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toby-keith

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  • • Born in Clinton, Oklahoma; grew up in Moore, a suburb of Oklahoma City.
  • • Got his first guitar at 8 while hanging around his grandmother's supper club in Fort Smith, Arkansas.
  • • Worked Oklahoma oil fields making $50K/year before the industry crash pushed him toward music full-time.
  • • A flight attendant slipped his demo tape to a Mercury Records exec on a plane — that's how he got signed.
  • • "Should've Been a Cowboy" became the most-played country song of the entire 1990s.
  • • "Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue" was written only for troops — he never intended to release it publicly.
  • • Completed 18 USO tours during his career, performing for over 250,000 service members overseas.
  • • Racked up 20 #1 Billboard Country hits across his career.
  • • Passed away February 5, 2024 at age 62 after a battle with stomach cancer diagnosed in fall 2021.
  • • As a kid he did odd jobs around his grandmother's supper club and started getting up on the bandstand to play with the house band.

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