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Aug 8, 2013
Jack Clement dies of cancer in Nashville. He wrote hits for Jim Reeves and Johnny Cash, produced Charley Pride and Waylon Jennings, and owned several recording studios. His passing comes just months before he is officially inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame
Aug 8, 2012
Nickelback vocalist Chad Kroeger gets engaged to pop artist Avril Lavigne. Kroeger co-wrote the Tim McGraw hit "It's A Business Doing Pleasure With You"
Aug 8, 2012
Mel Tillis celebrates his 80th birthday with a party at Honky Tonk Central in Nashville. Among his 400 guests: Pam Tillis, Charley Pride, Jerrod Niemann, Lee Brice, Eddy Raven, Bobby Bare, Lorrie Morgan, Jeff Cook and Bobby Goldsboro
Aug 8, 2012
Love And Theft's "Angel Eyes" is certified gold by the RIAA
Aug 8, 2012
Chris Young is awarded a gold single by the RIAA for "The Man I Want To Be"
Aug 8, 2011
MCA releases Vince Gill's "Threaten Me With Heaven" to radio
Aug 8, 2011
Loretta Lynn cancels her live appearances through September 3 to accommodate reconstructive knee surgery
Aug 8, 2011
The video for Lauren Alaina's "Like My Mother Does" debuts on GAC and CMT
Aug 8, 2010
Larry Gatlin sings "Johnny Cash Is Dead And His House Burned Down" in a guest slot during "Million Dollar Quartet" at New York's Nederlander Theatre. The production celebrates the music of Cash, Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins
Aug 8, 2010
A Lucinda Williams collaboration with Elvis Costello, "Kiss Like Your Kiss," is used in an episode of HBO's vampire series "True Blood"
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