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    • Aug 21, 1959
    Hawaii becomes the 50th state added to the U.S. The Aloha State provides a home for Randy Travis, Kris Kristofferson and Dolly Parton, and a wedding site for Travis, Janis Gill and The Dixie Chicks' Martie Maguire
    Aug 22, 1959
    Songwriter Liz Hengber is born in Brooklyn, New York. She authors the Reba McEntire hits "It's Your Call," "And Still" and "For My Broken Heart"
    Aug 23, 1959
    Jimmy Dean appears on the NBC series "The Dinah Shore Chevy Show"
    Aug 25, 1959
    Songwriter Tim Menzies is born in Mechanicsville, Virginia. Known under a recording deal as Tim Mensy, he writes Doug Stone's "I Thought It Was You," Mark Chesnutt's "I Just Wanted You To Know" and Shenandoah's "Mama Knows"
    Aug 27, 1959
    "Put It Off Until Tomorrow" singer Bill Phillips and his wife, Nita, have a son, William George Phillips, in Waynesville, North Carolina
    Aug 27, 1959
    Chuck Berry--the author of future hits for Emmylou Harris, George Jones and Buck Owens--is arrested in Meridian, Mississippi, when a white girl at a fraternity dance kisses him. The African-American rocker is jailed overnight and fined $700
    Aug 28, 1959
    Wilma Lee & Stoney Cooper record "There's A Big Wheel"
    Aug 29, 1959
    Johnny Horton performs "Johnny Reb" and "The Battle Of New Orleans" on ABC's telecast of "The Dick Clark Saturday Night Beechnut Show"
    Aug 29, 1959
    Future Academy of Country Music awards producer Dick Clark appears on the cover of TV Guide
    Aug 30, 1959
    A Salute to Dick Clark yields a sold-out show at the historic Hollywood Bowl with guests Jerry Wallace, Duane Eddy, Skip & Flip (Skip Battin & Gary Paxton), Rusty York, Jan & Dean, Anita Bryant and Ernie Freeman, who performs "Raunchy"
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