AUGUST 26
1937: Don Bowman was born in Lubbock, TX. The singer and comedian began a recording career in the 1960s, though he’s best remembered for co-writing the Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson hit “Just To Satisfy You.”
1947: Songwriter Terry Skinner was born. He penned The Forester Sisters’ “Mama’s Never Seen Those Eyes,” Alabama’s “Touch Me When We’re Dancing,” The Kendalls’ “Teach Me To Cheat” and David Frizzell & Shelly West’s “I Just Came Here To Dance.”
1968: Merle Haggard recorded “I Take A Lot Of Pride In What I Am” at the Capitol Recording Studios in Los Angeles.
1969: Charley Pride recorded “Is Anybody Goin’ To San Antone.”
1974: John Denver recorded “Thank God I’m A Country Boy” at the Universal Amphitheatre in Los Angeles during the first night of a concert run that would become the album “An Evening With John Denver.”
1975: Ronnie Milsap recorded “You’ve Still Got A Place In My Heart” in Nashville. The song became a Top 10 hit for George Jones nine years later.
1976: Dolly Parton signed a contract with Porter Wagoner, agreeing to pay him 15% of her gross recording royalties during the duration of an agreement he negotiated for her with RCA Records.
1976: Johnny Duncan recorded “Thinkin’ Of A Rendezvous” with Janie Fricke in the afternoon at Nashville’s Columbia Studio B.
1995: Tanya Tucker and a fan who was denied an autograph got into a fight at Cassie’s Supper Club in Cody, WY. Tucker allegedly hit the woman and pulled her hair. The fan reportedly poured a drink on the singer.
1997: RCA released Martina McBride’s “Evolution” album.
2000: Pam Tillis joined the Grand Ole Opry, performing “All The Good Ones Are Gone” and “Maybe It Was Memphis.” Darryl Worley madehis Opry debut the same night.
2001: Songwriter and autoharp expert Cecil Null died from cancer at the Bristol Regional Medical Center in Bristol, VA. He wrote The Davis Sisters’ 1953 hit “I Forgot More Than You’ll Ever Know.”
2009: Jack Ingram set a world record when he completed the last of 215 radio interviews in a 24-hour period.
