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Being punished as a young child, life seemed harsh and uneasy. The way parents would yell at you, tell you what to do, what not to do, and they always seemed to have gotten in the way of doing what us children wanted to do. It was all done for a reason however. The "cruelty" our parents showed us was out of love. They just want to use their experience to help guide our lives to success. With their guidance we are given opportunities to change some of the things we do for the better. Parents were raised a generation before us, therefore making them not as "chat-friendly" as someone whose our age. Mom and dad have helped in so many ways that we would not be able to name them all. From teaching us about nutrition to what words not to

John is a caring person. He is young so he is open to new ideas like the

began to play the piano as a child his mom played that piano as well.

John's life seemed to be one major drama after another; he didn't have a good male role model as a kid, and it seems he never was able to get on track. What was amazing about his life was the number of problems that he seemed to get into and how he wriggled out of them (with the help of a friendly person who just happened to meet him) only to run into more problems.

He’s released at least one single a year for every year since the beginning of his career.  The first single released in 1981, called “Unwound”, is one of the top ten hot country (Taste of Country ).  Strait out of the box (1995) is his highest certified multi-platinum album, which has sold more than 5 Million copies.  Some noteworthy number one hits include Give it away, I saw God Today, Heartland, I Cross My Heart, I Hate Everything, Right or Wrong, The Chair, I am Blue, Baby Blue, Ace in the Hole, Love Without End, Amen, Carried Away, and Run. (Spong).  Therefore in his life George had many number one hits and albums, no wonder he’s considered to be

then got him signed to Island Def Jam Recordings.  He then released his first album, and went platinum

The album was an instant success and was later certified

In 1972 he relocated to the U.S. and had a number one hit in 1981 with “Jessie’s Girl”. For this he received the Grammy for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance. Other hits followed including “I’ve Done Everything for You”, “Don’t Talk to Strangers”, “Affair of the Heart”, and “Love Somebody”. He had two top ten albums Working Class Dog in 1981 and Success Hasn’t Spoiled Me Yet

did not always like the piano. When he was a small boy he liked the drums, his father

His 2013-2014 tour “Cowboy Rides Away,” is his last tour but he's not done making music and earning awards yet. In November 2013, he received the ASCAP Founder's Award (Toczylowski), and won CMA's Entertainer of the Year Award for the second time (Jamik). He also accepted Billboard's highest accolade, the Legend of Live Award and was honored with the Country Radio Broadcasters Career Achievement Award (Billboard).

Won total of 13 Grammy awards (8 in one night during the 1984 Grammy award ceremony which earned him an entry in the Guisness world record )

to use jazz rhythms and dialect to depict the life of urban blacks in his work (The

Some of his songs are the following: “Made To Love”, “Speak Life”, “City On Our Knees”, “Gone”, “Lose My Soul”, etc. He has won 7 Grammy Awards and he has been nominated 17 times. He has

the early 1940s. Many bop pieces were played at the fastest tempos yet heard in

Mark's 1991 single "Great Vibrations," off the collection Music for the People, was number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and later went platinum. His second collection was less effective yet earned him a fan base and a notoriety for dropping