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Aug 18, 1950
MGM releases a double-sided Hank Williams hit: "They'll Never Take Her Love From Me" and "Why Should We Try Anymore"
Aug 19, 1950
Daniel Leon Rice is born. He raises a son, Chase Rice, who becomes a country star
Aug 19, 1950
Hank Snow spends the first of 21 weeks at #1 on the Billboard country singles chart with "I'm Moving On"
Aug 19, 1950
One day after her divorce from television executive Hubbell Robinson was finalized, "Slipping Around" singer Margaret Whiting marries piano player Joe "Fingers" Carr a second time in Guadalupe, Mexico
Aug 20, 1950
Eddy Arnold records "The Lovebug Itch" at the Brown Brothers Studio on 4th Avenue in downtown Nashville
Aug 21, 1950
Hank Snow records "Rhumba Boogie" and "The Golden Rocket" during a late-night session at Nashville's Brown Radio Productions
Aug 24, 1950
Ann McCrary is born. As a member of the gospel group The McCrary Sisters, she contributes backing vocals to Ray Stevens' "Everything Is Beautiful" and Maren Morris' "My Church"
Aug 26, 1950
The Ernest Tubb & Red Foley duet "Goodnight Irene" reaches #1 on the Billboard country singles chart
Aug 26, 1950
Roy Rogers and Dale Evans welcome a daughter, Robin Elizabeth Rogers, who is born with Down syndrome
Aug 30, 1950
The Memphis label Phillips Records releases bluesman Joe Hill Louis' "Boogie In The Park." It's the first single ever issued by future Country Music Hall of Famer Sam Phillips, best known for founding Sun
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