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.

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)
• "Who'll Stop the Rain" (2014)
• "Tomorrow's Gonna Be Another Day" (2016)

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)

Dwight Yoakam Media

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  Dwight Yoakam was born in Pikeville, Kentucky.

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  Pete Anderson, seen here in 2009, produced and played lead guitar on the majority of Yoakam's albums.

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  Yoakam had a number one single in 1988 with "Streets of Bakersfield", a duet with Buck Owens (pictured here in 1977).

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  Yoakam wrote several songs with Kostas in the 1990s.

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  Yoakam performing in 2008.

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  Yoakam had a hit in 1999 with a cover of Queen's "Crazy Little Thing Called Love".

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  Yoakam starred in the 1996 movie Sling Blade, written and directed by Billy Bob Thornton.

Related pages

• List of country musicians from Kentucky