," appears on the cover of People magazine
    Aug 4, 1982
    Fiddler and songwriter Shelby "Tex" Atchison dies in Collinsville, Illinois. He wrote Johnny Bond's "Sick, Sober And Sorry," Johnny Horton's "Sleepy-Eyed John" and Hank Locklin's "We're Gonna Go Fishin'"
    Aug 5, 1982
    Ernest Tubb adds his voice to Hank Williams Jr.'s "Leave Them Boys Alone," which also includes an appearance by Waylon Jennings, at Nashville's Sound Stage. It's the final recorded performance of Tubb's career
    Aug 6, 1982
    Epic releases Merle Haggard & George Jones' album "A Taste Of Yesterday's Wine"
    Aug 6, 1982
    Fans get angry when George Jones stops signing autographs outside an Augusta, Georgia, club. Friend Pee Wee Johnson tries to protect Jones' motorcycle from damage, and one of the fans breaks his jaw
    Aug 7, 1982
    Hank Williams Jr.'s remake of his father's song "Honky Tonkin'" ascends to #1 on the Billboard country singles chart
    Aug 9, 1982
    "Filthy Rich" debuts on CBS-TV, with future "Designing Women" stars Delta Burke and Dixie Carter. Ronnie McDowell sings the theme song
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