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    • Aug 23, 1969
    Johnny Cash hits #1 on the Billboard country singles chart with "A Boy Named Sue"
    Aug 23, 1969
    Lulu guests on "The Johnny Cash Show," singing "Games People Play" with the ABC show's host. Guests also include Chet Atkins and John Hartford, while Cash taps regulars The Statler Brothers for a romp on "Rollin' In My Sweet Baby's Arms"
    Aug 23, 1969
    Stand-up bass player Barry Bales is born in Kingsport, Tennessee. He becomes a member of Alison Krauss' bluegrass band, Union Station, performing on "When You Say Nothing At All" and The Soggy Bottom Boys' "I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow." He also co-writes Chris Stapleton's 2015 single "Nobody To Blame"
    Aug 23, 1969
    Bass player Ira Dean is born in Raleigh, North Carolina. He joins Trick Pony, a band that nabs two hits from its 2001 debut album, winning an American Music Award before the trio breaks up in 2008. He also co-writes Montgomery Gentry's 2009 single "One In Every Crowd"
    Aug 23, 1965
    Buck Owens records "Sam's Place" during the afternoon at the Capitol Recording Studios in Los Angeles
    Aug 23, 1963
    Banjo player Milton Estes dies in Oklahoma City. A former member of Pee Wee King's Golden West Cowboys, he also wrote Jimmy Martin's "20/20 Vision"
    Aug 23, 1963
    Carl Butler & Pearl record "Too Late To Try Again"
    Aug 23, 1962
    John Lennon, of The Beatles, marries Cynthia Powell in Liverpool, England, with bandmate Paul McCartney serving as best man. Lennon & McCartney write several country hits, including "I Feel Fine" and "I Don't Want To Spoil The Party"
    Aug 23, 1960
    Jimmy C. Newman records "Wanting You With Me Tonight"
    Aug 23, 1960
    Oscar Hammerstein II, who co-wrote the music for "Oklahoma!" and "The Sound Of Music," dies of cancer at home in Doylestown, Pennsylvania. In the 1950s, Slim Whitman had country hits with two of his songs: "Indian Love Call" and "Rose-Marie"
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