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    • Aug 2, 1938
    John Gummoe is born in Cleveland, Ohio. He becomes a member of the 1960s pop group The Cascades, writing their biggest hit, "Rhythm Of The Rain" The song becomes a country single after it's covered in 1978 by Jacky Ward
    Aug 4, 1938
    Drummer Kenny Malone is born. His hit list will include Ronnie Milsap's "Pure Love," Dolly Parton's "Jolene," Crystal Gayle's "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blues" and the Ray Charles & Willie Nelson duet "Seven Spanish Angels"
    Aug 6, 1938
    Jerry Lee Lewis loses his older brother, when Elmo Lewis Jr. is killed in an auto accident in Louisiana
    Aug 8, 1938
    Gene Autry visits the Kenton Hardware Company in Ohio, where key parts are made for the fast-selling Gene Autry repeating cap pistol. The singer and his horse, Champion, perform five shows at the Kenton Theatre
    Aug 8, 1938
    Webb Pierce receives a $5 guitar from his mother for his 12th birthday. In exchange, he promises not to bang on the buckets while he retrieves water from a nearby spring
    Aug 8, 1938
    Cowboy Copas has a son, Gary Lee Copas
    Aug 8, 1938
    Tommy Jennings, the younger brother of Waylon Jennings, is born in Littlefield, Texas
    Aug 12, 1938
    Ray Whitley has a supporting role as the western mining picture "Painted Desert" debuts in theaters
    Aug 12, 1938
    Songwriter Paul Craft is born in Memphis. His credits include: T. Graham Brown's "Come As You Were," Moe Bandy's "Hank Williams, You Wrote My Life" and Bobby Bare's "Dropkick Me Jesus (Through The Goal Posts Of Life)"
    Aug 15, 1938
    Gene Autry appears in the 25th movie of his career, "Man From Music Mountain," with sidekick Smiley Burnette. In the plot, Autry fights real estate barons who want to take gold-rich property from some unsuspecting farmers
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