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    • Aug 22, 1986
    Janie Fricke's home--formerly the home of Billy The Kid's killer, sheriff Pat Garrett--is declared a Texas national landmark
    Aug 22, 1986
    Following a 30-year association with Columbia Records, Johnny Cash signs a new recording deal with Mercury/PolyGram
    Aug 23, 1986
    T.G. Sheppard's "Strong Heart" beats a path to the top position on the Billboard country singles chart
    Aug 23, 1986
    Barbi Benton and husband George Gradow welcome a son, Alexander Benton Gradow, at Aspen Valley Hospital in Colorado
    Aug 23, 1986
    Olivia Newton-John takes part in a David Foster-hosted celebrity softball game for charity in Victoria, British Columbia. Ending in a 12-12 tie, it also attracts Wayne Gretzky, Rob Lowe and Tommy Chong
    Aug 25, 1986
    MCA releases George Strait's "It Ain't Cool To Be Crazy About You"
    Aug 25, 1986
    Mercury releases Kathy Mattea's "Walk The Way The Wind Blows"
    Aug 27, 1986
    The Internal Revenue Service files liens against Johnny Paycheck in an effort to collect more than $550,000 it says Paycheck owes in back taxes, interest and penalties from 1980-82
    Aug 28, 1986
    Gold albums are awarded to "The Monkees Greatest Hits" and "Then & Now... The Best Of The Monkees" by the RIAA. Both projects feature "Last Train To Clarksville," hailed among country's 500 greatest singles in the Country Music Foundation book "Heartaches By The Number"
    Aug 28, 1986
    The Oak Ridge Boys hold a press conference to deny they're breaking up. Eight months later, they ask William Lee Golden to leave
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