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    • Aug 4, 1936
    Bass singer Elsbeary Hobbs is born in New York. In the 1950s, he joins The Drifters, singing on "Save The Last Dance For Me," resurrected three different times as a country hit--by Buck Owens, Emmylou Harris and Dolly Parton
    Aug 5, 1936
    Governor Gene Talmadge, running for U.S. Senate, stumps in Monroe, Georgia, in his trademark red suspenders, with Fiddlin' John Carson providing musical entertainment. The same night, son Grady Carson shoots and kills his father-in-law
    Aug 15, 1936
    Bob Wills marries concert violinist Ruth Elaine McMaster in Sapulpa, Oklahoma. It's his second marriage
    Aug 18, 1936
    Tex Ritter arrives at the Glendale Airport in California, where he is set to begin work on his first movie, "Song Of The Gringo," at the end of the month
    Aug 19, 1936
    Gene Autry is robbed and thrown off a train in the debut of "Oh, Susanna!," which also features his on-screen pal Smiley Burnette. Also appearing: The Light Crust Doughboys and, of course, Autry's trusty horse, Champion
    Aug 31, 1936
    Shooting begins in the City Of Commerce, California, for Tex Ritter's first movie, "Song Of The Gringo"
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