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David Frizzell Celebrates 40th Anniversary of “You’re The Reason God Made Oklahoma” and Induction Into Texas Country Music Hall of Fame

Frizzell Continues to Celebrate 40th Anniversary of “ This coming August, CMA and ACM award-winning and Grammynominated hit maker, David Frizzell will have the prestigious honor of being inducted into the Texas Country Music Hall of Fame. Frizzell received the exciting news from Carrie & Debbie Moore (Moore & Moore/ Third Coast Talent) along with country artist and fellow Texan and Hall of Famer Moe Bandy while performing on the 2022 Country Music Cruise. With this summer marking the 20th anniversary of holding the event, The 2022 Texas Country Music Hall of Fame celebrates outstanding contributors to the industry.

“It was a wonderful feeling to be surprised with the announcement that I will be inducted into the Texas Country Music Hall of Fame this August,” shares Frizzell. “This is a wonderful honor and I am thankful to have been chosen this year!”

Frizzell recently celebrated the 40th anniversary of his charttopping tune, “You’re The Reason God Made Oklahoma.” As part of the anniversary, Country Rebel lifestyle outlet premiered four special performance videos by Frizzell including the hit song, as well as “That’s The Way Love Goes,” “If You’ve Got The Money, I’ve Got The Time,” “Lefty, Merle, and Me,” and “I’m Gonna Hire a Wino To Decorate Our Home.” The performances were videotaped at the Country Rebel ranch in Ashland City, Tennessee, showcasing Frizzell’s timeless talent. David Frizzell lived all over Texas starting in Greenville Texas in the early ‘40s when his dad went to Europe in WW2. He had his first radio show at the age of 9 in Kermit, Texas, then on to Sulphur Springs where they lived when brother Lefty got his first number one hit (and younger brother Allen was born). He began touring with his legendary brother, Lefty Frizzell at the age of 12 throughout the 1950s and 60s. After serving in the Air Force, Frizzell signed with Columbia Records in 1970 and charted his first Billboard single with “L.A. International Airport” and then a Top 40 with “I Just Can’t Help Believing.”

During the 1970s, Frizzell appeared regularly on Buck Owens’ All American TV Show and began recording for Capitol Records. In 1981, he recorded his first number-one country hit, “You’re the Reason God Made Oklahoma,” a duet with Shelly West. The song won the Country Music Association’s Song of the Year and Vocal Duet of the Year awards in 1981, was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal, and was featured in Clint Eastwood’s film ‘Any Which Way You Can.’ Frizzell and West also won the Academy of Country Music award for Vocal Duo of the Year in 1981 and 1982.

In 1982, Frizzell released “I’m Gonna Hire A Wino To Decorate Our Home,” which made its way to number one.

In recent years, Frizzell created his label Nashville America Records and has released several albums including Frizzell & Friends: This Is Our Time which includes a bonus track, written in honor of Lefty Frizzell, Merle Haggard, and traditional music in general. “Lefty, Merle & Me” features David with Marty Haggard.

David Frizzell is a timeless and tireless entertainer who continues to share his many gifts to the delight of fans old and new across the US and throughout the world. More information at DavidFrizzell.com.

Grammy-winning Songwriters Hall of Fame member Don McLean celebrates the 50th anniversary of his global hit “American Pie” reaching #1 on the Billboard chart, where it stayed for four weeks! To commemorate the anniversary, McLean has coined his international 50th Anniversary “American Pie” World Tour which makes a stop at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium on May 12.

“I was writing songs and started singing ‘A long, long time ago’ right through ‘til the day the music died… I can still remember how that music used to make me smile…’ on and on right that day - just that whole thing right into the tape recorder. And I said, ‘Man, what is that?? That is so neat.’ I realized I’d captured the thing about Buddy and his death that I’d been feeling all those years in that one piece of music. Then I waited about three months and I figured out what I was gonna do and just wrote the whole thing in about an hour…,” said McLean.

Don McLean Brings American Pie 50th Anniversary Tour to Nashville

More information on the tour and tickets at donmclean.com