1- “When he first became interested in music, he played in a rock and roll band. He later changed his tune to country, “
2- “He was born May 18, 1952”
3- “”The Beatles were big””, Strait confirmed. “”I listened to them a lot and that whole bunch of groups that were popular then””
4- “His eldest child, Jenifer, died June 25, 1986 in an auto accident near San Marcos, Texas, at age 13”
5- “Strait’s success began when his first single “”Unwound”” was a hit in 1981″
6- “George Strait Chosen by People magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the world [1990]”
7- “Strait was inducted into the South Texas Music Walk of Fame, at the Water Street Market in 2013. “
8- “George Strait Inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame on November 6, 2006.”
9- “In addition to playing guitar, George Strait also plays piano.”
10- “By 2009, he broke Conway Twitty’s previous record for the most number-one hits on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart when his 44 number one singles surpassed Twitty’s 40”
11- “He and his wife live in northwest San Antonio, as well as on a ranch near Cotulla in La Salle County between San Antonio and Laredo.”
12- “Strait owns a Gulfstream G450 business jet and carries a personal registration N518GS”
13- “He is a Member of the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association”
14- “George Harvey Strait Sr. was born on May 18, 1952, in Poteet, Texas”
15- “Strait did not tune to the country music radio often as a youth, usually listening to the news and the farmer’s report.”
16- “He Served a three-year stint in Hawaii with the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War era”
17- “Strait has sold more than 100 million records worldwide”
18- “He is known for his neotraditionalist country style, cowboy look”
19- “He was offered a job designing cattle pens and decided to take it.”
20- “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.”
21- “He Named Entertainer of the Year by both the Academy of Country Music (ACM) and the Country Music Association (CMA). [1989]”
22- “In 2010, Billboard ranked Strait No. 1 in the top 25 country artists of the past 25 years”
23- “George Strait ranks behind only the Beatles and Elvis Presley as having the most hit #1 albums.”
24- “In his first movie roll, George Strait played a terrorist in the movie ‘The Soldier'”
25- “George Strait Known as the “King of Country”
26- “George has a degree in agriculture”
27- “His certifications from the RIAA include 13 multi-platinum, 33 platinum, and 38 gold albums.”
28- “His Hobbies are steer-roping, hunting, fishing, skiing and golf”
29- ” George Straiy has recorded over 400 songs in his career with a total of fifty-nine number one songs.”
30- “Acted in a handful of projects, including 1992’s Pure Country in which he played a troubled country singer.”
31- ” When George joined the Army in 1972, he was stationed at the Schofield Barracks in Hawaii. He was received an honorary discharge in 1975.”
32- “When George was in the fourth grade, his father and mother were divorced, and his mother moved away with his sister, Pency.”
33- “Strait is not a member of the ‘Grand Ole Opry'”
34- “He Received the National Medal of Arts from President George W. Bush in 2003.”
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