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Aug 21, 1928
Roy Wariner is born in Champaign, Illinois. One of his five children becomes a country star: Steve Wariner
Aug 22, 1928
Songwriter and artist manager Jerry Capehart is born in Goodman, Missouri. He's credited as a co-writer of Eddie Cochran's "Summertime Blues," a late-'50s rock & roll hit destined to be refashioned as a country single in 1994 by Alan Jackson
Aug 25, 1928
Fiddler Jerry Rivers is born in Nashville. He joins Hank Williams' Drifting Cowboys from 1949-1951, playing on such classics as "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry," "Hey, Good Lookin'" and "Cold, Cold Heart"
Aug 27, 1928
Frances Preston is born in Nashville. In 1958, she founds a local division of BMI, which collects and distributes money to songwriters and publishers for the public performance of their songs. In 1985, she moves to New York to run the entire agency
Aug 30, 1928
Vocalist and arranger Johnny Mann is born in Baltimore, Maryland. He forms The Johnny Mann Singers, a Los Angeles vocal group that is featured on Walter Brennan's country recitation "Old Rivers"
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