AUGUST 1, 2014 – RESPECT FOR PARENTS DAY – NATIONAL GIRLFRIENDS DAY – NATIONAL MINORITY DONOR AWARENESS DAY – NATIONAL RASPBERRY CREAM PIE DAY
Birthdays: Tyler Farr 30; Coolio 51; Chris Williams 37
Advice of the Day (Old Farmers Almanac): http://www.almanac.com/advice/daily
Observe on what day in August the first heavy fog occurs, and expect a hard frost on the same day in October.
2003 – Arista releases Alan Jackson’s “Remember When”
1998 – Garth Brooks reaches #1 on the Billboard country chart with a Bob Dylan song, “To Make You Feel My Love”
1992 – Brooks & Dunn’s “Boot Scootin’ Boogie” begins a four-week residence at #1 on the Billboard country singles chart
1981 – Kix and Barbara Brooks marry in Nashville. He oversleeps and barely arrives on time
1966 – George Ducas is born in Texas City, Texas. His edgy, guitar-driven music finds the Top 10 in 1994 via “Lipstick Promises.” He also writes Radney Foster’s “Just Call Me Lonesome,” The Eli Young Band’s “Always The Love Songs” and Sara Evans’ “A Real Fine Place To Start”
1966 – Merle Haggard records “The Fugitive” at the Capitol Recording Studio in Hollywood
1927 – The Carter Family records for the first time in Bristol, Tennessee, with producer Ralph Peer. Among the trio’s four songs are “Bury Me Under The Weeping Willow” and “The Storms Are On The Ocean”
