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Toby Keith
  • Birth Name: Toby Keith Covel
  • Birth Place: Clinton, OK
  • Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 07/08/1961, Cancer
  • Profession: Singer; songwriter; producer
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Toby Keith Fast Facts:
  • Received his first guitar when he was 8.
  • While in school, he worked at a supper club run by his grandmother; after he finished his work, the house band would allow him to join them on stage.  
  • Went to work in the oil fields of his home state, Oklahoma, after graduating high school.
  • Met his wife in 1979 at a club where his band, Easy Money, was performing; they dated for three years before marrying.
  • For two years during the early '80s, he played defensive end for the Oklahoma Drillers, a semi-pro team affiliated with the USFL's Oklahoma Outlaws.
  • Toured the Oklahoma-Texas dance-hall circuit with his band Easy Money for much of the '80s.
  • His 1993 self-titled debut went platinum, and the single "Should've Been a Cowboy" from that album went onto become the most-played country song of the '90s.
  • Named the Academy of Country Music's Entertainer of the Year in 2002 and 2003.
  • Toby Keith Relationships:
  • Carolyn Joan Covel - Mother
  • Hubert "H.K." Covel Jr. - Father
  • Krystal - Daughter
  • Shelly - Daughter
  • Stelen - Son
  • Tonni Karan - Sister
  • Tracy K. Covel - Brother
  • Tricia Keith - Wife
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