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Dwight David Yoakam (born October 23, 1956) is an American singer-songwriter, actor and film director, most famous for his pioneering country music. Popular since the early 1980s, he has recorded more than twenty-one albums and compilations, charted more than thirty singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, and sold more than 25 million records.
Yoakam was born in Pikeville, Kentucky, the son of Ruth Ann, a key-punch operator, and David Yoakam, a gas-station owner. He was raised in Columbus, Ohio. He graduated from Columbus's Northland High School in 1974. During his high school years, he excelled in both music and drama, regularly securing the lead role in school plays, such as "Charlie" in a stage version of Flowers for Algernon, honing his skills under the guidance of teacher-mentors Jerry McAfee (music) and Charles Lewis (drama). Outside of school, Yoakam sang and played guitar with local garage bands, and entertained his friends and classmates with his impersonations, such as Richard Nixon, who, at the time, was heavily embroiled in the Watergate controversy.
Dwight Yoakam - Suspicious Minds
Dwight Yoakam - Guitars Cadillacs
Dwight Yoakam - Turn It On, Turn It Up, Turn Me Loose (Video)
Dwight Yoakam - A Thousand Miles From Nowhere
Dwight Yoakam - Things Change
Dwight Yoakam - Fast As You
Dwight Yoakam - I Sang Dixie
Dwight Yoakam - "Guitars, Cadillacs" (Official Music Video)
Dwight Yoakam and Buck Owens Streets of Bakersfield
Dwight Yoakam - "Honky Tonk Man" (Official Music Video)
Dwight Yoakam - Ain't That Lonely Yet
Dwight Yoakam at Buck Owens' Funeral
Dwight Yoakam - Medley of Hits | Live at the Grand Ole Opry | Opry
Dwight Yoakam on Imus April 2015