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    • Aug 3, 1961
    Mary Carlisle, the mother of Bill and Cliff Carlisle, dies
    Aug 4, 1961
    Barack Obama is born in Honolulu, Hawaii. During his presidency, he gets White House visits from Charley Pride, Dierks Bentley and Brad Paisley, whose "Welcome To The Future" is inspired by Obama's election
    Aug 4, 1961
    Spade Cooley, who has already suffered two heart attacks since April, is taken to Bakersfield's Kern County General Hospital, suffering from chest pains. It causes a delay in his trial for the murder of wife Ella Mae Cooley
    Aug 4, 1961
    Merle Travis gives away the bride as his daughter, Pat Travis, marries Gene Eatherly
    Aug 5, 1961
    Comedian Tim Wilson is born in Columbus, Georgia. In addition to doing stand-up, he co-writes Toby Keith's 2007 hit "High Maintenance Woman"
    Aug 5, 1961
    Jackie Phelps debuts as a guitarist with Roy Acuff's Smoky Mountain Boys during a show in Altamont, Illinois, remaining with the band for nine years
    Aug 5, 1961
    Fiddler Mark O'Connor is born in Seattle, Washington. He wins the Country Music Association's Musician of the Year award six times, appearing on more than 450 country recordings, and wins a Grammy for "Restless"
    Aug 7, 1961
    Patsy Cline's "I Fall To Pieces" reaches #1 on the Billboard country singles chart
    Aug 8, 1961
    RCA releases Elvis Presley's double-sided pop hit "(Marie's The Name) His Latest Flame" and "Little Sister"
    Aug 11, 1961
    One month to the day after it began, location filming for Elvis Presley's movie "Follow That Dream" comes to an end in Crystal River, Florida
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