Lyle Pearce Lovett was born on November 1,1957 and is an American singer, songwriter, record producer and actor.
24 Facts About Lyle Lovett
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Lyle Lovett was born in Houston, Texas, when his family lived in the nearby community of Klein.
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Lyle Lovett is the son of William Pearce and Bernell Louise Lovett, a marketing executive and training specialist, respectively.
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Lyle Lovett had performed in the New Folk competition at the Kerrville Folk Festival in 1980 and 1982.
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Lyle Lovett invited the Rogues for the event, and Lovett was encouraged by band members Ray Herndon and Matt Rollings to sit in with the group, which did some of his songs.
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The demo tape of the first four songs led to his first record deal; ten of those songs, recorded with the Rogues, became Lyle Lovett's self-titled debut album.
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Lyle Lovett made many longtime contacts in Arizona during that time.
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Lyle Lovett signed with MCA Records in 1986 and released his eponymous debut album.
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Lyle Lovett sang harmony vocals on Nanci Griffith's The Last of the True Believers album.
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In 1995, Lyle Lovett performed a duet of "You've Got a Friend in Me" with Randy Newman for Toy Story.
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Lyle Lovett has acted in a number of films, notably four for director Robert Altman: The Player, Short Cuts, Pret-a-Porter, and Cookie's Fortune.
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Lyle Lovett was given an award called an "Esky" for Surest Thing in Esquire's 2006 Esky Music Awards in the April issue.
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In 2010, Lyle Lovett appeared on an episode of Spectacle: Elvis Costello with.
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In 2011, Lyle Lovett was named Texas State Artist Musician by the Texas Commission on the Arts.
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On October 24,2019, Lyle Lovett was inducted into the Austin City Limits Hall of Fame.
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Lyle Lovett married actress Julia Roberts after meeting her on the set of The Player.
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Since late 1997, Lyle Lovett has been in a relationship with April Kimble.
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On March 28,2002, Lyle Lovett was trapped by a bull against a fence on his uncle's farm in Klein, Texas, before being pulled to safety.
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Lyle Lovett fully recovered after six months from a badly broken leg, and he began touring again in summer 2003.
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Lyle Lovett was conferred the honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters by the University of Houston on May 15,2010, at its general commencement ceremony.
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Lyle Lovett's mother was in the audience as her son was presented with an honorary doctorate from the same university from which she had received her bachelor's degree in 1960.
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Lyle Lovett's father was a graduate of the Gerald D Hines College of Architecture of the University of Houston.
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Lyle Lovett is a horse enthusiast and co-owns and competes in reining competitions with world class Quarter Horse, Smart and Shiney.
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In 2012, Lyle Lovett was inducted into the Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame.