Artist Name: George Strait

Real Name: George Harvey Strait

Birth Date: May 18th, 1952

Nickname: King George

Birth Place: Poteet, Texas

Genre(s): Country

Height: 5' 10" (1.78 m)

Education:
Southwest Texas State University.

Spouse
Norma Voss (4 December 1971 - present) 2 children

Father:
John Strait, was a junior high school mathematics teacher

Nationality: American

Debut Album: Strait Country (1981)

Breakthrough Singles:
Unwound (1981)
"Fool Hearted Memory" (1982)


Did You Know:
More number one hit country singles than any living artist, a total of 52
Spent summers working at the family's 2,000 acre (8 km˛) cattle ranch
Parents divorced when he was in fourth grade
Has released 28 albums for MCA Nashville Records.
Played in a rock band in high school
Eloped to Mexico with his high school sweetheart, Norma

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