Dates of Note in Country Music, August 1-15

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August 2:
Hank Cochran born in Isola, Mississippi, 1935 (now 73)
Betty Jack Davis died (car wreck), 1953 (was 21)

August 3:
Randy Scruggs born in Nashville, 1953 (now 55)
Gordon Stoker born in Gleason, Tennessee, 1924 (now 84)
Little Roy Wiggins died (heart disease and diabetes complications), 1999 (was 73)

August 4:
Louis Armstrong born in New Orleans, 1901 (died 1971). The legendary jazz trumpet player and singer recorded with Jimmie Rodgers.
Carson Robison born in Oswego, Kansas, 1890 (died 1957)

August 5:
Bobby Braddock born in Lakeland, Florida, 1940 (now 68)
Tim Wilson born in Columbus, Georgia, 1961 (now 47)
Terri Clark born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 1968 (now 40)
Vern "The Voice" Gosdin born in Woodland, Alabama, 1934 (now 74)
Sammi Smith born in Orange, California, 1943 (died 2005)
Luther Perkins died (injuries from a house fire), 1968 (was 40)

August 6:
Patsy and Peggy Lynn born in Hurricane Mills, Tennessee, 1964 (now 44)
Lisa Stewart born in Louisville, Mississippi, 1968 (now 40)

August 7:
Rodney Crowell born in Houston, Texas, 1950 (now 58)
Raul Malo of the Mavericks born in Miami, Florida, 1965 (now 43)
B.J. Thomas born in Hugo, Oklahoma, 1942 (now 66)
Homer Haynes died (heart attack), 1971 (was 51)

August 8:
Jamie O'Hara born in Toledo, Ohio, 1950 (now 58)
Mel Tillis born in Tampa, Florida, 1932 (now 76)
Webb Pierce born in West Monroe, Louisiana, 1926 (died 1991)

August 9:
Merle Kilgore born in Chickasha, Oklahoma, 1934 (died 2005)

August 10:
Jimmy Dean born in Plainview, Texas, 1928 (now 80)
Jimmy Martin born in Sneedville, Tennessee, 1927 (died 2005)

August 11:
John Conlee born in Versailles, Kentucky, 1946 (now 62)

August 12:
Mark Knopfler born in Glasgow, Scotland, 1949 (now 58). Knopfler, best known as guitarist and lead singer of Dire Straits, won a "Best Country Vocal Collaboration" Grammy with Chet Atkins in 1990 for the song "Poor Boy Blues."
Porter Wagoner born in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, 1927 (died 2007)
Buck Owens born in Sherman, Texas, 1929 (died 2006)

August 14:
Connie Smith born in Elkhart, Indiana, 1941 (now 67)
Charles K. Wolfe born in Sedalia, Missouri, 1943 (died 2006)
Johnny Duncan died (heart attack), 2006 (was 67)

August 15:
Bobby Helms born in Bloomington, Indiana, 1933 (died 1997)
Lew DeWitt died (complications from Chron's disease), 1990 (was 52)
Will Rogers died (plane crash with Wiley Post), 1935 (was 55)