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    • Aug 11, 1982
    Disco star Donna Summer and husband Bruce Sudano have a daughter, Amanda Grace Sudano, in Los Angeles. Two years prior, the parents enjoyed a country hit as songwriters, after Dolly Parton recorded "Starting Over Again"
    Aug 11, 1982
    George Jones announces to a San Antonio, Texas, audience, "I'm drunk, but I love y'all." All but 500 of the 2,000 fans leave before the show is over after he forgets words and sings "I Can't Help It (If I'm Still In Love With You)" twice in a row
    Aug 11, 1982
    Warner Bros. releases T.G. Sheppard's "War Is Hell (On The Homefront, Too)"
    Aug 12, 1982
    Columbia releases Larry Gatlin & The Gatlin Brothers Band's "Sure Feels Like Love"
    Aug 12, 1982
    Jerry Reed records "The Bird," complete with vocal imitations of Willie Nelson and George Jones. It features bits of "Whiskey River," "He Stopped Loving Her Today" and "On The Road Again"
    Aug 12, 1982
    George Jones misses a scheduled appearance with Merle Haggard in Odessa, Texas
    Aug 13, 1982
    R&B singer/songwriter Joe Tex dies of a heart attack in Navasota, Texas. Known for such hits as "I Gotcha" and "Ain't Gonna Bump No More (With No Big Fat Woman)," he also wrote Barbara Mandrell's 1972 country hit "Show Me"
    Aug 13, 1982
    The Cameron Crowe-produced "Fast Times At Ridgemont High" debuts in theaters. Jimmy Buffett appears on the soundtrack with Jackson Browne, Don Henley, Joe Walsh, Timothy B. Schmit, The Go-Go's, Don Felder, Graham Nash, Donna Summer, Stevie Nicks and Poco
    Aug 14, 1982
    David Frizzell logs a week at #1 on the Billboard country singles chart with "I'm Gonna Hire A Wino To Decorate Our Home"
    Aug 14, 1982
    Ernest Tubb makes his final appearance on the Grand Ole Opry, singing "Thanks A Lot," "Waltz Across Texas," "Seaman's Blues" and his signature song, "Walking The Floor Over You"
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