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    • Aug 2, 1962
    Singer/songwriter Robert Zimmerman legally changes his name to Bob Dylan. The name is affixed to the songwriting credits of such country hits as "It Ain't Me, Babe," "You Ain't Going Nowhere" and "Wagon Wheel"
    Aug 3, 1962
    Brenda Lee, Jimmy Dean and The Lettermen play at Los Angeles' Hollywood Bowl in a concert billed as "Music For Teens"
    Aug 3, 1962
    Columbia releases Ray Price's "Pride"
    Aug 4, 1962
    Connie Hall records the Bill Anderson-penned "Fool Me Once"
    Aug 4, 1962
    Bass player Jack Taylor dies. He emerged in 1932 with The Prairie Ramblers, a group that performed on WLS Radio and backed up Patsy Montana on the 1935 hit "I Wanna Be A Cowboy's Sweetheart." The group was disbanded in 1960
    Aug 5, 1962
    Marilyn Monroe dies of a drug overdose at her home in Los Angeles. The actress is remembered in Faith Hill's country hit "The Secret Of Life," Hank Williams Jr.'s "Born To Boogie" and Keith Urban's "John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16"
    Aug 5, 1962
    Jan Howard is rushed to a Nashville hospital after taking an overdose of sleeping pills
    Aug 6, 1962
    Anita Wood tells The Memphis Press-Scimitar she's ending her four-year relationship with Elvis Presley, who, she says, is not ready to get married
    Aug 6, 1962
    Rose Maddox records the Del Reeves-written "Sing A Little Song Of Heartache" at the Capitol Studios in Hollywood with Joe Maphis on fiddle and guitar
    Aug 7, 1962
    Banjo player Alison Brown is born in Hartford, Connecticut. She becomes a critically acclaimed Nashville musician, forming her own label, Compass Records, with husband Garry West and winning a Grammy award in 2001
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