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Aug 10, 1985
Hank Williams Jr. rises to #1 on the Billboard country singles chart with "I'm For Love"
Aug 12, 1985
Warner Bros. releases The Forester Sisters' self-titled debut album
Aug 12, 1985
MCA releases Lee Greenwood's "I Don't Mind The Thorns (If You're The Rose)"
Aug 14, 1985
Mickey Gilley's mother, Irene Gilley, dies
Aug 14, 1985
Gene Autry's Golden West Broadcasters buys Los Angeles radio station KUTE-FM for an undisclosed price
Aug 14, 1985
Michael Jackson spends $47.5 million, outbidding Paul McCartney and Yoko Ono, for rights to 250 Beatles songs written by McCartney and John Lennon. They include the future country remakes "I Feel Fine" and "I Don't Want To Spoil The Party"
Aug 15, 1985
Alan Jackson has his first appointment with Marty Gamblin, an executive with Glen Campbell's publishing company
Aug 16, 1985
French singer Charles Aznavour performs at the historic Hollywood Bowl for the first of two nights. The show concludes with a performance of a country hit that Aznavour wrote, "Yesterday, When I Was Young"
Aug 16, 1985
Epic releases Exile's album "Hang On To Your Heart"
Aug 16, 1985
EMI America releases Dan Seals' album "Won't Be Blue Anymore"
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