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Lyle Lovett

Lyle Pearce Lovett (born November 1, 1957)[6] is an American country singer, songwriter, actor and record producer. Active since 1980, he has recorded 14 albums and released 25 singles to date, including his highest entry, the number 10 chart hit on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, "Cowboy Man". Lovett has won four Grammy Awards, including Best Male Country Vocal Performance and Best Country Album.[7] His most recent album is 12th of June, released in 2022.

Lyle Lovett

Lyle Pearce Lovett

(1957-11-01) November 1, 1957
Houston, Texas, U.S.

Klein, Texas, U.S.

  • Singer
  • songwriter
  • record producer

  • Vocals
  • guitar
  • piano

1980–present

  • (m. 1993; div. 1995)
  • April Kimble
    (m. 2017)

Early life[edit]

Lovett was born in Houston, Texas,[8][9][10] when his family lived in the nearby community of Klein. He is the son of William Pearce and Bernell Louise (née Klein) Lovett, a marketing executive and training specialist, respectively. He was raised in the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod.[11] Lovett attended Texas A&M University, where he received Bachelor of Arts degrees in both German and Journalism in 1980. In the early 1980s, Lovett often played solo acoustic sets at the small bars just off the A&M campus.

(1986)

Lyle Lovett

(1987)

Pontiac

(1989)

Lyle Lovett and His Large Band

(1992)

Joshua Judges Ruth

(1994)

I Love Everybody

(1996)

The Road to Ensenada

(1998)

Step Inside This House

(2003)

My Baby Don't Tolerate

(2007)

It's Not Big It's Large

(2009)

Natural Forces

(2012)

Release Me

12th of June (2022)

(2014) — song performer "If I Had A Boat"; songwriter for Karen Elson's performance of same

Still Alice

(TV series, 2014)

The Bridge

(TV series, episode "I Will Rise Up", 2009) — song performer "I Will Rise Up"

True Blood

(2007) — song performer "Walk Hard"

Walk Hard

(TV series, episode "Bullock Returns to the Camp", 2005) — song performer "Old Friend" (1994)

Deadwood

(TV movie, 2005) — song performer "Amazing Grace"

The Exonerated

(2005) — song performer "If I Had a Boat"

The Interpreter

(TV movie, 2001) — song performer "Nobody Knows Me"

61*

(2001) — song performer and composer "She Makes Me Feel Good" and "The Blues Walk"

All Over the Guy

(2000) — Song performer and composer and also used a recording of "You've Been So Good Up to Now" (1992), "She's Already Made Up Her Mind" (1992), "Ain't It Something" (1994)

Dr. T & the Women

(1999) — song performer "Summer Wind"

For Love of the Game

(1999) — song performer "Walking Tall"

Stuart Little

(1999) — song performer "Ballad of the Snow Leopard and The Tanqueray Cowboy", "Till It Shines"

Mumford

(1998) — song performer "Teach Me About Love"

Clay Pigeons

(1998) — song performer "Smile"

Hope Floats

(1997) — song performer "(I'm a) Soldier in the Army of the Lord"

The Apostle

(1995) — song performer "You've Got a Friend in Me" with Randy Newman as the lead vocals.

Toy Story

(TV series, episode "One Wedding and A Funeral", 1995) — song performer "Nobody Knows Me"

Beverly Hills, 90210

(1994) — song performer "Moritat" by Kurt Weill

Quiz Show

(1994) — song performer "Blue Skies"

With Honors

(1994) — song performer and composer "All My Love Is Gone"

Major League II

(1993) — song performer "M-O-N-E-Y"

The Firm

(1992) — song performer "Pass Me Not"

Leap of Faith

(1992) — song performer "Stand By Your Man"

The Crying Game

(1989) — song performer "Cryin' Shame"

Major League

(1989) — song performer "Cowboy Man"

Always

(The Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles, 2010) – Balthazar[33][34]

Much Ado About Nothing

Oermann, Robert K. (1998). "Lyle Lovett". In The Encyclopedia of Country Music. Paul Kingsbury, Editor. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 307.

Pullen, Doug (August 1, 2008). . El Paso Times. Retrieved August 1, 2008.

"Through fame, fortune and marriage to Julia Roberts, Texan Lyle Lovett has stayed true to his roots"

Official Lyle Lovett Website

at Lost Highway Records

Lyle Lovett

at IMDb

Lyle Lovett

on Charlie Rose

Lyle Lovett

collected news and commentary at The New York Times

Lyle Lovett

USA Today, May 10, 2002.

"Lovett charges ahead with his career"

by Alec Wilkinson, The New Yorker, February 1, 2004.

"Homeboy"

by Matt Dellinger, The New Yorker, February 23, 2004.

"The Thinking Man's Cowboy"