Aug 8, 1988

The Chicago Cubs play a home night game for the first time. As a result, The Statler Brothers change a line in live performances of "Don't Wait On Me" from "When the lights come on in Wrigley Field..." to "When they put a dome on Wrigley Field, I'll be coming back to you"

Aug 8, 1988

Mel Tillis gets a black eye horsing around in the swimming pool with former Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Terry Bradshaw on his birthday

Aug 8, 1988

Crystal Gayle undergoes emergency surgery in Nashville for a tubal pregnancy, and cancels a three-week tour and an appearance at the Republican National Convention

Aug 8, 1987

George Jones is released from University of Alabama Hospital in Birmingham, where he was treated for a stomach ailment

Aug 8, 1987

Reba McEntire ascends to #1 on the Billboard country singles chart with "One Promise Too Late"

Aug 8, 1987

Steve Earle marries Lou-Anne Gill, his fourth wife

Aug 8, 1986

Atlantic releases the soundtrack to "Stand By Me," featuring Jerry Lee Lewis' "Great Balls Of Fire," Buddy Holly's "Everday" and Ben E. King's title track

Aug 8, 1986

David Crosby, of Crosby, Stills & Nash, is released from Huntsville State Prison in Texas after serving a sentence for drug and weapons offenses. He had a hand in the growth of country-rock, as a founding member of The Byrds

Aug 8, 1983

It's a boy--again! Alan and Suzanne Osmond welcome their sixth son, Jonathan Pinegar Osmond, at Utah Valley Hospital in Provo

Aug 8, 1983

RCA releases Alabama's "Lady Down On Love"