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    • Aug 16, 1985
    Carl Perkins' blue suede shoes are stolen from his tour bus while it's parked outside a Memphis theater where he's performing
    Aug 16, 1985
    "The Dukes Of Hazzard," starring John Schneider and Tom Wopat, makes its final prime-time appearance on CBS, with Waylon Jennings singing the theme song
    Aug 17, 1985
    "Highwayman" appears at the top of the Billboard country singles chart, teaming Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash and Kris Kristofferson
    Aug 19, 1985
    MCA releases Lee Greenwood's album "Streamline"
    Aug 19, 1985
    June Carter Cash takes the desk for Ralph Emery on the TNN talk show "Nashville Now." Her guests include Merle Haggard and Rosey Carter, and husband Johnny Cash makes an unannounced late appearance
    Aug 19, 1985
    Earl Thomas Conley records "Once In A Blue Moon"
    Aug 19, 1985
    Epic releases Ricky Skaggs' "You Make Me Feel Like A Man"
    Aug 20, 1985
    Ricky Skaggs leads with six nominations for the Country Music Association awards. Alabama, George Strait and Lee Greenwood each get four nominations. Those four are finalists for the Entertainer of the Year title, along with Reba McEntire
    Aug 21, 1985
    Fiddler and songwriter Hoyle Nix dies at his home in Big Spring, Texas. He authored the Bob Wills western swing classic "Big Ball's In Cowtown"
    Aug 22, 1985
    Steve Earle signs with MCA Records in Nashville
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