Country Music Birthdays - August 4 - 10, 2008

This week's country music birthdays (even those no longer with us) include:

August 5 - Vern Gosdin (1934)
August 5 - Sammi Smith (1943) "Jewel Fay Smith"
August 5 - Mark O'Connor (1961)
August 5 - Terri Clark (1968) "Terri Lynne Clark"
August 6 - Mark Dufresne (Confederate Railroad) (1955)
August 6 - Peggy Lynn (The Lynns) (1964)
August 6 - Patsy Lynn (The Lynns) (1964)
August 7 - B.J. Thomas (1942) "Billy Joe Thomas"
August 7 - Rodney Crowell (1950)
August 7 - Michael Peterson (1959)
August 7 - Raul Malo (The Mavericks) (1965)
August 8 - Webb Pierce (1926) (died 2/24/91)
August 8 - Mel Tillis (1932) "Lonnie Melvin Tillis"
August 8 - Philip Balsley (Statler Brothers) (1939) "Philip Elwood Balsley"
August 8 - Mark Wills (1973)
August 9 - Merle Kilgore> (1934) (died 2/7/05)
August 10 - Gene Johnson (Diamond Rio) (1949)

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