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    • Aug 15, 1955
    Pete Seeger refuses to name other members of left-wing groups while testifying before the House Un-American Activities Committee on Communism in Washington, D.C. Two years later, Seeger's song "Kisses Sweeter Than Wine" will become a country hit for Jimmie Rodgers
    Aug 15, 1955
    Columbia releases Marty Robbins' version of Chuck Berry's "Maybelline"
    Aug 15, 1955
    Elvis Presley signs a deal making Colonel Tom Parker a special advisor to Presley and his manager, Bob Neal
    Aug 16, 1955
    Faron and Hilda Young have a son, Damion Ray Young
    Aug 17, 1955
    Singer/songwriter Kevin Welch is born in Los Angeles. He pens such hits as Gary Morris' "Velvet Chains," Moe Bandy's "Till I'm Too Old To Die Young," Chris Stapleton's "Millionaire" and Ricky Skaggs' "Let It Be You"
    Aug 18, 1955
    Steve Wilkinson, of The Wilkinsons, is born in Belleville, Ontario. The Canadian family trio, which includes son Tyler and daughter Amanda, enters the national arena with its sentimental 1998 single "26 Cents"
    Aug 20, 1955
    Alvin Krolik is shot and killed while trying to rob a liquor store in El Paso, Texas. His obituary will mention a line from an unpublished autobiography in which he described himself as "a man who walked a lonely street." Songwriters Tommy Durden and Mae Boren Axton turn that phrase into an Elvis Presley hit, "Heartbreak Hotel"
    Aug 22, 1955
    Songwriter/guitarist Tim Buckley is born. He co-writes the Doug Supernaw hit "Reno"
    Aug 26, 1955
    The western picture "Apache Ambush" opens, with Tex Ritter in a minor role. The movie is banned in Finland
    Aug 26, 1955
    Songwriter Bob Miller dies in Nyack, New York. He authored Ernest Tubb's "Driftwood On The River"
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