Toby Keith Covel July 8, β February 5, was an American country music singer, songwriter, record producer, actor, and businessman. Keith released his chart-topping debut single, " Should've Been a Cowboy ", in During the s, Keith released his first four studio albums, each of which earned gold or higher certification.
The single was the number one country song of Keith also made his acting debut in , starring in the film Broken Bridges.
In all, Keith released 19 studio albums, two Christmas albums, and five compilation albums, totaling worldwide sales of over 40 million albums. He charted 61 singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, including 20 number one hits and 22 additional top 10 hits. He was nominated for seven Grammy Awards. Keith died on February 5, , from stomach cancer.
Covel Jr. The family lived in Fort Smith, Arkansas , for a few years when Keith was in grade school but moved to Moore, Oklahoma a suburb of Oklahoma City , when he was still young. His grandmother owned Billie Garner's Supper Club in Fort Smith, [ 5 ] where Keith became interested in the musicians who came there to play. He did odd jobs around the supper club and started getting up on the bandstand to play with the band.
He got his first guitar at the age of eight. Keith graduated from Moore High School [ 9 ] and worked as a derrick hand in the oil fields.
