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Aug 23, 1985
Mel McDaniel's father, Olan McDaniel, dies of a heart attack in Tahlequah, Oklahoma
Aug 24, 1985
Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers share the #1 position on the Billboard country singles chart with "Real Love"
Aug 26, 1985
Brian Kelley is born in Daytona Beach, Florida. He co-founds the duo Florida Georgia Line, earning a multi-platinum single with its 2012 debut "Cruise." They win Vocal Duo honors from the Country Music Association three straight years and expand their hit list with "Dirt," "H.O.L.Y." and "Anything Goes," among others
Aug 26, 1985
MCA releases George Strait's "The Chair"
Aug 26, 1985
Freddy Fender enters a Corpus Christi chemical dependency unit for a 30-day rehab for alcohol and drug addiction
Aug 28, 1985
Mick and Jerry Jagger have a son, James Leroy Jagger, in New York. The Rolling Stones' "Honky Tonk Women" earns a spot among country's greatest singles in a list created in the Country Music Foundation book "Heartaches By The Number"
Aug 29, 1985
Mandolin player Gene Johnson moves his family from Sugar Grove, Pennsylvania, to Nashville, where he will become a member of Diamond Rio
Aug 30, 1985
A Willie Nelson performance of Hank Williams' "I Saw The Light" serves as a wakeup call for astronauts on the Discovery Space Shuttle
Aug 31, 1985
The Judds take command of the #1 position on the Billboard country singles chart with "Love Is Alive"
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