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    • Aug 20, 1977
    Aaron Watson is born in Amarillo, Texas. He becomes a significant artist on his home state's red-dirt circuit and earns a #1 album in 2015 with "The Underdog"
    Aug 20, 1977
    Elvis Presley's "Way Down" goes to #1 on the Billboard country singles chart
    Aug 20, 1977
    Waylon Jennings harvests five nominations to lead the competition as the Country Music Association unveils the ballot for its annual awards in Nashville
    Aug 20, 1976
    Willie Nelson is served with a subpoena to testify in the narcotics trial of reputed drug ring leader Joe Hicks. Authorities refuse to comment on Nelson's role in the trial
    Aug 20, 1974
    David Allan Coe records "the perfect country & western song," "You Never Even Called Me By My Name," at Nashville's Columbia Studio A, namechecking Waylon Jennings, Charley Pride, Merle Haggard and songwriter Steve Goodman
    Aug 20, 1973
    Charley Pride records "Amazing Love" at the RCA Studios in Nashville
    Aug 20, 1972
    Burl Ives makes his final appearance as attorney Walter Nichols on the NBC-TV series "The Bold Ones"
    Aug 20, 1971
    Songwriter Alex Harvey records "Delta Dawn" in a Nashville session for Capitol Records. A year later, his composition is a hit for Tanya Tucker
    Aug 20, 1971
    Columbia releases Freddy Weller's "Another Night Of Love"
    Aug 20, 1971
    Johnny Paycheck records "She's All I Got" at Nashville's Columbia Recording Studios
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