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    • Aug 19, 1964
    Pop singer Bobby Vinton, co-writer of the Marty Robbins country hit "Adios Amigo," has a son, Robbie Vinton
    Aug 19, 1964
    The Beatles kick off an American tour at the Cow Palace in San Francisco. Opening is The Bill Black Combo; Black is no longer part of the group, but it does feature guitarist Reggie Young, destined to play on hits by Elvis Presley and George Strait
    Aug 19, 1964
    Dean Martin's "Everybody Loves Somebody" receives a gold single from the RIAA. The title is produced by future country executive Jimmy Bowen and features Glen Campbell on guitar
    Aug 22, 1964
    Johnny Cash takes radio programmers to task in an ad in Billboard magazine for not playing "The Ballad Of Ira Hayes," asking "Where are your guts?" It becomes a point of controversy, creating a movement to have him stripped of CMA membership
    Aug 24, 1964
    Bobby Bare records "Just To Satisfy You" at RCA Studio B in Nashville. It takes another 18 years for the song to become a hit, for Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson
    Aug 27, 1964
    Comedienne Gracie Allen dies of a heart attack at Cedars Of Lebanon Hospital in Los Angeles. Her husband, George Burns, continues working in multiple mediums, earning a minor country hit some 15 years later with "I Wish I Was Eighteen Again"
    Aug 27, 1964
    Johnny Cash and June Carter record Bob Dylan's "It Ain't Me, Babe" at the Columbia Recording Studios in Nashville
    Aug 28, 1964
    One day after Johnny Cash recorded his song "It Ain't Me, Babe," Bob Dylan meets The Beatles for the first time in New York. He introduces them to marijuana
    Aug 29, 1964
    The late Jim Reeves appears at #1 on the Billboard country singles chart for the first of seven weeks with "I Guess I'm Crazy"
    Aug 29, 1964
    Johnny Cash occupies the top position on the Billboard country albums chart with "I Walk The Line"
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