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    • Aug 15, 1996
    Actor/songwriter Joe Seneca dies in New York City of coronary arrest. He wrote "Talk To Me" and "Break It To Me Gently," pop songs remade as country hits for Mickey Gilley and Juice Newton
    Aug 16, 1996
    The Kevin Costner golf movie "Tin Cup" opens. On the soundtrack: Mary Chapin Carpenter's "Let Me Into Your Heart," plus Patty Loveless, Joe Ely, George Jones, Keb' Mo', Bruce Hornsby, Shawn Colvin, James House and The Texas Tornados
    Aug 17, 1996
    Rock & roll guitarist Duane Eddy makes his Grand Ole Opry debut
    Aug 17, 1996
    MTV airs "To Hell And Back," a Steve Earle concert taped in June at the Cold Creek Correctional Facility in Henning, Tennessee. Performances in the special include "Devil's Right Hand," "Ellis Unit One" and "Guitar Town"
    Aug 18, 1996
    K.T. Oslin and gospel singer BeBe Winans host a $100-a-ticket 48th birthday tribute for Tipper Gore, wife of vice president Al Gore, at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium. The benefit also features Sawyer Brown, John Hiatt and songwriter Gretchen Peters
    Aug 19, 1996
    Atlantic releases John Michael Montgomery's "Ain't Got Nothin' On Us"
    Aug 20, 1996
    In one of country music's more unusual collaborations, River North Records releases The Beach Boys' album "Stars And Stripes," featuring country remakes of their classics with Toby Keith, Lorrie Morgan, Sawyer Brown, Willie Nelson and others
    Aug 20, 1996
    Mercury releases Billy Ray Cyrus' album "Trail Of Tears"
    Aug 21, 1996
    Alyce King, of The King Sisters, dies in Los Angeles. Noted for its 1940s pop recordings and its 1960s variety show, the family act also collected a country hit in 1946 with a cover of "Divorce Me C.O.D."
    Aug 22, 1996
    R.V. "Mooney" Lynn dies at home in Hurricane Mills, Tennessee, of diabetes. The husband of Loretta Lynn, he gave Loretta her first guitar and encouraged her pursuit of a recording career, serving as her manager during her developmental years
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