George Harvey Strait (born May 18, 1952) is an American country music singer, songwriter, actor, and music producer. He is known as "King of Country" and is considered one of the most influential and popular recording artists of all time. He is known for his neotraditionalist country style, cowboy outlook, and being one of the first and major state artists to bring country music back to its roots and away from the pop-country era in the 1980s.
The success of the Strait began when his first single "Unwound" became a hit in 1981. During the 1980s, seven of his albums reached number one on the country charts. In the 2000s, Strait was named Decade Artist by the Country Music Academy, elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame, and won his first Grammy award for the Troubadour album. Strait was named CMA Entertainer of the Year in 1989, 1990 and 2013, and ACM Entertainer of the Year in 1990 and 2014. He has been nominated for more CMA and ACM awards and has more wins in both categories than any other artist.
In 2009, he broke Conway Twitty's previous record for number one hits on the Hot Country Songs 'Billboard ' chart when 44 singles numbered beyond Twitty 40. Counting all music charts, Strait has collected a total of 60 number one hits, breaking the record set previously by Twitty, and giving her more number one songs than any other artist in any musical genre.
The Strait is also known for his tour career when he designed the 360-degree configuration and introduced the festival style tour. For example, Strait Tours earned $ 99 million in three years. The concert at AT & amp; T Stadium in Arlington, Texas in June 2014 drew 104,793 people, marking a new record for North America's largest indoor concert. Strait managed to innovate country music and in various aspects became part of popular music.
Strait has sold more than 100 million records worldwide, making it one of the best-selling music artists of all time. Its certifications from RIAA include 13 multi-platinum, 33 platinum, and 38 gold albums. His best-selling album is Pure Country (1992), which sold 6 million (6ÃÆ'â € "platinum). Her highest album was Strait Out of the Box (1995), which sold 2 million copies (8ÃÆ'â € "Platinum for being a set of boxes with four CDs). According to the RIAA, Strait is the recording artist of the 12th best-selling album in the United States as a whole.
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Early life through high school
George Harvey Strait was born on May 18, 1952, in Poteet, Texas, to John Byron Strait Sr. (January 11, 1922 - June 4, 2013), and Doris Jean Couser (June 26, 1930 - January 30, 2010).
He grew up near Pearsall, in Frio County, where his father was a junior high school mathematician and a 2,000 acre (810 hectares) cattle breeder outside Big Wells, Texas. Families work at farms on weekends and in summer. When George was in fourth grade, his father and mother divorced, and his mother moved with her sister, Pency. George and his brother, John Jr. (1950-2009), raised by their father.
Strait started his musical interest while attending Pearsall High School, where he played in rock and roll garage bands. The Beatles were very popular when the Straits were in high school. "The Beatles are huge," Strait insisted. "I listened to them many and many popular groups back then". His musical preferences soon turned to the country with singers Hank Thompson, Lefty Frizzell, Merle Haggard, George Jones, Bob Wills, Hank Williams, and Frank Sinatra influencing his style. Strait is not in tune with the country music radio when young, usually listening to the news and reports of farmers. Its introduction to country music mostly comes with live performances, which according to the Strait, can be heard in every city in Texas.
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Marriage and the US Army
She eloped with her high school lover, Norma. The couple was originally married in Mexico on December 4, 1971. In the same year, he was registered in the United States Army. While stationed at the Schofield Barracks in Hawaii as part of the 25th Infantry Division, the Straits began performing with a US Army-sponsored band, "Rambling Country", who played off-base under the name "Santee". On October 6, 1972, while still in Hawaii, George and Norma had their first child, Jenifer.
Higher education
After the Straits was dismissed with respect from the Army in 1975, he enrolled at Southwest Texas State University in San Marcos and graduated with a degree in agriculture.
Music career
1970s
During his college years, Strait joins band band Stoney Ridge, answering leaflets posted around the campus to find new vocalists. The Straits renamed the Ace group at the Band Hole and quickly became leaders; they began performing at various honky-tonks and bars around southern and central Texas, traveling as far east as Huntsville and Houston. They gain regional followers and are open to national action such as The Texas Playboys. Soon, the band was given the opportunity to record a few singles written by the Carvers, including "It Does not Change The Way I Feel About You," and "I Can not Go Like This" for Houston-based D label. However, the songs never received wide recognition, and the Strait continued to manage his family's cattle ranch during the day to earn additional money.
While he continues to play with his band, with no real connections to the recording industry, Strait befriends Erv Woolsey, who operates one of the bars where Ace in the Hole bands play, and who previously worked for major label MCA Records. Woolsey convinced several Music Row (Nashville) connections to come to Texas and listen to Straits and his band games. Impressed by the performance, but worried that they could not market the West Swing sound that the band performed, they left without a deal.
After several unsuccessful attempts to Nashville to look for a recording contract where the Strait is rejected by every label in the city, he considers giving up altogether to the music. He was offered the job of designing a cattle shed and decided to take it. He gave notice to the band that he was leaving, but after discussing with his wife, he convinced her to give the music one more year. Not long after that, the MCA signed the Straits for a record deal in February 1981. The initial agreement was for one song. If the single is successful, the label will consider performing the album. Ace in the Hole band remains with Strait, performing as a backup band and tour for solo action now.
1980s
In the spring of 1981, Strait released their first single for MCA Records, entitled "Unwound", which climbed to # 6 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart that year, and was included on Strait Country's debut album. The record featured two more singles including "Down and Out", hit No. 1. 16 for the Straits, and "If You Think You Want a Stranger (There Is One Coming Home)", which reached number three in early 1982, sparked a series of Top Ten hits that went well into the 1990s.
Strait of the Country was praised by critics as a traditional breakthrough that broke the pop-influenced country trend at the time. 1982 also watched the release of Strait's second album, the critically praised Strait of Heart, featuring the first number one of his career, "Fool Hearted Memory", and the top five "Amarillo" by Morning "originally sung and written by Terry Stafford in 1973 In 1983, Strait made his first appearance at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo when the main star, Eddie Rabbitt, fell ill with the flu.The show in the rodeo has since become a mainstay of his career, making over twenty appearances at Rodeo, and playing with a total of more than a million fans.
The Strait recorded the next 17 No 1s of the decade, including a string of five that lasted from 1983-84 from the next two albums Right or Wrong , first album and award winner CMA Has Fort Worth Ever Crossed Your mind . The following year, he won the CMA award for top male vocalist, and released his first Greatest hits compilation, featuring songs from his first three albums. Also in 1985, Strait released Something Special , the number one album in a row in his career, featuring the number one single "The Chair". In 1986, Strait was repeated as a CMA vocalist this year and released his fourth album. [7] # 7 .
Strait and his family were beset by tragedy when his 13-year-old daughter, Jenifer, was killed in an accident related to a non-alcoholic car. He drove a Ford Mustang driven by Gregory Wilson Allen, 18, from Staples, Texas. He was later charged with Class A minor offenses for vehicle killing. Mike Cox, a spokesman for the Texas Department of Public Security in Austin, said: "The forces that responded to determine the cause of the accident became excessive speed and that the car did not negotiate properly Jenifer climbed in the front passenger seat and none The four passengers were wearing seatbelts at the time, when the vehicle passes to the side of the passenger, Jenifer is partially removed, causing him to die in the event of a collision, the incident caused the Straits to severely restrict his contacts with the media, interviewing for years after the accident because he and his family did not want to talk about Jenifer's death.
His grief did not hinder his appearance, however, or his output, as he went on to release his first 11 hits, starting with "No One in His Right Thought That Will Leave" in 1986 and ending with "Ace in the Hole" in 1989. The singles spanned four albums, including # 7 , Ocean Front Property in 1987, If You Is not Lovin 'You Ain not Livin' in 1988 and 1989 was Beyond the Blue Neon, all of which reached number one on the country charts charts. Ocean Front Property is the first country album ever to debut at No. 1. 1 on the charts by any artist. Streaks include songs like "Ocean Front Property", "All My Ex's Live in Texas", "Famous Last Words of a Fool" and "Baby Blue". Strait finished the decade by winning the CMA Entertainer of the Year award in 1989. A year later, he won the award again.
1990s
Strait started this decade with the release of the tenth studio album, Livin 'It Up , featuring two hit No. 1 included "Love Without End, Amen", her first multi-week hit, and "I Came to Expect You From". Both songs remain No. 1 for five weeks in 1990. Chill the Beginning Fall soon followed in 1991, and received positive reviews. Entertainment Weekly notes that the album marks a shift for the Straits from "repeating itself" in his previous works to produce different material. It produced No. 1 "If I Know Me" and "You Know Me Better Than That", but ended a streak of 31 major ten hit direct with "Lovesick Blues" cover, peaking at No. 1. 24. His record blocked eight top-chart albums with No. 1 peak. 4. In spring 1992, Holding My Own was released. It does not produce anything. 1 but included two top five songs including "So Much Like My Dad".
Then in 1992, Strait played the main character in the film Pure Country, and released the soundtrack of the film. This is his most successful studio album, producing hits like "Heartland", "I Cross My Heart", and "When Are You Stop Loving Me", and peaked at No. 1. 1 and No. 6 each in Country and Billboard 200 album charts. The success continued with the next album, Easy Come, Easy Go in 1993, which reached the top five on Billboard 200 and featured hits "I Want to Have The One Back", "The Man in Love with You" and no song title. 1.
The next four albums, including Lead On in 1994, Blue Clear Sky in 1996, Brings Your Love With Me in 1997, 1998 One Step at a Time , all mapped out at No. 1, with Blue Clear Sky claiming the place on its debut week, and Bringing Your Love with Me peak at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 for the first time in the Strait career. The album series produced eight single singles for the Strait, including "You Can not Make a Heart Love Somebody", "Carried Away", "One Night at a Time", and "I Just Want to Dance With You".
During this period, the Strait also released a four-disc career retrospective box, Strait Out of the Box , in 1995, which became the second best-selling box ever with a delivery of 8 million in the United States. He was named the CMA Top Male Vocalist in 1997 and 1998. Beginning in '97, and continuing through the first year of the 21st century, Strait became the title of the George Strait State Music Festival, which included artists such as Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, Kenny Chesney, Alan Jackson , and others.
In an attempt to introduce this action to as many fans as possible, the festival promised not to visit any market more than twice. It only plays a small number of dates, usually no more than twenty years, but still managed to become the ninth largest tour in 1998.
Strait completed the decade with the album Always Never the Same in 1999, which reached No. position. 2 on the country charts and match the cross-over success of the Pure State by grabbing No. 1. 6 on Billboard 200. The record yielded the hit "What Do You Say to That", "Temporary", and No. 1 "Write This Down". The album material reviews are generally moderate, but Entertainment Weekly observes that at this point in his career, the Straits can record the "lightest" material and "make it jump" on the radio with "his grace." "Overall, Strait scored 17 No. 1 hits on Billboard's country airplay charts in decades, and brought his success into the next century.
2000s
Strait released a self-named album in 2000, which despite No. 1 and No. 7 in the country and the Billboard 200 album chart, did not produce the No. 1 single. 1, and was the first studio album of his career. not certified platinum. Single "Go On" and "If You Can Do Anything Else" were released from the record, with both peaking in the top five. In May 2001, The Road Less Traveled was released. The reviews for the album are mostly positive, Rolling Stone describes it as sticking to the formula "but adds a few twists that make it superior to some of its last releases." It featured "vocal processing", and was considered by some critics as an experimental album.
Three singles were released from it, two of which reached No. 1. 1, including "She'll Leave You with a Smile", the 50th on the combined chart and "Living and Living Well", both reached the top 30 of Billboard Hot 100, with the former peaking at No. 1. 23, Strait's highest position on the chart. Single "Run" peaked at No. 2 and reached No. 34 on Billboard 100. The Strait released two recordings in 2003.
The next album, Honkytonkville is described as "a collection of loud, blazing countries", and is praised "for its mixture of the Old Strait with its modern, superstar self." It does not produce anything. 1 for the Straits but included the hits "Cowboys Like Us" and the cover of Bruce Robison's "Desperately". His performance at Reliant Stadium in 2004 set a new Rodeo attendance record, with 68,679 viewers. That year he issued the Greatest Hits package which was crowned as 50 Number Ones, noting the No. hit. 1 of his career from all the charts, starting with "Fool Hearted Memory" and ending with "You'll Leave You With a Smile." A new song, "I Hate Everything", was also included, and became Number One in its 51st overall in 2004.
The following year, Somewhere Down in Texas arrived, resulting in a hit "You're Be There," marking Strait's first appearance on the Adult Contemporary chart. The following year, he embarked on a tour that included only 18 gigs but earned over $ 15 million. He attributes this success to the fact that he and his band are "very musically loud", has many collections of songs to take, and the songs are very similar to how they sound on their albums.
On October 3, 2006, Strait marked the 30th year in the music industry with the release of a new album titled It Just Comes Natural . The album was recorded in Key West, Florida at Sound Studio Boat Shrimp Jimmy Buffett (said better recording location due to lack of flare ups during the recording process), which is also the recording location of "Troubadour".
It featured fifteen new songs. Celebrity and songwriter Strait, Dean Dillon wrote two songs on the album. It generally receives positive reviews from critics. People , in their four-star review, commented that "If there has ever been a natural country music, it is the Strait," while USA Today rambles that "he keeps making quality consistent as seen easily ". The first single from the album, "Give It Away" reached No. 1, making one of his co-authors, the legend of country "Whispering Bill" Anderson, the first songwriter to have hit number 1 in five different decades. The title track, "It Just Comes Natural" becomes 42nd Billboard No. 1 belongs to him.
In 2007, "Wrapped" reached No. 1 on the state music chart of Mediabase 24/7, giving the 55th Strait a whole number one on one. From January to April of that year, Strait became the title of a 23-date arena tour with country music legend Ronnie Milsap and then newcomer Taylor Swift. He released a new album titled Troubadour on April 1, 2008. The CD contains 12 songs, including a duet with Patty Loveless and Craig Lembke with old songwriter Dean Dillon. The lead single from the album, "I Saw God Today", debuted at No. 1. 19 on the Radio and Recording ladder and Billboard. This is the highest debut ever for a single from Strait and the fourth highest debut for a song in the country music history. Troubadour debuted at No. 1. 1 on the Billboard Top 200 album charts, sold over 160,000 copies in its first week of release. "River of Love" 3rd single from the album became his 57th song in 2009.
In April 2009, the Straits was honored by the Academy of Country Music with the Artist of the Decade Award, which was presented to the Straits by the previous ACM Artist of the Decade, Garth Brooks. In June of that year he became the first show headline at the new Dallas Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas. Strait "Living for the Night" was released on May 28, 2009, and was written by Strait, his son Bubba, and Dean Dillon. The song is the main single from her album Twang , released on August 11, 2009. Twang is certified gold to sell over 500,000 copies.
2010s
In 2010, Billboard placed Strait No. 1 on 25 top state artists in the last 25 years. On September 6, 2011, Strait released the album, Here for a Good Time , which resulted in two No. singles. 1 - "Here for a Good Time" and "Love's Make Alright Alright" - -Ringing Strait's No. 1 single totaled 59. The album's third single, "Drinkin 'Man", was less successful, peaking at No. 1. 37.
In October 2012, Strait released the single "Give It All We Got Tonight", which was included on her album Love Is Everything, released on May 14, 2013. The song initiated the "60 to 60" movement with the Strait label , to make the 60th 60th song across the country charts when she was 60 years old. The song reached the top of the Mediabase in May 2013. The next single album "I Believe" reached No. 11, 50 on The US Country Airplay chart, making it the first single The Strait to miss the Top 40 Straits winning the CMA Entertainer of the Year 2013 award.
In November 2013, Billboard presented the Straits with the honor of its Legend of Live during the 10th Annual Billboard Awards Awards ceremony. The award honors the industry's top concert artists based on Billboard's Boxscore chart and box office performance. Strait is the first country artist to receive the highest Billboard ' tour award. On April 19, 2015, Strait made guest appearances at the ACM Awards 2015, he performed "All My Ex's Lives In Texas" and his new single "Let It Go".
In 2016, Selat was selected as one of 30 artists to perform at " Forever Country ", Take Me Home tracks, Country Roads, On the Road Again and I Will Always Love You celebrating 50 years of CMA Awards.
Cowboy Rides Away Tour
On September 26, 2012, Strait announces that he is retiring from the tour, and his Cowboy Rides Away Tour will be his last. Tickets for the arena and stadium on the Cowboy Rides Away Tour were sold out within hours. The tour starts on January 18, 2013 in Lubbock, Texas and is divided into two legs: 21 concerts in 2013 and 26 concerts in 2014, for a total of 47 concerts. The tour ends in Arlington, Texas on June 7, 2014. The straits are supported in a tour by an eleven-member tour group, Ace in the Hole Band. For the 2013 leg, Martina McBride is the opening player.
On January 9, 2014, Strait started the second leg of the tour, featuring the opening actors Jason Aldean, Eric Church, Martina McBride, Miranda Lambert, Little Big Town, Vince Gill, Sheryl Crow, Lee Ann Womack, Merle Haggard, Chris Young, Ronnie Dunn, Luke Bryan, Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, Kenny Chesney, Alan Jackson, and Asleep at the Wheel. Many of these players came together for the last concert tour in Arlington, Texas, before 104,793 fans - the largest ticket attendance at a single show concert in the United States. The concert also scored the largest gross record at a nation's one-gig concert, $ 18,194,374, and broke the 33-year-old record for "the largest indoor concert ever", easily surpassing 87,500 fans attending the 12/5/81 Rolling Stones concert at Superdome New Orleans (opening act, The Neville Brothers, followed by George Thorogood and The Destroyers).
A live album recorded from Arlington's last concert titled The Cowboy Rides Away: Live from AT & amp; T Stadium was released on September 16, 2014, with a DVD/CD concert being released on November 10th. , 2014, with Wal-mart exclusively releasing Deluxe edition including 2 cd's as well. This DVD Deluxe is a whole 3 hour concert and 2 cd that accompany it has 28 out of 40 songs sung that night. On August 29, 2014, the State Music Television channel broadcast a special two-hour concert from the event titled George Strait: The Cowboy Rides Away . This CMT special concert has 1-1/4 hours of music from 3 hours of concerts, and interviews.
Personal life
The married strait ran to Mexico with his girlfriend at Norma High School in December 1971. Their first child, Jenifer, was born on October 6, 1972. Their son, George Strait Jr., known as "Bubba", was born in 1981.
Jenifer was killed in a car accident in San Marcos on June 25, 1986, at the age of 13. The family established the Jenifer Lynn Strait Foundation, which donated money to a children's charity in the San Antonio area. George Strait Jr., who is a Texas A & amp; M in College Station, used to compete as a competitor of the Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA) Professional. The Strait was able to watch his son compete at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo in 2006 shortly before climbing onto the stage for his own performance.
Since 2010, Strait has been the spokesperson of the National Wrangler Patriot program, a campaign designed to raise awareness and funding for wounded and fallen military veterans in America and their families. Strait says, "I have been part of the Wrangler family for a long time... when they came to me with the idea of ​​supporting American veterans who were killed and injured and their families, I knew I wanted to be involved."
In February 2012, Strait became a grandfather when George Strait Jr. and his wife Tamara had their first child, a son. According to reports, he was named George H. Strait III as a tribute to his grandfather.
The Strait has a Bombardier Challenger 300 business jet and carries N518GS personal registration. His private plane is stored at the Landmark Aviation facility in San Antonio. He has teamed up with Texas Governor Greg Abbott to help with the disaster relief effort in Hurricane Harvey, which devastated the coast of Texas.
Straits along with old friends and business partners Tom Cusick create the Golf Tournament and Golf Tournaments of Vaqueros Del Mar (Cowboys of the Sea) held annually in the Straits and resorts of Texas Hill Country's Tapatio Springs Resort in Boerne Texas. This invitational raises money for David Feherty's First Forces Foundation, which benefits the wounded soldiers, women soldiers and their families. Since the beginning of 2012, more than 5 million dollars (USD) has been raised by the event. In January 2018, George Strait was crowned as Tyrant of the Year 2018 of the Year by the Texas Legislative Conference, a business group and political leader throughout the state. The straits were honored for fundraising efforts in the wake of the widespread flooding after Hurricane Harvey.
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Discography
In over 30 years of record-keeping, all of which have been spent with MCA Records, George Strait has garnered 61 songs. 1 in all country charts (including 24/7 Media, Radio & Records graphics, and now- Gavin Report Chart that is not working), and has more clicks No. No. 1 than any other artist in any genre. 45 Billboard The number 1 hit country is a record, four more than the total of Conway Twitty which includes several duets with Loretta Lynn. In addition, Strait was also the first artist in Billboard's history to have at least one single entry into the Top 10 of the Billboard chart for 30 consecutive years, starting in 1981 when his first single "Unwound" peaked at No. 6 on the Hot Country Singles charts. All of his Top 10 singles have been on the chart. The Strait has sold more than 68 million records in the United States alone and certifications from the RIAA including 13 multi-platinum, 33 platinum, and 38 gold albums.
Movieography
Straits have acted in several films. He has a small part in The Soldier (1982) and starred in Pure Country (1992). He also appeared as himself at the Grand Champion (2002).
The Movie Pure Country features George Strait in the lead role as Dusty Chandler, a famous country singer who deviates too far from his country's roots and traditional voices. This provides an opportunity for the Strait to branch off from its own traditional country voice to a rock-and-roll approach. The film saw little success at the box office, receiving just $ 15 million, but the soundtrack, also called Pure Country, resulted in several hit singles for Strait, and has been a top-selling album to date. The Strait has a limited role in the sequel to Pure Country , Pure Country 2: Gifts .
Awards and awards
The Strait holds the record for most albums and number one singles, gold albums, platinum albums, and multi-platinum in country music history, and the eleventh most numbered albums in all other genres. The third channel is only for Elvis Presley and The Beatles with the most gold and platinum albums in music history. The Straits has been certified as the twelfth best-selling artist in American history, with a record sales of 70 million.
The Strait has recorded the most number one and top five songs in the history of any type of music, and is the only artist in any music history to have the top ten hits every year for 30 years. He is also the second all-time in ten hits in music history, currently 5 away from breaking the all-time record held by Eddy Arnold who has 92 in his historic career. The Strait also won 22 CMA Awards, including the Consecutive Entertainer of the Year award in 1989 and 1990, and also recently won the same award in 2013 (and is the only artist to win the highest honor in three decades different) and holds a career record for the CMA nomination (in its entirety) and the most consecutive of all time.
In 2009 he holds the record of most CMA awards. The Strait also has the same record for winning and nominations for ACM Awards. The Selat Strait entered the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2006, performing its No. 1 hit. 1 "Give it Away" right before receiving a replica of the Hall of Fame plaque at the 40th CMA Awards. He was only the second artist (after Eddy Arnold in 1966) to be inducted into the Hall of Fame while still actively recording and producing chart-topping songs and albums.
On June 8, 2010, the Strait has been named the top country music artist over the last 25 years according to Billboards. In October 2008, the Academy of Country Music Awards named their Strait Artist in the Decade for the 2000s. She presented the award by previous winner Garth Brooks. Previous winners were Marty Robbins (1960s), Loretta Lynn (1970s), Alabama (1980s) and Garth Brooks (1990s). And with the award winning award of the year 2013 he is the only artist to ever win this year's entertainers in three different decades and is also the oldest winner. The current win is the longest span between victory for the award as well. Strait is also tied up with Merle Haggard for most male vocalists of this year's awards.
On June 1, 2013, the Strait appeared at The Alamodome, in San Antonio, Texas, before 70,000 fans at the last concert of the first half of a two-year parting tour. Governor Rick Perry, who was present with First Lady Anita Thigpen Perry, announced that for the next May 18, the Strait anniversary, will be the "George Strait Day" in Texas.
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External links
- Strait George Online
- George Strait - biography, discography, lyrics, photos, videos
- The UMG Nashville Official Artist Page
- Strait of George in IMDb
- Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum
- George Strait Team Roping Classic (GSTRC) site
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