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    • Aug 6, 1973
    Shelter releases Leon Russell's first country single, "Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms," under the pseudonym Hank Wilson. It doesn't become a hit, but Russell is destined for chart-topping success six years later with Willie Nelson on "Heartbreak Hotel"
    Aug 8, 1973
    Mark Wills is born in Cleveland, Tennessee. After winning the Academy of Country Music's Top New Male award in 1999, he earns his signature hit with the nostalgic 2002 single "19 Somethin'"
    Aug 9, 1973
    Waylon Jennings, Conway Twitty and Rita Coolidge perform on NBC-TV's "Dean Martin Presents: Music Country," also featuring Mac Davis, Donna Fargo, Tom T. Hall and Loretta Lynn
    Aug 10, 1973
    Pop singer Dobie Gray records the first version of "There's A Honky Tonk Angel (Who Will Take Me Back In)" at Nashville's Quad Studios with one of the song's writers, Troy Seals, in the band. It becomes a country hit within months for Conway Twitty
    Aug 10, 1973
    Jennifer Hanson is born in Whittier, California. Blending influences such as Dolly Parton and Sheryl Crow, she earns a hit in 2002 with "Beautiful Goodbye." She also writes The Wreckers' "Leave The Pieces" and Bucky Covington's "A Different World"
    Aug 11, 1973
    Freddie Hart's "Trip To Heaven" journeys to #1 on the Billboard country singles chart
    Aug 11, 1973
    "Hee Haw" co-host Roy Clark appears on the cover of TV Guide
    Aug 12, 1973
    Marty Robbins finishes 36th in a 1973 Dodge Charger at the Talladega 500, run at the Alabama International Speedway
    Aug 13, 1973
    MCA releases Loretta Lynn's album "Love Is The Foundation"
    Aug 13, 1973
    MCA releases Conway Twitty's album "You've Never Been This Far Before"
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