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"Amarillo by Morning" is widely considered to be one of Strait's best songs. Billboard and American Songwriter ranked the song number nine and number six, respectively, on their lists of the 10 greatest George Strait songs. [15] [16] In 2024, Rolling Stone ranked the song at number ten on its 200 Greatest Country Songs of All Time ranking. [17]
George Harvey Strait Sr. was born on May 18, 1952, in Poteet, Texas, [1] to John Byron Strait Sr. (January 11, 1922 – June 4, 2013), [20] and Doris Jean Couser (June 26, 1930 – January 30, 2010). He grew up in nearby Pearsall , in Frio County , [ 1 ] where his father was a junior high school mathematics teacher and the owner of a 2,000-acre ...
Strait Country "Down and Out" 16 14 1982 "If You're Thinking You Want a Stranger (There's One Coming Home)" 3 2 "Fool Hearted Memory" 1 1 RIAA: Gold [5] Strait from the Heart "Marina del Rey" 6 2 1983 "Amarillo by Morning" 4 1 RIAA: 3× Platinum [5] "A Fire I Can't Put Out" 1 2 "You Look So Good in Love" 1 1 RIAA: Platinum [5] Right or Wrong: 1984
George Strait broke a record for a ticketed concert in America with a show at Texas A&M's Kyle Field in College Station on Saturday. ... George Strait sings “Amarillo By Morning” before more ...
Wilson performed Strait's "Amarillo by Morning," Johnson sang "Give It Away," Johnson, McCollum and Lambert sang "Troubadour," and Stapleton and Strait performed "Honky Tonk Hall Of Fame."
George Strait Strait, 72, was honored with this year’s Willie Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award. Prior to receiving the award, Wilson took the stage to play his hit, “Amarillo by Morning.”
Amarillo by Morning may refer to: "Amarillo by Morning" (song) , a song by Paul Fraser & Terry Stafford, covered by numerous artists, including George Strait and Asleep at the Wheel Amarillo by Morning (film) , a documentary film by Spike Jonze
Strait from the Heart received positive reviews upon its release in 1982. On the music review website AllMusic, it received five out of five stars.In his review for AllMusic, Thom Jurek called Strait "a singer of uncommon vitality who could sing honky tonk, countrypolitan, and the new traditional sounds". [1]