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Aug 4, 1936
Bass singer Elsbeary Hobbs is born in New York. In the 1950s, he joins The Drifters, singing on "Save The Last Dance For Me," resurrected three different times as a country hit--by Buck Owens, Emmylou Harris and Dolly Parton
Aug 5, 1936
Governor Gene Talmadge, running for U.S. Senate, stumps in Monroe, Georgia, in his trademark red suspenders, with Fiddlin' John Carson providing musical entertainment. The same night, son Grady Carson shoots and kills his father-in-law
Aug 15, 1936
Bob Wills marries concert violinist Ruth Elaine McMaster in Sapulpa, Oklahoma. It's his second marriage
Aug 18, 1936
Tex Ritter arrives at the Glendale Airport in California, where he is set to begin work on his first movie, "Song Of The Gringo," at the end of the month
Aug 19, 1936
Gene Autry is robbed and thrown off a train in the debut of "Oh, Susanna!," which also features his on-screen pal Smiley Burnette. Also appearing: The Light Crust Doughboys and, of course, Autry's trusty horse, Champion
Aug 31, 1936
Shooting begins in the City Of Commerce, California, for Tex Ritter's first movie, "Song Of The Gringo"
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