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  • Aug 2, 1951
    Andrew Gold is born in Burbank, California. Known for his 1977 pop hit "Lonely Boy" and for writing the theme to "The Golden Girls," Gold plays guitar and/or sings background on hits by Linda Ronstadt and Wynonna Judd, and writes Judd's 1992 single "I Saw The Light"
    Aug 4, 1951
    Carl Smith records "Let Old Mother Nature Have Her Way" in the afternoon at the Castle Studio in Nashville's Tulane Hotel
    Aug 10, 1951
    Hank Williams records "Half As Much" and "Baby, We're Really In Love" during an evening session at Nashville's Castle Studio. He also cuts "I'm Sorry For You, My Friend," a song he re-records in December
    Aug 11, 1951
    Following his performance on the Grand Ole Opry, Lefty Frizzell is arrested for contributory delinquency, stemming from a dalliance with an under-age girl in Little Rock on April 1
    Aug 13, 1951
    Fiddler Hubert Dwane "Hoot" Hester is born in Louisville, Kentucky. A member of the Grand Ole Opry house band, he appears on hits by Conway Twitty, Dan Seals, Steve Wariner and Ricky Van Shelton
    Aug 13, 1951
    Dan Fogelberg is born in Peoria, Illinois. His 1985 album "High Country Snows" features Ricky Skaggs, Vince Gill and Doc Watson, and his supporting tour leads to the formation of The Desert Rose Band
    Aug 13, 1951
    Webb Pierce records "Wondering" in an evening session at Nashville's Castle Recording Studio in the Tulane Hotel
    Aug 14, 1951
    Columbia releases Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs' "Don't Get Above Your Raisin'," destined to become a hit 30 years later for Ricky Skaggs
    Aug 14, 1951
    "Cyclone Fury" debuts in movie theaters, with lead actor Charles Starrett protecting an orphaned Indian boy in his role as the Durango Kid. Smiley Burnette and Merle Travis also appear in the picture
    Aug 15, 1951
    Fourteen-year-old Merle Haggard is picked up for robbing a liquor store in a case of mistaken identity. Released five days later when the real criminals are caught, he expects to be tried as an adult: he was carrying a fake I.D. that said he was 18

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