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Aug 1, 1925
Billboard founder Bill Donaldson dies. His publication goes on to become the leading trade paper in the music industry
Aug 5, 1925
Carl T. Sprague records the first western hit, "When The Work's All Done This Fall," in Camden, New Jersey
Aug 7, 1925
Songwriter Felice Bryant is born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. With husband Boudleaux Bryant, she writes such hits as "Hole In My Pocket," by Ricky Van Shelton; "Devoted To You," by The Everly Brothers; and "Rocky Top," by The Osborne Brothers. The Bryants enter the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1991
Aug 11, 1925
Drummer Philip Paul is born in Harlem, New York. Primarily an R&B musician, he takes part in sessions with Hank Ballard, Tiny Bradshaw and Freddie King. He also sits in on Cowboy Copas' recording of "Alabam"
Aug 15, 1925
Bass vocalist Bill Pinkney is born in Sumter, North Carolina. An original member of The Drifters, he sings on the R&B hit "Honey Love," covered by country's The Carlisles in 1954. Pinkney leaves The Drifters in 1958, just before the group reaches its commercial peak
Aug 15, 1925
Rose Maddox is born in Boaz, Alabama. She fronts the California-based Maddox Brothers & Rose, a wild, energetic touring group in the 1940s and '50s dubbed the Most Colorful Hillbilly Band in America
Aug 21, 1925
Songwriter/producer Ed Penney is born in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He writes and produces Terri Gibbs' crossover hit "Somebody's Knockin'" and authors Moe Bandy's "Two Lonely People"
Aug 27, 1925
Carter Stanley is born in Stratton, Virginia. With sibling Ralph Stanley, he forms The Stanley Brothers, a bluegrass outfit that rivals Bill Monroe's and influences the harmonies of future country star Ricky Skaggs
Aug 28, 1925
Billy Grammer is born in Benton, Illinois. He turns an 18th-century British folk song into the 1958 hit "Gotta Travel On," joining the Grand Ole Opry one year later. He plays guitar on several Charley Pride hits, including "Kiss An Angel Good Mornin'"
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