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George Strait -- Born May 18, 1952 in Poteet, Texas, and raised in nearby Pearsall, Strait was the son of a junior high school teacher, who owned and operated a ranch that had been in his family for nearly 100 years. Growing up he spent his weekdays in town and his weekends on the ranch outside Big Wells, Texas. Although he joined a garage rock band as a teenager, his musical preference was traditional Country. After graduating high school in the late '60s and briefly attending college, Strait married his high school sweetheart Norma. Enlisting in the U.S. Army in 1971, he moved to Hawaii two years later where he began playing Country Music with an Army-sponsored group called Rambling Country, which ... played some dates off-base under the name Santee.
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Washington, D.C. (November 12, 2003) - President George W. Bush has announced that George Strait is one of ten recipients of the 2003 National Medal of Arts. The National Medal of Arts is the nation's highest honor for artistic excellence and is given to those who have made extraordinary contributions to the creation, growth and support of the arts in the United States. The President and First Lady Laura Bush presented the awards in an Oval Office ceremony at the White House on November 12th.
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Country music superstar George Strait has worked hard to craft himself an enduring and authentic reputation as Nashville's elder statesman. He's second only to Conway Twitty for #1 singles with 53 chart topping hits (Twitty had 55) and George is still going strong-his "Give It Away" off his forthcoming album of new material cruised right on up the charts. These days, George Strait is commonly referred to by fans and critics as "The King of Country" and he is adored as a living legend during his still-energetic and always crowd-pleasing live shows. Strait was born in Poteet, Texas in 1952 and worked weekends at his family cattle ranch while growing up. Strait got his start performing with a garage rock band in high school, but he found he preferred his father's country records like Hank Williams and Merle Haggard. He was enrolled at university but dropped out to elope to Mexico with his high school sweetheart.
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The unprecedented success that George Strait has earned throughout his illustrious 26-year-career could not be captured in the multi-platinum release of his number one hits alone. The King of Country Music has bestowed the perfect companion piece to his multi-platinum 50 NUMBER ONES with 22 MORE HITS. In stores, November 13, 22 MORE HITS contains exactly that - 22 fan favorites and well known Strait hit singles that despite not quite reaching number one at country radio made a timeless impression on country music fans across the country.
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George Strait became the new Assistant Vice Chancellor of Public Affairs at the University of California at Berkeley in January of 2003. Most recently he was Vice President of Content and Media for the DrSpock Company, an Internet resource for all aspects of parenting and childcare. Before that he spent twenty-two years as a reporter for ABC News, the last 16 years as its chief medical correspondent. George Strait has contributed to World News Tonight with Peter Jennings, and Nightline on issues such as health care reform, medical/ethical concerns regarding the new technologies, and AIDS. Following the inauguration of President Clinton in January 1993, he was named correspondent in charge of directing coverage of the health care reform debate and Hillary Clinton's Task Force on health care reform. Prior to joining ABC News, he worked at WPVI-TV in Philadelphia and WQXI-TV in Atlanta.
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Out of all the new country singers to emerge in the early '80s, George Strait stayed the closest to traditional country. Drawing from both the honky tonk and Western swing traditions, Strait didn't refashion the genres; instead, he revitalized them for a new decade. In the process, he became one of the most popular and influential singers of the decade, sparking a wave of neo-traditionalist singers from Randy Travis and Dwight Yoakam to Clint Black, Garth Brooks, and Alan Jackson. Strait was born and raised in Texas, the son of a junior high school teacher who ... owned and operated a ranch that had been in the Strait family for nearly hundred years. When George was a child, his mother left the family, taking her daughter but leaving behind her sons with the father. During his childhood, he would spend his weekdays in town and his weekends on the ranch.
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