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    • Aug 20, 1955
    Alvin Krolik is shot and killed while trying to rob a liquor store in El Paso, Texas. His obituary will mention a line from an unpublished autobiography in which he described himself as "a man who walked a lonely street." Songwriters Tommy Durden and Mae Boren Axton turn that phrase into an Elvis Presley hit, "Heartbreak Hotel"
    Aug 20, 1953
    Jean Shepard and Ferlin Husky record "Forgive Me, John" during an afternoon session at the Capitol Studios on Melrose Avenue in Los Angeles
    Aug 20, 1952
    Singer/songwriter John Hiatt is born in Indianapolis, Indiana. He writes such country hits as The Desert Rose Band's "She Don't Love Nobody," Suzy Bogguss' "Drive South" and Rosanne Cash's "The Way We Make A Broken Heart"
    Aug 20, 1952
    Rudy Gatlin, of The Gatlin Brothers, is born in Olney, Texas. Behind songwriting lead singer Larry Gatlin, the trio receives a Grammy for 1976's "Broken Lady," beginning a 12-year string of harmony-packed successes
    Aug 20, 1950
    Eddy Arnold records "The Lovebug Itch" at the Brown Brothers Studio on 4th Avenue in downtown Nashville
    Aug 20, 1949
    Slim Whitman makes his national radio debut singing with The Light Crust Doughboys on the Mutual Broadcasting Network
    Aug 20, 1948
    Rock singer Robert Plant is born in Birmingham, England. The vocalist for hard-rock pioneers Led Zeppelin, he joins Alison Krauss on a Grammy-winning Top 5 country album, 2007's "Raising Sand"
    Aug 20, 1947
    Eddy Arnold records "Then I Turned And Walked Slowly Away," "Texarkana Baby," "My Daddy Is Only A Picture," "There's Not A Thing (I Wouldn't Do For You)" and "Anytime" at RCA's New York studios
    Aug 20, 1945
    Columbia releases Fred Rose's "Tender Hearted Sue"
    Aug 20, 1942
    The Cary Grant movie "The Talk Of The Town" debuts in theaters with Lee "Lasses" White in a secondary role
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