Delbert McClinton's highest charting pop hit was 1980's "Giving It Up for Your Love", which peaked at number 8 on the Hot 100.
15 Facts About Delbert McClinton
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Delbert McClinton has been nominated for eight Grammy Awards as of 2020.
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Delbert McClinton was inducted into the Texas Heritage Songwriters Hall of Fame in March 2011, along with Lee Roy Parnell, Bruce Channel, Gary Nicholson, and Cindy Walker.
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In 2019, Delbert McClinton was honored by the historic Paramount Theatre in Austin, Texas with the fifth star in their Walk of Fame.
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Delbert McClinton was born in Lubbock, Texas and moved with his family to Fort Worth, Texas when he was 11 years old.
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Delbert McClinton worked in a bar band, the Straitjackets, who backed Sonny Boy Williamson II, Howlin' Wolf, Lightnin' Hopkins, and Jimmy Reed.
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Delbert McClinton formed the Ron-Dels, sometimes called the Rondells, with Ronnie Kelly and Billy Wade Sanders.
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Delbert McClinton was inactive in the studio during much of the 1980s, though he toured heavily.
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Delbert McClinton closed the decade with the Grammy-nominated 1989 album Live from Austin, recorded during an appearance on the television program Austin City Limits and co-produced by sax sideman Don Wise, who went on to become a longtime fixture in the band.
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In 1991 Delbert McClinton won a Grammy Award for a duet with Bonnie Raitt, "Good Man, Good Woman", and reached the Top 5 of the Country chart with "Tell Me About It", a duet with Tanya Tucker.
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Delbert McClinton re-entered the Billboard charts in 1992 with the album Never Been Rocked Enough, which included the charting single "Every Time I Roll the Dice" and a cover of John Hiatt's "Have a Little Faith in Me".
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Delbert McClinton recorded the song "Weatherman", which was played with the opening titles of the 1993 film Groundhog Day, starring Bill Murray.
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Delbert McClinton was a judge for the fourth annual Independent Music Awards, presented to independent artists to support their careers.
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Delbert McClinton is featured in the documentary film Rocking the Boat: A Musical Conversation and Journey, by the filmmaker Jay Curlee.
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Delbert McClinton performed on the Frankie Miller album Double Take, released in 2016; his voice is merged with Miller's in the song "Beginner at the Blues".