Beloved ’80s Singer, With 7 Grammys and 16 No. 1 Hits, Turns 67
Country music legend Randy Travis is celebrating one other journey across the solar.
The Grammy-winning crooner formally turned 67 on Monday, May 4, taking to his Instagram Story to have fun the event and thank his followers for sending candy birthday wishes his means.
On at the present time in 1959, Travis was born within the metropolis of Monroe, North Carolina. He grew up in a rural a part of the state in a small city known as Marshville, earlier than transferring to Nashville within the ’80s to pursue a profession in (*7*).
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In 1985, he launched his debut single, “On the Other Hand,” which grew to become his first-ever No. 1 hit after he re-released it the next yr. It spent one week on the high of Billboard‘s Hot Country Songs chart in July 1986, and was the primary of many chart-toppers for Travis.
Some of the most important hits of his profession embody “Forever and Ever, Amen,” which reigned at No. 1 for 3 weeks in 1987, and “Hard Rock Bottom Of Your Heart,” which had a 4-week run in 1990.
Travis’ different chart-topping hits embody his 1986 observe “Diggin’ Up Bones” (1986); (*67*) and “Too Gone Too Long” (1987); “I Told You So,” “Deeper Than the Holler” and “Honky Tonk” Moon” (1988); “It’s Just a Matter of Time” and “Is It Still Over” (1989); “Forever Together” (1991); “If I Didn’t Have You,” and “Look Heart No Hands” (1992); “Whisper My Name” (1994); and “Three Wooden Crosses,” (2002).
He also has 7 Grammy awards under his belt, including wins in both the country and gospel categories.
In 2013, Travis suffered a near-fatal stroke that considerably affected his means to sing and communicate, leading to a subsequent aphasia analysis. He now has restricted mobility and usually makes use of a wheelchair, however that does not cease him from often attending events and making public appearancesnormally accompanied by his longtime spouse, Maria.
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