George Strait Discography

From 1981 to 2003

George Strait Discography

Albums

Strait Country (Platinum)
Strait From The Heart (Platinum)
Right Or Wrong (Platinum)
Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind (Platinum)
Greatest Hits Volume 1 (Triple Platinum)
Something Special (Platinum)
#7 (Platinum)
Merry Christmas Strait To You (Double Platinum)
Ocean Front Property (Double Platinum)
Greatest Hits Volume 2 (Triple Platinum)
If You Ain't Lovin', You Ain't Livin' (Platinum)
Beyond The Blue Neon (Platinum)
Livin' It Up (Platinum)
Chill Of An Early Fall (Platinum)
Ten Strait Hits (Platinum)
Holding My Own (Platinum)
Pure Country (Quintuple Platinum)
Easy Come, Easy Go (Double Platinum)
Lead On (Double Platinum)
Strait Out Of The Box (7 million)
Blue Clear Sky (Double Platinum)
Carrying Your Love With Me (Triple Platinum)
One Step At A Time (Double Platinum)
Always Never The Same (Platinum)
Merry Christmas Wherever You Are (Gold)
Latest Greatest Straitest Hits (Platinum)
George Strait
The Road Less Traveled (Gold)
***For The Last Time: Live From The Astrodome***his first ever Live album in stores now***

Track listing for his latest album ***The Road Less Traveled***
1. She'll Leave You With A Smile
2. Run
3. Stars On The Water
4. Living And Living Well
5. The Real Thing
6. Don't Tell Me You're Not In Love
7. The Road Less Traveled
8. The Middle Of Nowhere
9. Good Time Charley's
10. My Life's Been Grand

48 million Albums Sold

Singles

Unwound - #6
Down And Out - #16
If You're Thinking You Want A Stranger (There's One Coming Home) - #1
Fool Hearted Memory - #1
Marina Del Ray - #6
Amarillo By Morning - #1
A Fire I Can't Put Out - #1
You Look So Good In Love - #1
Right Or Wrong - #1
Let's Fall To Pieces Together - #1
Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind - #1
The Cowboy Rides Away - #5
The Fireman - #5
The Chair - #1
You're Something Special To Me - #4
Nobody In His Right Mind Would've Left Her - #1
It Ain't Cool To Be Crazy About You - #1
Ocean Front Property - #1
All My Ex's Lives In Texas - #1
Am I Blue - #1
Famous Last Words Of A Fool - #1
Baby Blue - #1
If You Ain't Lovin', You Ain't Livin' - #1
Baby's Gotten Good At Goodbye - #1
What's Going On In Your World - #1
Ace In The Hole - #1
Overnight Sucess - #8
Love Without End, Amen - #1 (Five weeks)
Drinking Champagne - #4
I've Come To Expect It From You -#1 (Five weeks)
If I Know Me - #1 (Two weeks)
You Know Me Better Than That - #1
Chill Of An Early Fall - #1
Love Sick Blues - #20
Gone As A Girl Can Get - #5
So Much Like My Dad - #1
I Cross My Heart - #1 (Two weeks)
Heartland - #1
When Did You Stop Loving Me - #1
Easy Come, Easy Go - #1
I'd Like To Have That One Back - #1
Lovebug - #8
The Man In Love With You - #4
The Big One - #1
You Can't Make A Heart Love Somebody - #1
Adalida - #3
Lead On - #7
Check Yes Or No - #1 (Four weeks)
I Know She Still Loves Me - #5
Blue Clear Sky - #1 (Two weeks)
Carried Away - #1 (Three weeks)
I Can Still Make Cheyenne - #4
King Of The Mountain - #19
One Night At A Time - #1 (Five weeks)
Carrying Your Love With Me - #1 (Four weeks)
Today My World Slipped Away - #3
Round About Way - #1 (Two weeks)
I Just Want To Dance With You - #1 (Three weeks)
True - #2
We Really Shouldn't Be Doing This - #4
Meanwhile - #4
Write This Down - #1 (Four weeks)
What Do You Say To That - #4
The Best Day - #1 (Three weeks)
Murder On Music Row (with Alan Jackson) - #38
Go On - #2
Don't Make Me Come Over There And Love You - #17
If You Can Do Anything Else - #5
Run - #2
Living And Living Well - #1 (Two weeks)
She'll Leave You With A Smile - #1 (Two weeks)

43 #1 Hits

Startrax : George Strait

Full name: George Harvey Strait

Birth date: May 18, 1952

Birthplace: Poteet, Texas; raised in nearby Pearsall on his family's cattle ranch

Hair: brown

Eyes: green

Height: 5 ft. 10 in.

Weight: 160 lbs.

Voice: tenor

Hat: perfectly creased cowboy hats, usually white but sometimes black. When he first got to Nashville, everyone told him to lose the hat, but he refused to change his natural cowboy look. He also wears baseball caps.

Clothes: Button-down shirts, Wrangler jeans (31-inch waist, cinched by a hefty belt buckle from his Team Roping Classic)

Wife: Married his high school sweetheart, Norma, in December 1971. They eloped to Mexico, but repeated their vows in church a few weeks later.

Children: son George "Bubba" Jr., born in 1981; daughter Jenifer, born in Hawaii in 1972, died in an auto accident at age 13

Residence: A home in San Antonio, Texas, and a South Texas ranch

Pets: A male Australian blueheeler cattle dog named Bindarra Bounce-Bin for short. He was a gift from George's record label, MCA, in 1996. He's the same breed as George's beloved Buster, who disappeared on Dec. 27, 1995, from George's ranch and was never found.

Earliest talent: taught himself to play guitar, played in a few garage bands in high school

Education: graduated from Southwest Texas State University in agriculture

Armed services: Enlisted in the Army in 1971, served as a payroll clerk in Hawaii and sang in an Army band. Discharged in 1975.

Influences: Merle Haggard, Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, Hank Williams, George Jones

Former jobs: Managed a cattle ranch from sunrise to sunset, played honky-tonks at night

Backup band: Ace in the Hole Band, formed in 1975

Instrument: guitar

Hobbies: steer-roping, hunting, fishing, skiing, golf; he's a member of the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association

Annual events: The George Strait Team Roping Classic in Kingsville, Texas, since 1973. George and Bubba compete each year at the event, organized by Norma and other family members. Also, George Strait Country Music Festival at the Alamodome in San Antonio (this show was recently taken on the road for 18 dates across the country).

Movies: 1982's The Soldier; 1992's Pure Country, in which George starred as Dusty Chandler.

Other Business: Signature line of pet shampoo/conditioner and creams with South Texas Pet Products, Inc. Spokesman for Wrangler Cowboy-Cut Jeans and Tractor Supply Company, Inc.

Personality: private, man of few words, captivating smile and charm, known for quality over quantity, down-to-earth, man of constants-he's worked with the same people for many, many years

Favorite charities: A variety of causes, including the Jenifer Strait Endowment Fund

Favorite foods: Mexican, but his mainstays are fish, pasta, and vegetables

Fan club: $15 yearly to be a member
George Strait Fan Club
P.O. Box 2119
Hendersonville, TN 37077
phone: (615) 824-7176

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