1. Melvin Lee Greenwood was born on October 27,1942 and is an American country music singer.
20 Facts About Lee Greenwood
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Lee Greenwood has sold more than 25 million copies worldwide.
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Lee Greenwood was born in 1942 in South Gate, California, a few miles south of Los Angeles.
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Lee Greenwood's father joined the US Navy after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, and his mother was a piano player who had several jobs.
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Lee Greenwood did not serve in the United States military, despite the universal draft at the time.
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Lee Greenwood has said that he was given a 3A deferment for family hardship due to having had a child at age 17.
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Lee Greenwood eloped to Reno, Nevada, with his first wife, Edna, in 1960.
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The band, which changed its name later to Lee Greenwood Affair, played mostly pop music and appeared mostly in casinos in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Lee Greenwood is known for writing and recording "God Bless the USA" in the early 1980s, and later "God Bless You Canada".
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Since then, Lee Greenwood has played across the US, at many public events.
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Lee Greenwood performed on the eve of the January 2017 inauguration of Donald Trump.
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On May 19,2018, Lee Greenwood was inducted into the Mississippi Music Project Hall of Fame by "Commander" Joseph W Clark, for his contributions to the music industry.
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Lee Greenwood appeared at the Republican convention on July 15,2024, and performed "God Bless the USA", while former President Trump, the party's presidential nominee, entered the arena.
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Lee Greenwood performed for Marsha Blackburn after her victory in her 2018 Senate election.
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In September 2008, President George W Bush nominated Greenwood to succeed Makoto Fujimura for a six-year term to the National Council on the Arts expiring in 2014.
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Lee Greenwood was confirmed by the Senate via voice vote in October 2008.
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In 1995, Lee Greenwood took a break from his touring schedule and built a theater in Sevierville, Tennessee, which opened its doors in April 1996.
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The Lee Greenwood Theater operated for five seasons, then closed for Greenwood to continue touring.
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In May 2021, to commemorate the September 11 attacks, Lee Greenwood published the God Bless the USA Bible.
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Lee Greenwood is married to former Miss Tennessee USA Kimberly Payne, his fourth wife, who is 25 years his junior.