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In 1992, George Strait made his acting debut in the film Pure Country, starring as a country artist who ends up straying too far from his roots. Although the film was not as successful as everyone hoped, Strait’s soundtrack was a hit, and remains his best-selling album to this date. It’s 30 days of Strait […]

He’s not only the King of Country, but one of the biggest cowboy heartthrobs to ever grace the genre. Singing one of his earliest hits, 31-year-old George Strait will leave you blushing in one of his most flirty performances to date. Performing the song during an appearance on hit country-themed variety series Hee Haw, the […]

When one of the greatest country music artists to ever exist tells an entire crowd about how much they looked up to another artist, you know that other artist had to be a true gem. That’s certainly the case where Merle Haggard is concerned, as he managed to influence and inspire a large majority of […]

In 1998, a man the world called “Ol’ Blue Eyes” closed his eyes one last time. Frank Sinatra was 82 years old when he passed away, but he left a legacy behind that will live on forever. Towards the end of his long, illustrious career, Sinatra began recording for his album Duets. The plan was […]

You probably know this song extremely well, but do you know how it came to be? In the 1980s, we were introduced to the future King of Country Music. In that decade alone, George Strait released nine albums, which produced 17 number one singles, one of which was “The Chair.” To begin his reign as […]

George Strait and his wife, Norma, celebrated their 50th anniversary in December 2021. They received lots of happy anniversary wishes on social media after George’s team put up a post about their special day. “Send George and Norma some love for their anniversary today!” the team captioned a throwback photo of George and Norma at […]

The multi-talented Jamie Foxx took to the stage to honor the King of Country Music in a CBS event called the “George Strait Special.” Foxx, being from a strikingly small town in Texas, described a time in his childhood when he attempted to snag a seat in a local venue that the legendary George Strait […]

With roughly a century’s worth of experience and dozens of millions of albums sold between them, it’s hard to believe that George Strait and Willie Nelson had never performed together. That all changed a Saturday night in January 2019 when the two country music icons stood on stage and sang together for the very first […]

George Strait was still in the beginning of his career in 1984, but by that point he already had three number one singles. By the start of 1985 Strait had three more number ones to his name, when all of his singles from 1984 claimed the top spot on the charts. One of those singles, […]