Biography of George Strait: King of Country Music

George Strait is a country music legend. For almost thirty years he has consistently produced unabashedly pure country music. He seemingly ignores the fads in the country music genre, instead choosing to play to his strengths. When you buy a George Strait album, you do not expect a lot of bells and whistles, but you do expect straightforward, no-strings-attached country music.





CMT.com provides a complete biography of George Strait's early life. The future country music superstar was born in Poteet, Texas in 1952. Strait's mother left the family when he was a young child, leaving his father, a middle school teacher, to raise Strait and his brothers alone. Strait explored music as a teenager, playing in a rock n' roll band. Strait enrolled in college but soon dropped out and eloped with his high school girlfriend, Norma.

In 1971, Strait enlisted in the Army. During his four-year stint in the army, he started playing country music with an Army sponsored band called Rambling Country. In 1975, he returned to civilian life and formed his own country music band, Ace in the Hole. George Strait's big break occurred in 1980 when club owner introduced him to some executives with MCA records. His audition convinced MCA to sign the aspiring country star. The rest, as they say, is history.

George Strait's official website, GeorgeStrait.com, lists his Top Ten Hits, starting with "Unwound" in 1981. That release started a chain of 28 years in a row with at least one Top Ten hit from the superstar. Strait's hits kept rolling through the 1980s. Some of his biggest hits of that decade include "Amarillo By Morning" (1983), "You Look So Good In Love" (1983) and "All My Ex's Live In Texas" (1986).