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    • Aug 13, 1973
    MCA releases the "American Graffiti" soundtrack, featuring numerous songs that have--or will--become country hits, including "Ain't That A Shame," "Chantilly Lace," "Crying In The Chapel," "Johnny B. Goode" and "Only You (And You Alone)"
    Aug 13, 1973
    Andy Griggs is born in Monroe, Louisiana. Influenced by Waylon Jennings and Bob Seger, his 1999 debut album nets hits with the Pure Prairie League-like "You Won't Ever Be Lonely" and the sensitive "She's More"
    Aug 14, 1973
    Jim Stafford records the pop hit "Spiders & Snakes," co-written by David Bellamy
    Aug 15, 1973
    The movie "Jesus Christ Superstar" debuts in theaters. It includes roles for Yvonne Elliman, Carl Anderson, Ted Neeley and future country singer Susie Allanson
    Aug 16, 1973
    Donna Fargo, Anne Murray and Marty Robbins appear on NBC-TV's "Dean Martin Presents: Music Country." Also on the guest list: Tammy Wynette, Sonny James, Chet Atkins, Charley Pride, Ray Stevens and Ray Price
    Aug 16, 1973
    MCA releases "Lynyrd Skynyrd (Pronounced Leh-nerd Skin-nerd)." The album introduces "Free Bird," mentioned 35 years later in Brad Paisley & Keith Urban's "Start A Band"
    Aug 17, 1973
    Cajun artist Doug Kershaw blows on to "The Midnight Special" to perform "Diggy Diggy Lo" and "Louisiana Man." He's joined on the NBC show by Joe Walsh, Melissa Manchester and comedian Richard Pryor
    Aug 18, 1973
    Billboard reports Marty Robbins injured his hand in a motorcycle accident
    Aug 18, 1973
    Conway Twitty & Loretta Lynn share the top spot on the Billboard country singles chart with "Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man"
    Aug 18, 1973
    Vicki Lawrence sings "The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia" on the syndicated series "The Bobby Goldsboro Show" with her husband, Bobby Russell, who wrote it
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