This country music entertainer's career has spanned over 40 years! Check out this fascinating collection of Dwight Yoakam facts...
Discover this interesting set of Dwight Yoakam facts and see how much you know about the country music star. Kentucky-born country singer Dwight Yoakam was born October 23, 1956 in Pikeville, Kentucky. He began his career in 1977 and has continued to find immense success as both a musician and an actor. Earning two Grammy Awards and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, Yoakam has reached a level of stardom that many only dream about.
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1) During his school days, his best subject was history and his worst subject was math.
2) In his high school marching band, he played the drums.
3) He is a vegetarian and has also cut sugar out of his diet.
4) In May of 2008, he broke The Tonight Show record number of musical guest appearances. It was his 24th time on the show!
5) He created his own food line called “Dwight Yoakam’s Bakersfield Biscuit Brand.”
6) He is named after former President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
7) Gibson Guitars created a line of signature Dwight Yoakam acoustic guitars called the Y2K. Only a limited amount were manufactured.
8) His cover of Queen’s “Crazy Little Thing Called Love” was intended to just be in a TV commercial for Gap’s blue jeans, but it ended up being released as a single because of high demand.
9) His first #1 single was “Streets of Bakersfield,” a duet with country musician Buck Owens.
10) He bought his cowboy hat (that he wears almost all the time) in 1979 for under $50.
11) Many folks ask “Who is Dwight Yoakam’s wife?” The star secretly married Emily Joyce in March 2020 and they welcomed son, Dalton, in August 2020.
12) Dwight Yoakam has two siblings— brother Ronald Yoakam and sister Kimberly Yoakam.
13) He learned how to play guitar at just 6-years-old and often listened to his mother’s record collection.
14) Yoakam moved from Nashville to Los Angeles at the beginning of his career since Music City wasn’t interested in his updated honky tonk music.
15) The star dropped out of Ohio State University in order to start his music career.