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Aug 27, 1988
Randy Travis' "Old 8 x 10" occupies the #1 spot on the Billboard country albums chart for the first of 16 total weeks
Aug 27, 1988
The Judds play for president Ronald Reagan in San Diego and at the Iowa State Fair on the same day
Aug 28, 1988
Four members of The Charlie Daniels Band barely escape injury when they flee their burning bus 16 miles south of Ventura, California. Within minutes, flames shoot 30 feet into the air
Aug 28, 1988
The city of Knoxville celebrates Roy Acuff Day
Aug 29, 1988
MTM releases Paul Overstreet's "Love Helps Those"
Aug 30, 1988
Percussionist Thomas "Papa Dee" Allen dies from a brain aneurysm during a concert at Talk Of The Town in Vallejo, California. As a member of War, he co-wrote "Low Rider," bringing him co-writing credit on the Thomas Rhett country hit "Vacation," which uses a similar riff
Aug 30, 1988
A&M releases John Hiatt's album "Slow Turning." It introduces his song "Drive South," destined to become a country hit for Suzy Bogguss in 1993
Aug 30, 1988
Randy Travis earns a triple-platinum album from the RIAA for "Always And Forever"
Aug 30, 1988
RCA releases K.T. Oslin's album "This Woman"
Aug 30, 1988
John Denver undergoes an intense physical, designed specifically for astronauts, at Houston's Johnson Space Center. His goal: to fly into space with the Russians
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