Dwight Yoakam
Dwight Yoakam is an American singer and songwriter. In 1986 he had his first number one song on a Canadian country music chart. In 1988 he had first number one song on Hot Country Songs.[1]
Early life
He was born on October 23, 1956 in Pikeville, Kentucky.
Discography
- Singles
- "Suspicious Minds" (1992)
- "I Wanna Love Again" (2006)
- "Close Up the Honky Tonks" (2007)[2]
- "Who'll Stop the Rain" (2014)[3]
- "Tomorrow's Gonna Be Another Day" (2016)[4]
- Studio albums
- Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc. (1986)
- Hillbilly Deluxe (1987)
- Buenas Noches From a Lonely Room (1988)
- If There Was a Way (1990)
- This Time (1993)
- Gone (1995)
- A Long Way Home (1998)
- dwightyoakamacoustic.net (2000)
- Tomorrow's Sounds Today (2000)
- South of Heaven, West of Hell (Soundtrack) (2001)
- Population Me (2003)
- Blame the Vain (2005)
- 3 Pears (2012)
- Second Hand Heart (2015)
- Swimmin' Pools, Movie Stars (2016)[5][6]
Dwight Yoakam Media
Dwight Yoakam was born in Pikeville, Kentucky.
Pete Anderson, seen here in 2009, produced and played lead guitar on the majority of Yoakam's albums.
Yoakam had a number one single in 1988 with "Streets of Bakersfield", a duet with Buck Owens (pictured here in 1977).
Yoakam wrote several songs with Kostas in the 1990s.
Yoakam performing in 2008.
Yoakam had a hit in 1999 with a cover of Queen's "Crazy Little Thing Called Love".
Yoakam starred in the 1996 movie Sling Blade, written and directed by Billy Bob Thornton.
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Sources
- ↑ Illegal name entered dwight yoakam/dwight+yoakam/chart?f=357 Dwight Yoakam Album & Song Chart History – Country Songs. BillboardPrometheus Global Media. Retrieved March 2, 2011.
- ↑ Hats off to Buck. Los Angeles Times (September 1, 2007).
- ↑ Hear Dwight Yoakam cover Creedence. USA Today (July 14, 2014).
- ↑ Dwight Yoakam to Release Special Edition Vinyl Via Third Man Records. The Boot (June 10, 2016).
- ↑ New Album, 'Swimmin' Pools, Movie Stars…" Available September 23. DwightYoakam.com (February 16, 2016). Retrieved August 3, 2016.
- ↑ Dwight Yoakam to Release Bluegrass Album "Swimmin' Pools, Movie Stars" Including Amazon Pre-Order. SavingCountryMusic.com (August 2, 2016). Retrieved August 3, 2016.
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