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Aug 17, 1989
Ricky Van Shelton, Rodney Crowell and Hank Williams Jr. lead with four nominations apiece as finalists are announced for the Country Music Association awards
Aug 18, 1989
Johnny Cash performs a concert in the smallest community of his career: Regal, Minnesota, is a farm town of less than 50 people, though the Cornstalk '89 show draws nearly 5,000
Aug 19, 1989
Shenandoah ends the week at #1 on the Billboard country singles chart with "Sunday In The South"
Aug 19, 1989
Rhett and Paige Akins are married
Aug 19, 1989
Marie Osmond gives birth to Rachael Lauren Blosil at the Utah Valley Regional Medical Center in Provo
Aug 20, 1989
B.J. Thomas performs "The Star-Spangled Banner" at Carter-Finley Stadium in Raleigh, North Carolina, where the NFL's New York Jets defeat the Philadelphia Eagles, 19-10, in an exhibition game
Aug 20, 1989
While opening for Bob Dylan at Nashville's Starwood Amphitheatre, Steve Earle is served with a lawsuit from manager Will Botwin, seeking more than $56,500 in unpaid expenses and commissions
Aug 21, 1989
Actress Hayden Panettiere is born in Palisades, New York. She portrays conniving country singer Juliette Barnes in the ABC-TV drama "Nashville" and sings on the Top 10 albums "The Music Of Nashville: Original Soundtrack Season 1 Volume 1" and "The Music Of Nashville: Original Soundtrack Season 1 Volume 2"
Aug 21, 1989
Capitol releases Garth Brooks' "If Tomorrow Never Comes"
Aug 21, 1989
"Hee Haw" director Bob Boatman dies at home in Hendersonville, Tennessee, when a gun falls out of a drawer on a cabinet he's moving and fires a bullet into his stomach
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