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Aug 2, 1945
Roy Acuff records "Pins And Needles (In My Heart)" at radio station WBBM in Chicago. He also cuts the Fred Rose song "Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain," a future Willie Nelson hit; and "No One Will Ever Know," a future hit for Gene Watson
Aug 4, 1945
While on a USO tour of the Pacific, Gene Autry has drinks with General Roger Ramey, just two days before Ramey oversees the atomic bomb's use on Hiroshima
Aug 4, 1945
Guitarist Fred Tackett is born in Little Rock, Arkansas. A Los Angeles session player known for his work on pop hits by Lionel Richie and Boz Scaggs, he also appears on country hits by Glen Campbell, Deborah Allen, Clint Black and Kenny Rogers
Aug 6, 1945
Okeh releases Spade Cooley's "I've Taken All I'm Gonna Take From You"
Aug 6, 1945
The U.S. drops the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, using uranium manufactured in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. The town's name is later bestowed on The Oak Ridge Boys. The World War II event helps inspire The Buchanan Brothers' country hit "Atomic Power"
Aug 7, 1945
The morning after the U.S. bombed Hiroshima, Japan, Charlotte disc jockey Fred Kirby writes "Atomic Power," a future Top 10 hit for The Buchanan Brothers
Aug 8, 1945
Eleven years to the day after their first recording date, The Sons Of The Pioneers hold their first RCA Victor session, cutting "Stars And Stripes On Iwo Jima" at the RCA Victor Studio in Hollywood
Aug 9, 1945
Decca releases Lawrence Welk & Red Foley's double-sided hit, "At Mail Call Today" and "Shame On You"
Aug 11, 1945
Jimmy Wakely performs "Cool Water" with Foy Willing and The Riders Of The Purple Sage in the silver-screen debut of the movie "Saddle Serenade." The western also features Lee "Lasses" White
Aug 14, 1945
Comedian Steve Martin is born in Waco, Texas. The banjo-playing "wild and crazy guy" employs The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band in the role of the Toot Uncommons when he records a million-selling single, "King Tut." He also wins the International Bluegrass Music Association's Entertainer of the Year in 2011
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