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    • Aug 13, 1988
    Hank Williams Jr. rises to #1 on the Billboard country albums chart with "Wild Streak"
    Aug 13, 1988
    Keith Whitley collects his first #1 country single in Billboard magazine with "Don't Close Your Eyes"
    Aug 13, 1988
    K.T. Oslin has her Grand Ole Opry debut
    Aug 13, 1988
    Houston Oilers coach Jerry Glanville leaves a press pass for Elvis Presley at a preseason game against the New England Patriots in Memphis' Liberty Bowl. Presley is a no-show. The Oilers are not--they win, 27-14
    Aug 13, 1988
    Willie Nelson becomes the first artist ever to have an album spend 10 years on the Billboard country chart as "Stardust" logs its 520th week
    Aug 14, 1988
    George Jones enters the University Hospital in Birmingham, Alabama, for the fifth time in a year. Jones has a sinus infection
    Aug 14, 1988
    Columbia releases Ricky Van Shelton's "I'll Leave This World Loving You"
    Aug 15, 1988
    Curb/MCA releases The Bellamy Brothers' "Rebels Without A Clue" with lyrical references to Lyndon B. Johnson, Buddy Holly, Elvis Presley and James Dean
    Aug 15, 1988
    Lee Greenwood performs "God Bless The U.S.A." at the Superdome in New Orleans the same night president Ronald Reagan delivers a speech in support of George Bush during the Republican National Convention
    Aug 15, 1988
    Kenny Rogers' drummer, Bobby Daniels, allegedly shoots and kills his ex-wife, Sylvia Coakley, after a domestic fight. Daniels handled the skins on numerous recordings, including Rogers' duet with Kim Carnes, "Don't Fall In Love With A Dreamer"
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