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    • Aug 17, 1995
    Little, Brown And Company publishes "Lefty Frizzell: The Honky-Tonk Life Of One Of Country Music's Greatest Singers," written by Daniel Cooper
    Aug 18, 1995
    Vern Gosdin is released from a Nashville hospital, two days after having surgery on a blocked artery in his neck
    Aug 19, 1995
    Brooks & Dunn arrive at #1 on the Billboard country singles chart with "You're Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone"
    Aug 19, 1995
    "The Best Of The Band" is certified gold by the RIAA. It includes "Up On Cripple Creek," ranked among the top 500 all-time country singles in the Country Music Foundation's "Heartaches By The Number"
    Aug 20, 1995
    Steel guitarist Orville "Red" Rhodes dies in Los Angeles. A former member of the house band at The Palomino in Los Angeles, he won the Academy of Country Music's Top Steel Guitar honor four times in his career
    Aug 21, 1995
    The Country Music Association announces Roger Miller and former Country Music Association chief Jo Walker-Meador as the latest members of the Country Music Hall of Fame, set for induction during the CMA awards in October
    Aug 21, 1995
    Chubby Checker shoots a video at Nashville's Wildhorse Saloon for his first country single, "Texas Twist"
    Aug 21, 1995
    Joe Diffie records "Bigger Than The Beatles," name-dropping the Fab Four, The Rolling Stones, The Eagles and Elvis Presley
    Aug 22, 1995
    MCA releases Vince Gill's "Go Rest High On That Mountain," with background vocals by Ricky Skaggs and Patty Loveless. The lyrics make reference to the late Keith Whitley's hit "I'm No Stranger To The Rain"
    Aug 22, 1995
    Songwriter Marcus Hummon and his wife, Becca Stevens-Hummon, have a son, Isaac Hummon. Dad's credits include "Bless The Broken Road," "Only Love," "The Cheap Seats" and "Ready To Run"
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