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Clint Black – The Facts
Clint was born in N.J on Feb. 4, 1962, but was raised in Houston, Texas.
At age 13, Clint stole one of his older brother’s harmonicas and taught himself to play it, two years before learning the rudiments of guitar.
In 1978, Clint dropped out of high school to play bass in his brother Kevin's band, supporting himself with day jobs as an ironworker and fishing guide.
A 1981 booking in Houston's Barton Springs led to eight solid years of playing on the local club circuit.
Clint was 25 when a chain of events suddenly brought him to Nashville to play a tape in Joe Galante's RCA Records office.
In 1989, Clint bowled Music Row over by scoring five No. 1 singles from his debut album, a feat then unprecedented in any field of music.
Clint played a hometown show in Houston at The Summit in December of 1990—where he met Houston-bred actress Lisa Hartman backstage.
1991 not only included Clint joining the Grand Ole Opry cast, collaborating with country legends like Merle Haggard and Roy Rogers, but also his October marriage to Lisa Hartman on his Texas farm.
In 1993, Playboy named his "Black and Wy" national tour with Wynonna its Concert of
the Year.
It was 1993 when Clint and Lisa became the first entertainers to visit U.S. troops stationed in war-and-famine ravaged Somalia.
Billboard magazine named Clint Black the Most-Played Country Radio Artist of 1994, the same year he staged his acting debut in TV's Wings and the movie Maverick.
1994 also saw Clint perform during Super Bowl XXVIII’s halftime show with Tanya Tucker, Travis Tritt, and Wynonna Judd.
Hollywood presented Clint with his star on their Walk of Fame in 1996.
In 2003, Clint co-founded Equity Music Group, a country music record label aimed at being more fair to artists that hosted Little Big Town’s certified Platinum The Road to Here.
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