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    • Aug 11, 1971
    The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band records with Maybelle Carter, Earl Scruggs, Doc Watson, Randy Scruggs, Vassar Clements and Merle Travis at Nashville's Woodland Sound. The day's output includes the title track for the album "Will The Circle Be Unbroken"
    Aug 12, 1971
    The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band records "Foggy Mountain Breakdown" at Woodland Sound in Nashville with bass player Junior Huskey and fiddler Vassar Clements as work continues on the landmark three-record album "Will The Circle Be Unbroken"
    Aug 12, 1971
    Columbia releases Marty Robbins' "Early Morning Sunshine"
    Aug 12, 1971
    Earl Scruggs holds an all-star recording session in Nashville, recording "I Saw The Light" with The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band and Linda Ronstadt, plus Gary, Steve and Randy Scruggs; Vassar Clements; and Norman Blake
    Aug 13, 1971
    Sandy Posey records "Be My Baby" at the Columbia Recording Studios in Nashville. Jody Miller cuts a hit country version of the song the following month
    Aug 13, 1971
    The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band enlists Randy Scruggs, Vassar Clements, Norman Blake and Junior Huskey to record at Nashville's Woodland Sound Studio for the album "Will The Circle Be Unbroken." They cut "Togary Mountain" and "Honky Tonkin'"
    Aug 14, 1971
    Charley Pride's "I'm Just Me" snags the #1 spot on the Billboard country albums chart
    Aug 14, 1971
    Rhonda Ross is born in Los Angeles, the daughter of Diana Ross and "Lonely Teardrops" songwriter Berry Gordy Jr.
    Aug 14, 1971
    The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band concludes recording for the album "Will The Circle Be Unbroken" at Woodland Sound Studio in Nashville with fiddler Vassar Clements and bass player Junior Huskey
    Aug 15, 1971
    Glen Campbell duets with Cher on "Bad Moon Rising" when he guests on CBS-TV's "The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour"
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