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| Affiliation | Democratic |
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| Name | Toby Keith |
| Address |
Moore, Oklahoma , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | [Link] |
| Born |
July 08, 1961 |
| Died |
February 05, 2024
(63 years) |
| Contributor | 411 Name Removed |
| Last Modifed | Juan Croniqueur
Feb 07, 2024 02:19pm |
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Married - Cancer -
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| Info | Toby Keith is the reigning Academy Of Country Music Entertainer Of The Year; he was named the most successful country artist of the new century by United Stations Radio Networks; and he was 2002�s #1 concert-ticket seller in country music, according to Pollstar. His achievements in songwriting (12 of his 16 #1 hits have been self-penned), radio airplay (eight Billboard country #1�s and eight R&R country #1�s from his DreamWorks Records alone), and sales of more than 13.5 million speak for themselves.
Growing up in Moore, Okla., Toby first picked up a guitar when he was eight. During stints working at the rodeo and in the oil fields, he formed a band called Easy Money to gig at local honky-tonks on weekends. When the oil industry hit a slump, he played football for the Oklahoma City Drillers, a semi-pro team, still playing with his band all along. While on the Drillers� roster, he tried out for the Oklahoma Outlaws, of the ill-fated USFL.
When the league went under, Toby took the opportunity to focus all his passion and determination on his music career. He hit the road with Easy Money, touring the circuit exhaustively and shopping his demo until he landed a deal with Mercury Records. At Mercury, Toby released his self-titled debut and earned three #1 hits: �Should�ve Been A Cowboy,� �Wish I Didn�t Know Now� and �A Little Less Talk And A Lot More Action,� as well as the #5 hit �He Ain�t Worth Missing.� Toby Keith went double platinum.
Toby kept on touring and winning fans across the country. He recorded two more albums � Boomtown, which went gold, and the platinum Blue Moon � while racking up hits like �Who�s That Man,� �You Ain�t Much Fun,� �Does That Blue Moon Ever Shine On You� and �Me Too.�
Then he met James Stroud. The two recorded Dream Walkin� together, which yielded the #1 hits �Dream Walkin�� and �We Were In Love,� as well as �I�m So Happy That I Can�t Stop Crying,� a Grammy-nominated duet with Sting that hit #2. When Toby made the difficult decision to leave his record label, he sat tight until the right opportunity came along.
That opportunity presented itself in 1999, when he signed with the Stroud-led DreamWorks label. (It�s worth noting that the ACM named Stroud Producer Of The Year in 2001 and that albums he�s produced have sold more than 50 million copies; he can also boast more than 70 #1 country singles.) That partnership has never flagged, and it has perhaps shone most brightly with Toby�s previous, and most successful, album to date, Unleashed, which went triple platinum based on #1 hits like �Courtesy Of The Red, White And Blue (The Angry American),� �Who�s Your Daddy?� and the Willie Nelson duet �Beer For My Horses.� Rolling Stone opined, �Unleashed puts the grits and gravy back into mainstream country� (Aug. 22, 2002), and the Associated Press asserted, �With his name on every song, Keith underscores his diversity as a compelling writer and singer who delivers the goods� (July 24, 2002).
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