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    • Aug 15, 1983
    Songwriter Chuck Howard dies of heart disease at Nashville's Baptist Hospital. His credits include Conway Twitty's "Happy Birthday Darlin'," Waylon Jennings' "Come With Me" and Merle Haggard's "I'm Always On A Mountain When I Fall"
    Aug 16, 1983
    Merle Haggard earns six nominations for the Country Music Association awards, leading all artists. Ricky Skaggs, John Anderson and Willie Nelson are among the finalists named five times on the ballot, unveiled in Nashville
    Aug 16, 1983
    "Star Wars" actress Carrie Fisher marries Paul Simon, who's had two country hits as a songwriter: "Bridge Over Troubled Water," by Buck Owens; and "The Boxer," by Emmylou Harris. The couple is divorced 11 months later
    Aug 17, 1983
    Lyricist Ira Gershwin dies in Beverly Hills, California. Working with brother George, he wrote such hits as "I Got Rhythm," "Summertime" and "A Foggy Day," which Willie Nelson remakes in 1994 with Frank Sinatra for the album "Duets II"
    Aug 17, 1983
    Billy Ray Cyrus has his first club gig, at the Sand Bar in Ironton, Ohio
    Aug 19, 1983
    RCA releases Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton's "Islands In The Stream"
    Aug 20, 1983
    The Oak Ridge Boys hit #1 on the Billboard country singles chart with "Love Song"
    Aug 20, 1983
    Johnny and Betty Mann are married. He was the leader of The Johnny Mann Singers, who backed Walter Brennan two decades prior on the country hit "Old Rivers"
    Aug 21, 1983
    Two days of rain force the cancellation of a Johnny Cash outdoors concert in Anchorage, Alaska
    Aug 22, 1983
    Kenny Rogers and Linda Gray, working on the TV mini-series "The Gambler: The Adventure Continues," share the cover of People magazine
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