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    • Aug 1, 1968
    Jeanne Pruett holds her first Decca recording session, five years after her she made her first recordings for RCA
    Aug 1, 1968
    Guitarist Charlie Kelley, of The Buffalo Club, is born. The band earns a hit with "If She Don't Love You" from its 1997 debut album, although the group breaks up before recording a second
    Aug 3, 1968
    Minnie Pearl's Chicken holds its grand opening on Murfreesboro Road in Nashville
    Aug 3, 1968
    Johnny Cash guitarist Luther Perkins is burned over 50% of his body when he falls asleep smoking a cigarette at his home in Nashville. He is rushed to Vanderbilt Medical Center, but dies two days later
    Aug 4, 1968
    Host Glen Campbell welcomes special guest Judy Collins on CBS-TV's "The Summer Brothers Smothers Show." Campbell's performances include "Act Naturally," "All The Time" and "Too Old To Cut The Mustard"
    Aug 5, 1968
    Decca releases Conway Twitty's "Next In Line"
    Aug 5, 1968
    A country album is released by Maureen Reagan, the daughter of Ronald Reagan. The label has a solid Republican name: Lincoln Records
    Aug 5, 1968
    Guitarist Luther Perkins dies at Nashville's Vanderbilt Medical Center of injuries sustained in a fire two days prior. As a member of Johnny Cash's Tennessee Two, he played rhythm on numerous recordings and inspired "Luther Played The Boogie"
    Aug 5, 1968
    Terri Clark is born in Montreal, Quebec. Raised in Calgary, she emerges in 1995 as a feisty, confident vocalist, netting successes such as "Better Things To Do," "Poor Poor Pitiful Me," "When Boy Meets Girl" and "Girls Lie Too"
    Aug 6, 1968
    Singer and TV personality Lisa Stewart is born in Louisville, Mississippi. She records a number of songs for BNA in the early-1990s and becomes a TNN host later in the decade. She eventually marries former Little Texas member Brady Seals
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