Tracy Byrd
Tracy Byrd ( born December 18, 1966 in Vidor, Texas) is an American country singer.
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Life
Tracy Byrd grew up in a home where he came almost every day with country music in touch. He had his first public appearance in a talent competition. Encouraged by the positive response of the audience, he tried to gain a foot in the music business. With odd jobs he first earned his livelihood. In the evening he performed in local clubs.
Finally he succeeded, at a club in Beaumont, in which also played at this time still unknown Mark Chesnutt to get a firm commitment. As Chesnutt finished his stint, Tracy Byrd took his place. He put together his own band, the Only Way to Fly.
Career
In 1992, Byrd from the MCA label a recording contract. After two moderately successful singles, he reached in 1993 with Holdin 'Heaven number one on the country charts. Released in the same year her album No Ordinary Man sold more than one million copies and was certified platinum. The single from the album Keeper Of The Stars was named at the 1995 Academy of Country Music Awards for Song of the Year.
By the end of the decade more successful singles and albums were produced at short intervals. He could even place in the pop charts several times. In 1999 he moved to the RCA label. There he succeeded in 2001 with Ten Rounds With Jose Cuervo his second number - one hit.
Tracy Byrd is counted among the "new traditionalists" who brought fresh wind from the early nineties of Texas in the stagnant country scene. His sincere acting, rooted in the honky tonk style arrived at the fans who had to settle for many years with a standard diet.