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Aug 15, 1951
Hank Williams begins a concert tour, sponsored by the Hadacol medicinal company, that puts him on a bill with comedians Bob Hope, Milton Berle, Minnie Pearl, Jack Benny and Jimmy Durante
Aug 17, 1951
Columbia releases Lefty Frizzell's "Travellin' Blues"
Aug 17, 1951
Ralph Stanley is seriously injured in an auto accident near Raleigh, North Carolina. During his recovery, Bill Monroe drops plans to bring The Stanley Brothers on as members of his backing band
Aug 19, 1951
Bass player John Deacon is born in Leicester, England. He joins Queen, whose 1980 pop hit "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" becomes a country success when remade by Dwight Yoakam in 1999, two years before the band takes its place in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
Aug 22, 1951
Hank Snow is injured in a serious automobile accident in Nashville. He flips the vehicle twice, hitting a parked car and a telephone pole. Snow is taken to General Hospital with a skull fracture and multiple lacerations
Aug 24, 1951
Burt Lancaster stars as "Jim Thorpe All American" debuts in theaters. The title will be referenced in The Statler Brothers' 1977 country hit "The Movies"
Aug 24, 1951
George Jones is jailed for failing to make support payments to his wife, Dorothy, who had filed for divorce a month earlier
Aug 28, 1951
Wayne Osmond is born in Ogden, Utah. The brother act The Osmonds becomes a major pop group during the 1970s, then moves into country for the hit "I Think About Your Lovin'." They sing harmony on Conway Twitty's "Heartache Tonight" in 1983
Aug 30, 1951
"Al Morgan" is broadcast for the last time on the DuMont TV network, concluding a two-year run. During the variety series' first season, the host earned his only country hit with "Jealous Heart"
Aug 31, 1951
Five-year-old Neil Young wakes up at his home in Omemee, Ontario, in pain. He is taken to a Toronto hospital, where he is diagnosed with polio
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