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Tribute to Jack Clement

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1931
Born on this day, was Jack Henderson Clement, (nicknamed 'Cowboy' Jack Clement). Clement worked with future stars such as Roy Orbison, Carl Perkins and Johnny Cash, but most importantly, he discovered and recorded Jerry Lee Lewis. Clement wrote the song "Ballad of a Teenage Queen" that became a crossover hit for Johnny Cash. He died on August 8, 2013 at his home in Nashville, Tennessee, after suffering from liver cancer.

1940
Born on this day in Dyess, Arkansas, was Tommy Cash, singer-songwriter and younger brother of Johnny Cash. While in the army, he was a disc jockey for the American Forces Radio Network and then played with Hank Williams, Jr., and later gained a record deal from Musicor Records in 1965. A year later, he joined United Artists Records and just missed the Country Top 40 in 1968 with "The Sounds of Goodbye." Cash died on September 13, 2024, at the age of 84.

1967
Born on this day in Lexington, Kentucky, was Troy Gentry, one-half of the duo Montgomery Gentry who scored three platinum-selling albums and were inducted into the Grand Ole Opry in 2009. Gentry died in a helicopter crash on September 8, 2017 while taking a helicopter tour of Medford, New Jersey, where he and Montgomery were set to perform that evening.

1972
Born on this day in San Antonio, Texas, was Pat Green who scored the 2003 #3 hit "Wave on Wave" from his gold-certified album of the same name.

1972
Freddie Hart and the Heartbeats were at #1 on the US Country chart with, "My Hang-Up Is You", Hart's second #1 on the US country singles chart. The single stayed at the top for six weeks and spent a total of eighteen weeks on the chart.

1974
Johnny Cash released Ragged Old Flag, his 46th album. The album addresses several political as well as ethical issues, not unlike many of Cash's other releases. The title track, and simultaneously the only single from the album, is a spoken word tribute to patriotism amid the Watergate scandal.

1982
Merle Haggard was at #1 on the Country singles charts with "Big City". The song was his 27th #1 single on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart.

1994
Brooks & Dunn's Brand New Man became the first album by a country duo certified by the RIAA for 5 million shipments. Their album Hard Workin' Man was recognized as quadruple-platinum at the same time.

2000
Toby Keith was at #1 on the US chart with "How Do You Like Me Now?!", the second single released from the album How Do You Like Me Now?! The song spent five weeks at #1 on the Billboard US Hot Country Songs chart.

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