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Aug 1, 1924
Bass vocalist Roy Sneed is born in Albion, California. As a member of The Carlisles, he appears on the group's biggest hit, "No Help Wanted"
Aug 3, 1924
Gordon Stoker, of The Jordanaires, is born in Gleason, Tennessee. The quartet sings back-up on singles by Elvis Presley, Kenny Rogers, Jimmy Dean and Tammy Wynette, among others, gaining enrollment in the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2001
Aug 5, 1924
Darrell "Pee Wee" Lambert is born in Thacker, West Virginia. He plays mandolin with The Stanley Brothers' band, The Clinch Mountain Boys, participating in their Grammy Hall of Fame recording "I'm A Man Of Constant Sorrow"
Aug 9, 1924
Alma Crist is born in Kansas. At age 16, she marries country singer Slim Whitman
Aug 13, 1924
Vernon Dalhart records "The Wreck Of The Old '97" and "The Prisoner's Song" in New York. The two sides form the first million-selling single in country music history
Aug 25, 1924
Glenn Wagoner is born in West Plains, Missouri, the older brother of Porter Wagoner
Aug 27, 1924
Oliver "Mooney" Lynn is born in Kentucky. He later marries Loretta Lynn and assists her rise as a country singer
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