Clint Patrick Black was born on February 4,1962 and is an American country music singer, songwriter, musician, actor and record producer.
44 Facts About Clint Black
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Clint Black has had more than 30 singles on the US Billboard country charts, twenty-two of which have reached number one, in addition to having released twelve studio albums and several compilation albums.
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In 2003, Clint Black founded his own record label, Equity Music Group.
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Clint Black has ventured into acting, having made appearances in a 1993 episode of the TV series Wings and in the 1994 film Maverick, as well as a starring role in 1998's Still Holding On: The Legend of Cadillac Jack.
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Black had been born and raised, before Clint was one year old.
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Clint Black taught himself to play harmonica before he was 13, and at 14 wrote his first song.
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Clint Black's father remarked that it was at that age that the parents "first noticed that he had a great voice".
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Clint Black eventually dropped out of high school to play with his brothers, before becoming a solo act.
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Clint Black was initially drawn to a variety of musical genres.
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For six years, Clint Black supported himself as a construction worker, bait cutter, and fishing guide, while singing at various lounges as a solo singer and guitarist.
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Clint Black won the Country Music Association's Horizon Award for best newcomer in 1989.
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Clint Black placed second in the poll, two votes behind Garth Brooks.
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Clint Black has been a member of the Grand Ole Opry since 1991.
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Under the terms of their initial contract, Ham controlled all publishing royalties for any song that Clint Black wrote or co-wrote for his first eight albums.
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Ham promptly countersued, blaming the initial lawsuit on poor advice Clint Black received from his new personal assistant, his mother-in-law Jonni Hartman.
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The competition that Clint Black faced was now much stiffer than with his earlier albums.
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Clint Black was more satisfied with the vocals on this album.
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Clint Black commented simply that he was bored wearing the hat all the time.
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Some reviewers noted that in some of the more serious songs on the album, Clint Black's voice sounded strained.
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In 1996, Clint Black became the fourth country music singer to earn a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
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Several others featured guest appearances by some of Clint Black's idols, including Waylon Jennings, Kenny Loggins, and Eric Idle.
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Clint Black took a three-year break from the music industry to stay home with his daughter.
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The new label operated under very different rules than those Clint Black had begun his own career under.
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Clint Black chose the title of the album to limit himself to simple topics in his past.
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Clint Black was a judge for the 8th annual Independent Music Awards to support independent artists.
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Since the closure of his label in 2008, Clint Black had intermittently hinted at a new album that never materialized.
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In July 2015, it was reported that Clint Black had signed a new record deal with independent label Thirty Tigers to release an album of new studio material in the Fall.
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Clint Black recorded only his own songs until 2007, when he released the single "The Strong One".
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Clint Black turned down every request until 1994, when he was offered a bit part in the star-studded comedy film Maverick.
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Clint Black has appeared in several television shows, including Wings and The Larry Sanders Show.
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Clint Black has since starred in the 1998 television film, Still Holding On: The Legend of Cadillac Jack, based on the rodeo star Jack Favor, who was falsely accused of double murders in Haughton, Louisiana, in 1967.
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Clint Black had a major role in another television movie Going Home, and appeared briefly in the 2003 film Anger Management.
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Clint Black has had a presence on various reality television shows.
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In 2003, Clint Black appeared on Nashville Star, where he acted as a mentor to the contestants.
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Clint Black later produced the debut album of series winner Buddy Jewell.
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In 2004, Clint Black appeared as himself in the TV show Las Vegas.
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In 2008, Clint Black was a contestant on a short-lived CBS reality show, Secret Talents of the Stars, in which he practiced stand-up comedy.
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Clint Black was fired after the eleventh task, placing himself in fifth place, although he returned as a member of Joan Rivers's victorious team in the season finale.
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In 2009, Clint Black appeared on ABC's Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.
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On July 4,2012, Clint Black appeared on an episode of Lifetime's reality series, Coming Home, which documents servicemen and women returning to their loved ones in surprise reunions.
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On July 24,2012, Clint Black is surprised by History Detectives on PBS.
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Clint Black participated in the seventh season of Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
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Clint Black's voice is described as a smooth baritone and was initially compared to Merle Haggard's.
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Clint Black was self-taught on harmonica, guitar and bass at an early age.