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  • Aug 1, 1974
    The NBC-TV series "The Mac Davis Show" features pop singer Helen Reddy and comedian J.J. Walker
    Aug 2, 1974
    Pop singer Mama Cass Elliot is cremated at Hollywood Memorial Park, with record executive Lou Adler in attendance. Adler will earn credit for a country hit in 1983 as a co-writer of Joe Stampley's "Poor Side Of Town"
    Aug 2, 1974
    Leon Russell sings "Jambalaya (On The Bayou)" while hosting "The Midnight Special" on NBC, with musical guests Bobby Bare, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, John Hartford, Rick Nelson, Doug Kershaw and Michael Martin Murphey
    Aug 3, 1974
    Billy "Crash" Craddock's signature song, "Rub It In," reaches #1 on the Billboard country singles chart
    Aug 3, 1974
    Anne Murray is booed off stage when she follows Bruce Springsteen at a concert in New York's Central Park
    Aug 5, 1974

    MCA releases Conway Twitty's album "I'm Not Through Loving You Yet"

    Aug 6, 1974
    Bruce Springsteen holds the final recording session for "Born To Run" at 914 Sound Studios in Blauvelt, New York. The rock anthem gets referenced in Eric Church's 2012 country hit "Springsteen"
    Aug 7, 1974
    Jessi Colter records "Storms Never Last" for the first time at Nashville's Glaser Sound Studios. The song becomes a duet hit for Colter and Waylon Jennings in 1981
    Aug 7, 1974
    Adoptee Michael Peterson calls his biological father during his 15th birthday party, only to discover his dad was killed by a business partner two days earlier
    Aug 8, 1974
    Olivia Newton-John performs on NBC's "The Mac Davis Show," also featuring guests Raymond Burr, Gabe Kaplan and Jerry Van Dyke

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