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Aug 27, 1971
Piano player Lillian Hardin Armstrong dies in Chicago, Illinois. She appeared on one country single during her lifetime, playing alongside her husband, trumpet legend Louis Armstrong, on Jimmie Rodgers' "Blue Yodel No. 9 (Standin' On The Corner)"
Aug 28, 1971
Lynn Anderson begins a seven-week run at #1 on the Billboard country albums chart with "You're My Man"
Aug 28, 1971
Tammy Wynette occupies the top position on the Billboard country singles chart with "Good Lovin' (Makes It Right)"
Aug 28, 1971
Cincinnati Bengals lineman Mike Reid suffers a knee injury in the team's preseason NFL victory against the St. Louis Cardinals. Some two decades later he scores as a country artist with the ironically titled "Walk On Faith"
Aug 28, 1971
Jerry Reed leads with seven nominations as finalists for the Country Music Association awards are named in Nashville. Loretta Lynn is tabbed four times, while Merle Haggard, Sammi Smith, Conway Twitty and Lynn Anderson are triple-nominees
Aug 30, 1971
Epic releases Johnny Paycheck's "She's All I Got"
Aug 30, 1971
Merle Haggard records "Daddy Frank (The Guitar Man)" at the Capitol Recording Studios in Hollywood
Aug 31, 1971
Mac Davis performs "Something's Burning" on NBC-TV's "Make Your Own Kind Of Music." Featuring Mark Lindsay and hosts The Carpenters, the episode also welcomes Helen Reddy
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