• Name: Toby Keith
  • Date of Birth: July 08, 1961
  • Place of Birth: Clinton, Oklahoma, USA
Mini-bio: Toby Keith was born with the name Toby Keith Covel on July 8, 1961. The family moved to Oklahoma City when Keith was young, and it was there
he became interested in the musicians who worked in his gr...( read more)andmother's
supper club.

He got his first guitar at age 8, but it would be years before Keith
would pursue music as a career.

At 6-feet-4 inches, Keith worked in the oil industry and played
defensive end with the Oklahoma City Drillers United States Football
League (USFL) team.




In 1984, he turned to music full time, playing the honky-tonk circuit in
Oklahoma and Texas with the band Easy Money.

A demo tape made the rounds in Nashville, but there were no takers.
After catching a show in Oklahoma, Mercury Records

President Harold Shedd signed him to Mercury Records. His 1993 debut
single, "Should've Been a Cowboy,"

went to No. 1 on the Billboard country singles chart, and his
self-titled debut album was certified platinum.
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Toby KiethToby Keith mini-bio: Toby Keith was born with the name Toby Keith Covel on July 8, 1961. The family moved to Oklahoma City when Keith was young, and it was there he became interested in the musicians who worked in his grandmother's supper club. He got his first guitar at age 8, but it would be years before Keith would pursue music as a career. At 6-feet-4 inches, Keith worked in the oil industry and played defensive end with the Oklahoma City Drillers United States Football League (USFL) team.

In 1984, he turned to music full time, playing the honky-tonk circuit in Oklahoma and Texas with the band Easy Money. A demo tape made the rounds in Nashville, but there were no takers. After catching a show in Oklahoma, Mercury Records President Harold Shedd signed him to Mercury Records. His 1993 debut single, "Should've Been a Cowboy," went to No. 1 on the Billboard country singles chart, and his self-titled debut album was certified platinum.

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Eye color: baby blue
Height: 6 foot 4 inches
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Comments

  • NEWYORKLIZ34
    hey cowboy!!! hey toby keith how u doing!!!!! i love all of ur country music videos on cmt and all of ur movies too...... and i hope u will win the nexts cmt award too... love u toby keith
    posted 84 days ago
  • pipeppers
    I like your music. When are you going to Hungary?
    posted 98 days ago
  • rmoenkhaus
    I am a big fan of yours and i and I am a big fan of country music.i have been for many years
    posted 140 days ago
  • rosiecozie225
    U r da best male country sing and tim mcgraw follows behind u but i got to say u r really cute and i also luvvvvvvvv Rascall flatts
    posted 575 days ago
  • Aaronmaben
    whats up toby you are the best
    posted 590 days ago
  • PepperBabby
    i love your music
    posted 719 days ago
  • tinkerbellgirl951
    you are so cool and i even seen you in Germany Wiesbaden it was so cool you did a concert for the soldiers
    posted 771 days ago
  • grumpygills
    thank you i hated country untill i heared beer for my horses now im a huge fan so thank you
    posted 828 days ago
  • KtodaA
    omg i love you!! i went and saw your concert big daddy tour when you were in salt lake. just a few weeks ago i was so happy! when you sang american soilder at the end i almost cried that is my favorite song!!!!
    posted 830 days ago
  • ariessrussell68
    Ur one of the best I love all ur songs and i would love it if u would add me as one of ur friends
    posted 832 days ago

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