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Jun 16, 1987
Waylon Jennings records "My Rough And Rowdy Days" at Nashville's Sound Stage
Jun 22, 1987
Waylon Jennings overdubs a horn section to "My Rough And Rowdy Days" at Nashville's Sound Stage. Included: trombone player Dennis Good, trumpets Michael Haynes and George Tidwell, and saxes Jim Horn and Dennis Quitman
Jun 25, 1987
Boudleaux Bryant dies of cancer at Knoxville's Baptist Hospital. Bryant was a pioneering Nashville songwriter, whose credits included "Bye Bye Love," "Come Live With Me" and "Hole In My Pocket." He later joins the Country Music Hall of Fame
Jul 17, 1987
Ex-Oak Ridge Boy William Lee Golden files for divorce from the former Luetta Gay Callaway, after more than two years of marriage
Jul 24, 1987
Merle Haggard & George Jones perform for 12,000 at Nashville's Starwood Amphitheatre. It marks the first time Haggard has played a major venue in Music City
Jul 27, 1987
Ed Bruce files for divorce from his wife/manager Patsy Bruce in Williamson County, Tennessee, charging her with "cruel and inhuman treatment." The two co-wrote "Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys"
Jul 31, 1987
Guitarist Kenneth "Thumbs" Carllile dies of a heart attack in Chattanooga. He can still be heard on recordings by Ray Price, Jim Reeves and Eddy Arnold
Aug 1, 1987
Fiddler Howard "Howdy" Forrester dies of cancer in Nashville. He was a member of Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys in the 1940s and Roy Acuff's Smoky Mountain Boys in the '50s, and played on hits by Hank Thompson and Kitty Wells
Aug 13, 1987
The site of Elvis Presley's first public performance, at a 1953 talent contest, is renamed in his honor. The auditorium at Memphis' Humes Junior High becomes the Elvis A. Presley Auditorium
Aug 17, 1987
Randy Travis leads all nominees with mentions in five categories for the Country Music Association awards. Reba McEntire, George Strait and The O'Kanes each receive four nominations
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