Born
1 May 1967, Delhi, Louisiana, USA. This highly popular country singer
was raised in Start, Louisiana, and is the son of Frank Edwin "Tug"
McGraw, a noted left-handed relief pitcher for the New York Mets and
Philadelphia Phillies, who retired in 1984 after a 19-year major league
baseball career. Tim began his musical career singing in local clubs and
also worked as a demo singer. He was signed to Curb Records in 1990 but
did not achieve his first chart entry until 1992 with "Welcome To The
Club". In 1993, he had two further minor hits with "Memory Lane" and
"Two Steppin' Mind", all three of these songs taken from his debut
album. He appeared on the Honky Tonk Attitude tour with Joe Diffie.
McGraw's career took off with the release, early in 1994, of the single
"Indian Outlaw". The song, written by John D. Loudermilk, caused
considerable controversy in the USA, where some claimed that it degraded
the accepted image of the American Indian. Controversy always helps
sales, and the recording, with its war dance, rhythmic drum beat,
quickly gave McGraw his first country number 1 record and broke into the
pop Top 20. The song naturally appeared on his second album, from which
he also gained further chart success with the recording of "Down On The
Farm" and the title track. The album, Not A Moment Too Soon, entered the
Billboard country chart at number 1. The album sales topped four million
and it remained in the Top 5 for over a year.
The following album, All I Want, also amassed huge sales and McGraw
topped the country singles chart with "I Like It, I Love It" and just
missed with "Can't Be Really Gone". Many see him as the successor to
Garth Brooks, and although his records are not quite as distinctive, he
does seem determined to remain a country artist (whatever that means
today) with titles such as "Don't Mention Memphis", "Give It To Me
Strait", "It Doesn't Get Any Countrier Than This" and his 1996 US
country number 1 "She Never Lets It Go To her Heart". His run of success
continued with Everywhere reaching number 2 on the Billboard 200 album
chart in 1997, and a CMA Award for Vocal Event Of The Year on "It's Your
Love" (with his wife Faith Hill). McGraw broke into the US pop Top 10 in
May 1999 with "Please Remember Me", and topped the album charts with A
Place In The Sun. Since then his popularity had widened way beyond the
country market, with Set This Circus Down and attendant singles such as
"Angry All The Time" becoming huge hits.
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Born
1 May 1967, Delhi, Louisiana, USA. This highly popular country singer
was raised in Start, Louisiana, and is the son of Frank Edwin "Tug"
McGraw, a noted left-handed relief pitcher for the New York Mets and
Philadelphia Phillies, who retired in 1984 after a 19-year major league
baseball career. Tim began his musical career singing in local clubs and
also worked as a demo singer. He was signed to Curb Records in 1990 but
did not achieve his first chart entry until 1992 with "Welcome To The
Club". In 1993, he had two further minor hits with "Memory Lane" and
"Two Steppin' Mind", all three of these songs taken from his debut
album. He appeared on the Honky Tonk Attitude tour with Joe Diffie.
McGraw's career took off with the release, early in 1994, of the single
"Indian Outlaw". The song, written by John D. Loudermilk, caused
considerable controversy in the USA, where some claimed that it degraded
the accepted image of the American Indian. Controversy always helps
sales, and the recording, with its war dance, rhythmic drum beat,
quickly gave McGraw his first country number 1 record and broke into the
pop Top 20. The song naturally appeared on his second album, from which
he also gained further chart success with the recording of "Down On The
Farm" and the title track. The album, Not A Moment Too Soon, entered the
Billboard country chart at number 1. The album sales topped four million
and it remained in the Top 5 for over a year.