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    • Aug 2, 1963
    Author Oliver La Farge dies at Bataan Memorial Hospital in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Son Peter La Farge earns a country hit as a songwriter the following year when Johnny Cash records "The Ballad Of Ira Hayes"
    Aug 3, 1963
    Ed Roland is born in Stockbridge, California. He's the chief songwriter in Collective Soul, a rock band that earns a mid-'90s hit with "Shine," a song that earns Dolly Parton a Grammy in 2002
    Aug 4, 1963
    Songwriter Craig Wiseman is born in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. His credits include Kenny Chesney's "Summertime," Blake Shelton's "Boys 'Round Here," Florida Georgia Line's "Anything Goes" and Tim McGraw's "Live Like You Were Dying"
    Aug 4, 1963
    Connie Smith wins a talent contest in Columbus, Ohio, and gains the attention of guest artist Bill Anderson, who helps her get her first recording contract
    Aug 5, 1963
    Decca releases the album "The Kitty Wells Story"
    Aug 5, 1963
    Decca releases Bill Anderson's "8 X 10"
    Aug 5, 1963
    Decca releases the Patsy Cline single "Faded Love"
    Aug 6, 1963
    Columbia releases Stonewall Jackson's "Wild Wild Wind"
    Aug 6, 1963
    "Don't Fence Me In" songwriter Cole Porter is released following a four-month stay at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital in New York, where he was treated for second- and third-degree burns incurred by smoking in bed
    Aug 6, 1963
    The Associated Press reports that Elvis Presley and Ann-Margret, his co-star in "Viva Las Vegas," are "having a romance"
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