Clint Black Biography

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Beginning his musical career in the early 1980s, country singer/songwriter Clint Black remains an important figure on the modern country music stage. His ability to successfully combine traditional country music with rock-oriented pop, helped change the future of country music, making more room for artists searching for a niche outside of the conservative country scene. Born in New Jersey, but raised in a suburb of Houston, Black never limited himself to country music. His musical influences included the likes of Merle Haggard, George Jones and Bob Willis, but he also listened to classic rock. When he was 15, Black began singing and playing bass for his brother's band. When Black met a local performer Hayden Nicholas in 1987, the two began to write songs that they would later record in Nicholas' home studio. Bill Ham (manager of ZZ Top) got his hands on a copy of the demo and urged Black to let him manage him as a solo act. By the end of 1988, RCA Nashville signed Clint Black and he began work on his first album. Killin' Time, released in 1989, soon proving to be one of the biggest successes in country music. The first single, "A Better Man," soared straight to No. 1, earning the artist a performance at the Grand Ole Opry before his album even reached the shelves. The album spawned four other hit singles, including "Killin' Time," "Nobody's Home" and "Walkin' Away." Numerous awards and accolades followed; the Academy of Country Music appointed him best new male vocalist, while his debut major label release sold more than two million copies. Black was again named best male vocalist by the Academy in 1990 after he released the successful follow-up, "Put Yourself in my Shoes." Like its predecessor, the album spawned several Top 10 hits, and hit No. 18 on the album charts. After selling more than four million copies of his albums, Black became a household name. He guest-starred on several talk shows, headed out on tour with Alabama and, in 1991, he married television actress Lisa Hartman. Black spent the first half of 1992 entangled in a lawsuit with his manager Bill Ham, claiming that their original contract granted too much of the artist's yearly earnings to Ham. Seven months passed before the two came to an agreement. Through these hard times, Black was in the studio recording his third album, "The Hard Way." The album received positive reviews from both country and pop reviewers; the first single, "We Tell Ourselves," reached No. 1. Black's fourth release, No Time to Kill, appeared in 1993 and went platinum due in large part to the hit single, "When My Ship Comes In." In the fall of 1994, a fifth album, One Emotion, appeared on RCA and featured a duet with Merle Haggard. Black's latest offering, Nothin' But the Taillights, was released in 1997 on RCA.

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