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    • Aug 19, 1957
    "Prime Time Country" host Gary Chapman is born in DeLeon, Texas. A Christian singer, he writes T.G. Sheppard's hit "Finally" and Kenny Rogers' "I Prefer The Moonlight" and becomes the first husband of Amy Grant
    Aug 22, 1957
    Alt-country singer/songwriter Duane Jarvis is born in Astoria, Oregon. Among his efforts is "Still I Long For Your Kiss," a song Lucinda Williams covers for the soundtrack to "The Horse Whisperer"
    Aug 22, 1957
    Holly Dunn is born in San Antonio, Texas. The 1987 winner of the Country Music Association's Horizon Award, the singer/songwriter emerges on MTM Records for a short run as a hitmaker, earning membership in the Grand Ole Opry in 1989
    Aug 25, 1957
    Joe Diffie Sr. marries Flora Lowrance. In 1958, they welcome a son, Joe Diffie, who will record the country hits "John Deere Green," "Pickup Man," "Ships That Don't Come In" and "Honky Tonk Attitude"
    Aug 26, 1957
    Decca releases Bobby Helms' "My Special Angel"
    Aug 27, 1957
    Bill Anderson writes "City Lights" on the roof of the three-story Hotel Andrew Jackson in Commerce, Georgia
    Aug 30, 1957
    The Maddox Brothers & Rose conduct their final recording session at Radio Recorders in Los Angeles
    Aug 30, 1957
    Buck Owens holds his inaugural recording session for Capitol Records at the label's studio in Los Angeles
    Aug 31, 1957
    Johnny Cash and Carl Perkins appear on the Los Angeles TV/radio show "Town Hall Party." Backstage, they meet Columbia Records executive Don Law, who signs both artists in subsequent years
    Aug 31, 1957
    Roy Clark marries Barbara Joyce Rupard
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