NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — “Beer For My Horses” singer-songwriter Toby Keith has died.
“The money to be made was unbelievable,” Keith told The Associated Press in 1996.
“Should’ve Been a Cowboy,” his breakout hit, was played 3 million times on radio stations, making it the most played country song of the 1990s.
“They were trying to get me to compromise, and I was living a miserable existence,” Keith told the AP.
“I always felt like that the songwriting was the most important part of this whole industry,” Keith told the crowd of fellow singers and writers.
Persons:
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Organizations:
Associated Press, Oklahoma City Drillers, United States Football League, Mercury Records, Alabama, AP, DreamWorks Records, Academy of Country, “ Billboard, Arts, “, Universal Music Group, DreamWorks, Universal, Songwriters Hall of Fame, BMI
Locations:
Oklahoma, Texas, Nashville, Mercury, Oklahoma City