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Aug 12, 1956
Webb Pierce records "Teenage Boogie" at the Bradley Recording Studio in Nashville. He also makes his first pass at "Cryin' Over You," though he discards it in favor of a version he records in November
Aug 14, 1956
Hound dogs need friends, too: Washington, D.C., disc jockey Bob Rickman founds the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Elvis Presley
Aug 15, 1956
Sonny James records "The Cat Came Back"
Aug 16, 1956
The day he turns 17, singer Billy Joe Shaver enlists in the Navy
Aug 18, 1956
Merle Travis' wife, Bettie Travis, is taken to North Hollywood Receiving Hospital with a suspected overdose of tranquilizers
Aug 18, 1956
Charlie Feathers records "One Hand Loose" with steel player Jody Chastain and guitarist Jerry Huffman at the King Recording Studio in Cincinnati. It ranks among country's 500 greatest singles in a Country Music Foundation book
Aug 21, 1956
Geraldine Price, referring to herself as a common-law wife, files for divorce from Ray Price, saying he has told her he's "tired of being married" and that he has started seeing another woman
Aug 22, 1956
Faron Young records "I'll Be Satisfied With Love" and "I'm Gonna Live Some Before I Die" at Nashville's Bradley Film & Recording Studio
Aug 22, 1956
Elvis Presley begins filming his first movie, "The Reno Brothers," in Los Angeles. By the time of its release, it's re-titled "Love Me Tender"
Aug 23, 1956
A dozen years after he appeared on the Billboard country charts, Nat "King" Cole addresses the Republican National Convention at the Cow Palace in San Francisco
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