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    • Aug 6, 1966
    George Jones tops the Billboard country albums chart with "I'm A People"
    Aug 8, 1966
    Decca releases Bill Anderson's "I Get The Fever"
    Aug 9, 1966
    Jack Greene records "There Goes My Everything"
    Aug 10, 1966
    The movie "The Gold Guitar" opens in Atlanta. The picture features a bevy of country stars, including Bill Anderson, Bill Carlisle, Skeeter Davis, Roy Drusky, Margie Bowes, Del Reeves, Hugh X. Lewis, Charlie Louvin, Eddie Hill and Don Barber
    Aug 10, 1966
    Brenda Lee records the pop hit "Coming On Strong" at the Columbia Recording Studios in Nashville
    Aug 11, 1966
    Sheb Wooley, under the name Ben Colder, records "Almost Persuaded #2"--a parody of David Houston's original hit--during a late-night session in Nashville
    Aug 11, 1966
    Six weeks after an unsatisfactory attempt at it, Ray Price records "Touch My Heart" during the evening at Nashville's Columbia Recording Studios
    Aug 12, 1966
    Tree Publishing cuts the first big songwriting paycheck of Roger Miller's career. The document gives him more than $166,000
    Aug 13, 1966
    David Houston's "Almost Persuaded" goes to #1 on the Billboard country singles chart
    Aug 15, 1966
    Bobby Darin records "If I Were A Carpenter," developing a Top 10 pop hit in the process. Johnny Cash and June Carter remake it as a country hit three years later
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