Lyle Lovett

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Lyle Lovett in Austin, Texas (2005)

Lyle Pearce Lovett [ laɪl ˈlʌvɪt ] (born November 1, 1957 in Klein , Texas ) is an American country musician and actor .

Life

His great-great-grandfather, Adam Klein , was one of the founding fathers of Klein, Texas, where Lyle Lovett was born and still lives. Lovett attended Texas A&M University and received a degree in German Language and Literature and Journalism .

He began his musical career as a songwriter . In 1986 he was offered a contract with the major label MCA Records , whereupon he released his debut album in the same year. Together with Dwight Yoakam , Steve Earle , kd lang , Robert Earl Keen , with whom he became friends during his studies, and others, he was part of a commercially successful, but less mainstream- oriented country movement in the late 1980s. In addition to traditional country, elements of folk , jazz , swing , blues and gospel can be found in his music.

In 1989 he won a Grammy for Best Male Country Vocal Performance ( Best Male Country Vocal Performance ).

On June 25, 1993, he married the actress Julia Roberts , from whom he divorced on March 22, 1995. He has lived with his girlfriend April since 1999. On March 28, 2002, he was run down by a bull on his uncle's farm in Klein while he was trying to help his uncle, who in turn had been attacked by the cop. Despite serious injuries, he recovered within six months and went on tour again in the summer of 2003.

To date, Lovett has acted in twelve TV or feature films, including four by director Robert Altman . In Short Cuts he played the pastry chef Andy Bitkover.

Awards

Grammy Awards

  • Best Country Album (1996 for The Road to Ensenada )
  • Best Country Duo / Group with Vocal (1994 for Blues for Dixie with Asleep at the Wheel )
  • Best Pop Vocal Collaboration (1994 for Funny How Time Slips Away with Al Green )
  • Best Country Male Vocal (1989 for Lyle Lovett and His Large Band )

Discography

Albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
UK UK US US Country Country
1986 Lyle Lovett - - Country14 (46 weeks)
Country
1988 Pontiac - US117
gold
gold

(14 weeks)US 		Country12 (60 weeks)
Country
1989 Lyle Lovett and His Large Band - US62
gold
gold

(21 weeks)US 		Country10 (77 weeks)
Country
1992 Joshua Judges Ruth - US57
gold
gold

(34 weeks)US 		-
1994 I love everybody UK54 (1 week)
UK 		US26th
gold
gold

(13 weeks)US 		-
1996 The Road to Ensenada UK62 (2 weeks)
UK 		US24
gold
gold

(16 weeks)US 		Country4 (67 weeks)
Country
1998 Step inside this house - US55
gold
gold

(7 weeks)US 		Country9 (28 weeks)
Country
2003 My Baby Don't Tolerate - US63 (7 weeks)
US 		Country7 (33 weeks)
Country
2007 It's not big, it's large - US18 (8 weeks)
US 		Country2 (25 weeks)
Country
as Lyle Lovett and His Large Band
2009 Natural Forces - US29 (4 weeks)
US 		Country8 (21 weeks)
Country
2012 Release Me - US60 (3 weeks)
US 		Country9 (22 weeks)
Country

Compilations

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
US US Country Country
2001 Anthology Volume One: Cowboy Man US195 (1 week)
US 		Country26 (26 weeks)
Country
2003 Smile: Songs from the Movies US106 (4 weeks)
US 		-

Live albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
US US Country Country
1999 Live in Texas US94 (9 weeks)
US 		Country7 (39 weeks)
Country

Soundtracks

  • 2000: Dr. T & the Women

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
Country Country
1986 Farther Down the Line
Lyle Lovett 		Country21 (19 weeks)
Country
Cowboy Man
Lyle Lovett 		Country10 (19 weeks)
Country
1987 God Will
Lyle Lovett 		Country18 (14 weeks)
Country
Why I Don't Know
Lyle Lovett 		Country15 (14 weeks)
Country
Give Back My Heart
Pontiac 		Country13 (18 weeks)
Country
1988 She's No Lady
Pontiac 		Country17 (16 weeks)
Country
I Loved You Yesterday
Pontiac 		Country24 (14 weeks)
Country
If I Had a Boat
Pontiac 		Country66 (4 weeks)
Country
I Married Her Because She Looks Like You
Lyle Lovett & His Large Band 		Country45 (9 weeks)
Country
1989 Stand by Your Man
Lyle Lovett & His Large Band 		Country82 (3 weeks)
Country
Nobody Knows Me
Lyle Lovett & His Large Band 		Country84 (2 weeks)
Country
If I Were the Man You Wanted
Lyle Lovett 		Country49 (7 weeks)
Country
1996 Private Conversation
The Road to Ensenada 		Country72 (1 week)
Country
Don't Touch My Hat
The Road to Ensenada 		Country68 (2 weeks)
Country

more publishments

  • 1988: Simple Song
  • 1990: Here I Am
  • 1991: You Can't Resist It
  • 1992: You've Been So Good Up to Now
  • 1992: North Dakota
  • 1994: Skinny Legs
  • 1994: Just the Morning
  • 1996: It Ought to Be Easier
  • 1997: That's Right (You're Not from Texas)
  • 1998: Bears
  • 1999: You Can't Resist It (Live)
  • 2000: San Antonio Girl
  • 2003: Smile
  • 2003: Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You
  • 2003: My Baby Don't Tolerate
  • 2004: In My Own Mind
  • 2007: South Texas Girl
  • 2008: No Big Deal
  • 2012: Isn't That So

Movies

Television (selection)

swell

  1. ^ Mario Tarradell: Lovett takes the bull by the horns in recovery. In: Milwaukee Wisconsin Journal Sentinel . Dallas Morning News, June 21, 2002, accessed June 1, 2019 .
  2. ↑ a b c d chart sources:
  3. ↑ Gold and platinum awards in the RIAA database

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SURNAME Lovett, Lyle
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lovett, Lyle Pearce
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American country musician
DATE OF BIRTH November 1, 1957
PLACE OF BIRTH Klein , Texas, USA