Clint Black was born February 4 1962, in Long Branch, New Jersey. Black was
born in New Jersey when his father was working there, but the family soon
headed back to their home of Houston, Texas. Black was playing the harmonica
at the age of 13 and the guitar at 15. He spent several years playing country
music in Houston clubs, and his career took off when he met local musician
Hayden Nicholas. They wrote "Straight From The Factory" as soon as they met
and forged a lasting songwriting partnership. Their demos impressed Bill Ham,
the manager of
ZZ Top, who quickly secured a contract with
RCA Records. A rarity in the music industry, right out of the gate, Black
reached #1 on the country chart with his first record, "A Better Man", which
he had written about his own broken romance. The title track from his 1989
debut
Killin' Time was also a number 1 record. The
album was a multi-million-seller.
Put Yourself In My Shoes included another
number 1 single, "Loving Blind".
Managerial disputes halted his recording career after the release of
Put Yourself In My Shoes, but his superstar
status was affirmed in 1992 with the belated appearance of
The Hard Way, which spawned a #1 single, "We
Tell Ourselves", and showed heartening signs that Black was unwilling to rest
on his artistic laurels. He also duetted with Roy Rogers, reaching the charts
with "Hold On Partner", and recorded "No Time To Kill" with
Wynonna. Black sang "A Run Of Bad Luck" on
the
Maverick soundtrack album and enjoyed further
hits with "We Tell Ourselves", "Burn One Down" and "Life Gets Away". In 1995,
he recorded a Christmas album with a difference, eschewing traditional
material in favor of his own songs.
Nothin' But The Taillights saw Black supported
by high-quality guest musicians including
Alison Krauss,
Mark Knopfler and
Chet Atkins.
Black produced himself for the first time on 1999's highly eclectic
D'Lectrified, which produced the hit duet with wife,
actress Lisa Hartman Black "When I Say I Do".
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Clint Black was born February 4 1962, in Long Branch, New Jersey. Black was
born in New Jersey when his father was working there, but the family soon
headed back to their home of Houston, Texas. Black was playing the harmonica
at the age of 13 and the guitar at 15. He spent several years playing country
music in Houston clubs, and his career took off when he met local musician
Hayden Nicholas. They wrote "Straight From The Factory" as soon as they met
and forged a lasting songwriting partnership. Their demos impressed Bill Ham,
the manager of