Aug 8, 1981

Crystal Gayle takes "Too Many Lovers" to #1 on the Billboard country singles chart

Aug 8, 1981

Mickey Gilley sings "You Don't Know Me" on the music show "Solid Gold." Razzy Bailey performs "Midnight Hauler" and The Oak Ridge Boys deliver "Elvira"

Aug 8, 1980

MCA releases Don Williams' album "I Believe In You"

Aug 8, 1979

Tammy Wynette has surgery in Tucson on her left elbow and ring finger, alleviating numbness caused by a restricted nerve

Aug 8, 1977

Charley Pride and Ronnie Milsap perform for Tanzanian president Julius Nyerere at the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville

Aug 8, 1977

Mary Ford is admitted to Arcadia Methodist Hospital in California in a coma, caused by a negative reaction to insulin taken for her diabetes

Aug 8, 1977

Fiddler Justin Williamson is born in Casper, Wyoming. A member of Brad Paisley's touring band, he appears on such Paisley recordings as "Celebrity," "Whiskey Lullaby," "Southern Comfort Zone" and "I'm Gonna Miss Her (The Fishin' Song)"

Aug 8, 1977

Elvis Presley rents Memphis' Libertyland amusement park for $2,500 after midnight as a present for Lisa Marie

Aug 8, 1976

'N Sync's JC Chasez is born in Washington, D.C. The boy band becomes a hugely successful pop act in the late-1990s and joins country music's Alabama in a remake of its own pop hit, "God Must Have Spent A Little More Time On You"

Aug 8, 1975

Lester Flatt performs on the Grand Ole Opry for the first time since undergoing heart surgery in July