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Garth Brooks Biography (1962-)

Full name, Troyal Garth Brooks, born February 7, 1962, in Tulsa, OK; son of Troyal Raymond (an oil company engineer) and Colleen Carroll (a former countrysinger) Brooks; married Sandy Mahr, May 24, 1986 (divorced, 2001); children:Taylor Mayne, August Anna, Allie Colleen. Addresses: Office: CapitolRecords, 1111 16th Ave. South, Nashville, TN 37212.; Agent: Nicole David, William Morris Agency, 151 El Camino Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90212.; Publicist: Nancy Seltzer, Nancy Seltzer & Associates, 6220 Del Valle Dr., Los Angeles, CA 90048.

Nationality

American

Gender

Male

Occupation

Actor, producer, country singer

Birth Details

February 7, 1962

Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Film Work
• Producer, The Lamb, Paramount, 2001
• Television Appearances
• Specials
• The Best of Country `92: Countdown at the Neon Armadillo, TNN, 1992
• Garth Brooks Live, HBO, 1997
• Garth Brooks: Ireland and Back, 1997
• 26th Annual American Music Awards, 1998
• 1998 Billboard Music Awards, 1998
• Chris Gaines, Garth Brooks ... In the Life of Chris Gaines, NBC, 1999
• Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary, NBC, 1999
• The Beatles Revolution (documentary), ABC, 2000
• Garth Brooks: Coast to Coast, CBS, 2001
• Episodic
• "Country Weston," Empty Nest, NBC, 1991
• "Up All Night," Mad about You, NBC, 1994
• Hollywood Squares, syndicated, 1998
• Saturday Night Live, NBC, 1998
• Saturday Night Live, NBC, 1999
• Television Work
• Movies
• Executive producer, Garth Brooks Live, TNT, 1997
• Executive producer, Call Me Claus, 2001
• RECORDINGS
• Videos
• This Is Garth Brooks, 1992
• Albums
• Garth Brooks, EMD/Capitol, 1989
• No Fences, EMD/Capitol, 1990
• Ropin' the Wind, EMD/Capitol, 1991
• The Chase, EMD/Capitol, 1992
• In Pieces, EMD/Capitol, 1993
• The Hits (greatest hits), EMD/Capitol, 1994
• Fresh Horses, EMD/Capitol, 1995
• Sevens, EMD/Capitol, 1997
• Garth Brooks - The Limited Series (box set of his first six albums), EMD/Capitol, 1998
• Double Live, EMD/Capitol, 1998
• Star Profiles, Point Records, 1998
• In the Life of Chris Gaines, Capitol, 1999
• The Magic of Christmas: Songs from Call Me Claus, EMD/Capitol, 1999
• Scarecrow, EMD/Capitol, 2001
• Singles
• "If Tomorrow Never Comes," 1989
• "The Dance," 1990
• "Friends in Low Places," 1990
• "The Thunder Rolls," 1991
• "What She's Doing Now," 1992
• "Ain't Goin' Down ('Til the Sun Comes Up)," 1993
• "One Heart at a Time," 1998
• "Lost in You," 1999
• "Beer Run (B Double-E Doub-R You In?)," 2001
• Has released numerous other singles.
• WRITINGS
• Film Music
• (Song) Frequency, New Line Cinema, 2000
• Television Music
• Movies
• (Songs) Call Me Clause, TNT, 2001

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Books

• Contemporary Musicians, Volume 25, Gale Group, 1999
• McCall, Michael, Garth Brooks: A Biography, Bantam Books, 1991
• Morris, Edward, Garth Brooks: Platinum Cowboy, St. Martin's Press,1993
• Newsmakers 1992, Gale, 1992
• O'Meilia, Matt, Garth Brooks: The Road out of Santa Fe, 1997
• Randall, Lee, The Garth Brooks Scrapbook, Citadel Press, 1992
• Sgammato, Jo, American Thunder: The Garth Brooks Story, Ballantine, 1999
• Tallman, Edward, Straight from the Heart, 1996
• Uscher, Mitchell, Garth Brooks: Hitting the High Notes, 1999

Periodicals

• Billboard, December 6, 1997; December 4, 1999; September 16, 2000
• Newsweek, March 16, 1998, p. 66
• People Weekly, October 23, 2000, p. 70
• Variety, September 29, 1997