George Strait

George Harvey Strait (born May 18, 1952) is an American country music artist. He holds second place for most number one hits on all country music charts with a total of 51, second only to Conway Twitty.

George Harvey Strait (born May 18, 1952) is an American country music artist. He holds second place for most number one hits on all country music charts with a total of 51, second only to Conway Twitty.

Strait was born in Poteet, Texas and grew up in Pearsall, Texas. His father, John Strait, was a junior high school mathematics teacher. The Straits would often leave Pearsall on the weekends and the summers to work at the family's 2,000 acre (8 km²) cattle ranch outside Big Wells, Texas. When he was in fourth grade, Strait's parents divorced. His mother left the family taking his sister with her while he and his brother remained with his father. He began playing with a rock band in high school, but his preference turned to country music. Strait counts country singers Merle Haggard, George Jones, Bob Wills and Hank Williams as his early musical influences.