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    • Aug 20, 1977
    Elvis Presley's "Way Down" goes to #1 on the Billboard country singles chart
    Aug 20, 1977
    Waylon Jennings harvests five nominations to lead the competition as the Country Music Association unveils the ballot for its annual awards in Nashville
    Aug 21, 1977
    The hosts of CBS' "The Starland Vocal Band Show" cover the John Denver song "Baby, You Look Good To Me Tonight." The summer replacement series features an instrumental version of "Afternoon Delight" for its closing theme
    Aug 21, 1977
    Just five days after Elvis Presley's death, Scorpion Records releases a tribute record, Ronnie McDowell's "The King Is Gone"
    Aug 22, 1977
    RCA releases Charley Pride's "More To Me"
    Aug 23, 1977
    Singer/songwriter Shelly Fairchild is born in Clinton, Mississippi. Signed to Columbia's country division in the mid-2000s, she provides backing vocals on Jason Aldean's 2014 hit "Burnin' It Down"
    Aug 23, 1977
    Johnny Paycheck records "Barstool Mountain" at the Columbia Recording Studios in Nashville. Moe Bandy has a hit with the song two years later
    Aug 23, 1977
    Waylon Jennings is arrested during a recording session, along with his secretary, Lori Evans, on charges of conspiracy to possess and distribute cocaine. The event inspires his song "Don't You Think This Outlaw Bit's Done Got Out Of Hand"
    Aug 23, 1977
    Elektra releases Linda Ronstadt's album "Simple Dreams"
    Aug 24, 1977
    Carole King, who wrote Bobby Bare's "What Am I Gonna Do," marries musician Rick Evers in Boise, Idaho
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