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    • Aug 12, 1978
    Eddie Rabbitt reaches the top of the Billboard country singles chart with "You Don't Love Me Anymore"
    Aug 13, 1978
    Drummer Mike Melancon is born in Ecurces, Quebec. He provides a foundation for the Alberta-based band Emerson Drive, which uses power harmonies to net hits with "I Should Be Sleeping," "Moments" and "Fall Into Me"
    Aug 14, 1978
    The cover of Newsweek recognizes Willie Nelson--not Roy Acuff--as the "King of Country Music." "The playing is the fun," Nelson tells the magazine, "the writing is the work. To write songs, I usually need a reason, like not having any money"
    Aug 14, 1978
    Merle Haggard records "Red Bandana" and "Leonard," a tribute to Tommy Collins, at the Glaser Studios in Nashville
    Aug 16, 1978
    RCA releases the Dave & Sugar album "Tear Time"
    Aug 16, 1978
    On the one-year anniversary of Elvis Presley's death, Priscilla Presley remembers him quietly--and privately--at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York
    Aug 16, 1978
    Narvel Felts records "Everlasting Love" during an evening session at the Columbia Recording Studios in Nashville
    Aug 16, 1978
    ABC releases Barbara Mandrell's "Sleeping Single In A Double Bed"
    Aug 16, 1978
    Dolly Parton's album "Heartbreaker" is certified gold by the RIAA
    Aug 17, 1978
    Warner Bros. releases the "Hooper" soundtrack. It includes the Tammy Wynette recording "A Player, A Pawn, A Hero, A King"
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