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Aug 16, 1986
Songwriter John Hurley dies of liver failure at Saint Thomas Hospital in Nashville. He wrote "Son-Of-A Preacher Man," a Dusty Springfield hit that is named among the 500 greatest singles in country music history in the Country Music Foundation's 2003 book "Heartaches By The Number"
Aug 16, 1986
Rosanne Cash and Rodney Crowell are headliners for a Peace Festival at Centennial Park in midtown Nashville
Aug 17, 1986
Ricky Skaggs' son, Andrew, is shot in the neck by a truck driver, Edward Duehring, after the boy's mother, Brenda, passed Duehring's tractor-trailer on Interstate 81 near Troutville, Virginia. Duehring felt she cut back into his lane too soon
Aug 18, 1986
Warner Bros. releases Gary Morris' album "Plain Brown Wrapper"
Aug 18, 1986
Randy Travis has a role in six nominations for the Country Music Association's 20th annual awards. The Judds and Reba McEntire earn five nominations each, and George Strait takes four
Aug 20, 1986
Alabama's album "My Home's In Alabama" is certified double-platinum by the RIAA
Aug 21, 1986
"Lay Down Sally" singer Eric Clapton and Lory Del Santo have a son, Conor Clapton
Aug 21, 1986
Andrew Skaggs, the son of Ricky Skaggs, has a second operation in Roanoke, Virginia, to repair an artery in his neck, damaged when he was shot by an angry truck driver on Interstate 81
Aug 22, 1986
Jerry Lee Lewis' "Great Balls Of Fire" is heard during a car scene as "Stand By Me" opens in movie theaters. The film's music also includes Ben E. King's title song, Buddy Holly's "Everyday" and four kids who repeatedly sing "The Ballad Of Palladin"
Aug 22, 1986
David Crosby, whose original band The Byrds had a huge influence on the development of country-rock, is released from a Houston rehab center where he's been treated for cocaine addiction
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