Aug 8, 1969

Bobbie Gentry records "Fancy" at the Muscle Shoals Sound Studio in Alabama. Reba McEntire remakes it as a country hit

Aug 8, 1967

RCA releases Charley Pride's "Does My Ring Hurt Your Finger"

Aug 8, 1967

Jack Greene records "What Locks The Door"

Aug 8, 1966

Decca releases Bill Anderson's "I Get The Fever"

Aug 8, 1964

Dottie West and The Osborne Brothers join the Grand Ole Opry. The Osbornes deliver "Ruby (Are You Mad)"

Aug 8, 1961

RCA releases Elvis Presley's double-sided pop hit "(Marie's The Name) His Latest Flame" and "Little Sister"

Aug 8, 1960

Jim Reeves records a new version of his 1957 hit "Am I Losing You" at Nashville's RCA Studio B. The new recording becomes a hit in both pop and country

Aug 8, 1958

The Louvin Brothers begin three days of sessions for the gospel album "Satan Is Real." Cut the first day is "The Angels Rejoiced Last Night," destined to be remade by Dolly Parton & Sonya Isaacs for a 2003 tribute album "Livin', Lovin', Losin': Songs Of The Louvin Brothers"

Aug 8, 1958

Bing Crosby, who earned a country hit in 1944 with "Pistol Packin' Mama," has a son, Harry Crosby, in Hollywood. It's his first child with second wife Kathy Crosby

Aug 8, 1958

Elvis Presley, living in Killeen, Texas, while with the Army, puts his ill mother on a train for Memphis. She enters the hospital the next day