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    • Aug 4, 1933
    Songwriter Milton Brown is born. Among his credits: Merle Haggard & Clint Eastwood's "Bar Room Buddies," Glen Campbell's "Any Which Way You Can" and David Frizzell & Shelly West's "Another Honky-Tonk Night On Broadway"
    Aug 8, 1933
    R&B vocalist Joe Tex is born in Rogers, Texas. Noted for the singles "I Gotcha" and "Skinny Legs And All," he earns a country hit as a songwriter after Barbara Mandrell covers his 1967 recording, "Show Me"
    Aug 9, 1933
    Red Foley marries Eva Overstake
    Aug 12, 1933
    Duane Dickens is born in Foreman, Arkansas. One of his son's will become a country singer: Tracy Lawrence
    Aug 15, 1933
    Mandolin player Mike Seeger is born in New York. He becomes a founding member of the string band The New Lost City Ramblers. The group's version of "On Some Foggy Mountain Top" is used in the 2019 PBS series "Country Music: A Film By Ken Burns"
    Aug 15, 1933
    Bobby Helms is born in Bloomington, Indiana. His 1957 recordings of "My Special Angel" and "Jingle Bell Rock" make him one of the first performers to mine the stylistic crevice between rock and country
    Aug 20, 1933
    Guitarist Roland Janes is born in Brookings, Arkansas. He plays on Sun Records singles by Jerry Lee Lewis, Billy Lee Riley and Charlie Rich
    Aug 30, 1933
    After four years with the Gennett label, Billy Cox holds his first recording session for the American Record Corporation. During his seven-year run with ARC, he writes a pair of country classics: "Filipino Baby" and "Sparkling Brown Eyes"
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