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  • Aug 1, 1989
    ABKCO releases The Rolling Stones' "Singles Collection: The London Years." Among the contents in the box set: "Honky Tonk Women," cited in a Country Music Foundation publication as one of country's 500 greatest singles of all-time
    Aug 1, 1989
    The Oak Ridge Boys perform at the Congressional picnic for both houses of Congress and president George Bush
    Aug 1, 1989
    RCA releases Keith Whitley's album "I Wonder Do You Think Of Me"
    Aug 1, 1989
    Mercury releases Kathy Mattea's "Burnin' Old Memories"
    Aug 2, 1989
    Kristine Arnold, from Sweethearts Of The Rodeo, gives birth to a girl, Annabelle Grey
    Aug 4, 1989
    Casey Kristofferson attends an Ozzy Osbourne concert at the Shoreline Amphitheater in Mountain View, California. When Osbourne yells "Let's get crazy," fans rush the stage and knock over Kristofferson's mom, Rita Coolidge
    Aug 5, 1989
    Dolly Parton scores a #1 country single in Billboard with "Why'd You Come In Here Lookin' Like That"
    Aug 6, 1989
    Steel guitarist Billy Bowman, formerly of Bob Wills' Texas Playboys, dies of cancer in Columbia, South Carolina. He played on the classic "Faded Love" during his Playboys tenure, 1950-1957
    Aug 6, 1989
    Film producer Nat Levine dies in Woodland Hills, California. He oversaw the production of many of Gene Autry's movies
    Aug 7, 1989
    Warner Bros. releases Travis Tritt's debut single, "Country Club"

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