Larry Gatlin

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Biography

American singer-songwriter

  • Aliases
  • Larry Wayne Gatlin
  • Primary profession
  • Soundtrack·actor·composer
  • Country
  • United States
  • Nationality
  • American
  • Gender
  • Male
  • Birth date
  • 02 May 1948
  • Place of birth
  • Seminole· Texas
  • Education
  • University of Houston

Music

Lyrics

Movies

TV

Books

Trivia

Joined the Grand Ole Opry with his brothers in 1976.

Other major hits in the Gatlins career were "Broken Lady" ; "Statues Without Hearts," "I Dont Wanna Cry" and "Love is Just a Game" ; "Night Time Magic" ; "Ive Done Enough Dying Today" ; "Takin Somebody With Me When I Fall" and "Take Me to Your Lovin Place" ; "What are We Doin Lonesome" ; "Sure Feels Like Love" ; "Denver" and "The Lady Takes the Cowboy Every Time" ; "Nothing But Your Love Matters" and "She Used to be Somebodys Baby" ; "Talkin to the Moon" ; and "Love of a Lifetime" .

With younger brothers, Steve Gatlin and Rudy Gatlin , formed Larry Gatlin & The Gatlin Brothers Band.

Had a long string of country hits from 1974 through 1988, with three of their 17 top 10 songs reaching No. 1 on Billboard magazines country singles chart -- "I Just Wish You Were Someone I Love" ; "All the Gold in California" ; and "Houston (Means Im One Day Closer to You".

Country singer and songwriter.

Was a wide receiver on the University of Houston football team and on November 23,1968 scored a touchdown in Houstons 100-6 win over the University of Tulsa; one of the most lopsided games in modern college football history.

His son, Josh Cash Gatlin (named for Johnny Cash , is the manager of the Gatlin Brothers Band) [June 27, 2009].

FoxNews.com contributor.

His Youngest Daughter Heather Lyn Gatlin was born on May 2,1986 in Nashville TN.

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