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Aug 4, 1998

George Strait appears five times on the ballot as finalists are announced for the Country Music Association awards. It gives him 47 total nominations over his career, making him the most-nominated artist in CMA history

Aug 5, 1998

While in Nashville for a concert, The Smashing Pumpkins' Billy Corgan runs down a surprising list of his country favorites: Hank Williams, Hank Snow, Ray Price, Webb Pierce and The Louvin Brothers

Aug 11, 1998

Scott Hendricks becomes the head of Virgin Records' new country division in Nashville. The label introduces Chris Cagle and Clay Davidson

Aug 12, 1998

Tim McGraw and Faith Hill have their second daughter, Maggie Elizabeth McGraw, in Nashville. When she's eight years old, the youngster appears as a background singer in the final strains of her dad's single "Last Dollar (Fly Away)"

Aug 12, 1998

Tanya Tucker files suit against Capitol Records in Nashville, charging that the label prevented her from appearing on a Tammy Wynette tribute album. Instead of Tucker performing "Your Good Girl's Gonna Go Bad," the track eventually features K.T. Oslin

Aug 15, 1998

Paul Brandt performs on the Grand Ole Opry for the first time, rendering both of his hits, "My Heart Has A History" and "I Do"

Aug 21, 1998

LeAnn Rimes cancels a show at Nashville's Starwood Amphitheatre--her third cancellation in three nights--citing a respiratory infection

Aug 23, 1998

Grover "Big Jeff" Bess dies in Nashville, following a battle with diabetes. He co-owned Tootsie's Orchid Lounge--a legendary hangout for Willie Nelson, Faron Young, Marty Robbins and Mel Tillis--until he ceded it to wife Tootsie Bess in a divorce

Aug 25, 1998

Rockabilly artist Charlie Feathers is admitted to Memphis' St. Francis Hospital after suffering a stroke. Feathers wrote Elvis Presley's "I Forgot To Remember To Forget"

Aug 29, 1998

Rockabilly performer Charlie Feathers dies at Memphis' St. Francis Hospital. He wrote Elvis Presley's early hit "I Forgot To Remember To Forget"

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