George Strait doesn’t seem ready to give up his crown yet. The Country Music Hall of Famer is widely known as the King of Country, so when NBC’s The Voice waved the title elsewhere, it caught his eye. Strait had help from Kelly Clarkson, who delivered a bemused clap-back after seeing a promo for Season […]
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Remember when George Strait delivered a stirring performance of Alan Jackson’s emotional anthem “Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)” back in 2008? It happened at the taping for the CMT Giants: Alan Jackson TV special honoring the “Good Time” singer-songwriter, renowned for blending the traditional honky-tonk sound with country-pop. The program, filmed Oct. […]
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Author Jake Brown is releasing his new book, BEHIND THE BOARDS: NASHVILLE, on July 21st with behind the scenes interviews from 30 of country music’s top producers. This marks Brown’s 50th book to date. One of the featured producers in the new project is Tony Brown, who started his career playing gospel music. In the […]
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George Strait has made history on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart with his latest single “The Weight of the Badge.” With the song’s entry onto the chart for the week of Oct. 19, Strait becomes the first artist ever to chart 100 songs on the Country Airplay chart. The Billboard Country Airplay chart was first published […]
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Toby Keith and Alan Jackson were the two biggest country hitmakers early in the ’00s, but groups like Lonestar and Rascal Flatts came up quickly. Later, artists like Carrie Underwood and Keith Urban would start to dominate country radio. But who topped the decade? Taste of Country recently tallied every No. 1 song from 1980-2020 […]
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Degrees of separation between country music hit-maker George Strait and the late, great John Prine shrank in 1998 when Strait’s version of Prine co-write “I Just Want to Dance With You” reached No. 1. Prine’s co-write with British songwriting legend Roger Cook (The Hollies’ “Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress,” Coca-Cola jingle “I’d Like […]
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When it comes to coronavirus safety, the King of Country has spoken. George Strait partnered with Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to release a video on Thursday about preventing the spread of COVID-19 as the state reopens during the pandemic. You can even hear the country star sing — albeit briefly — in his message to […]
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George Strait is offering his advice to listeners as they navigate large amounts of downtime related to quarantine and lockdowns amid the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Accessing some of his sage wisdom, the King of Country put those tips in simple terms in a new interview first shared Tuesday (May 19). Family is certainly first on […]
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All the Best Highlights from His Latest Q&A Last week, George Strait was one of many country artists who had to postpone his tour dates for 2020. And this week, he’s opening up about how that feels, what his quarantine has been like and how he’s staying positive about the future. In a new Q&A […]
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Country singer George Strait opened up about life in quarantine and how he had to rehabilitate on his own following a knee replacement surgery. Almost every person on earth is going through unprecedented times with the spread of the novel coronavirus. The pandemic has caused significant changes in the lives of every individual. Country singer, […]
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