Clay Walker
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Clay Walker performing in Dallas, Texas
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Ernest Clayton Walker Jr. |
| Born | August 19, 1969 |
| Origin | Vidor, Texas, U.S. |
| Genres | Country |
| Occupation(s) | Singer-Songwriter |
| Instruments | Vocals, guitar |
| Years active | 1993–present |
| Labels | Giant, Warner Bros., RCA, Asylum-Curb |
| Associated acts |
Doug Johnson Keith Stegall James Stroud Chely Wright |
| Website | http://www.claywalker.com |
Ernest Clayton "Clay" Walker, Jr. (born August 19, 1969) is an American country music artist. He made his debut in 1993 with the single "What's It to You", which reached Number One on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) chart, as did its follow-up, 1994's "Live Until I Die". Both singles were included on his self-titled debut album, released in 1993 via Giant Records. He stayed with the label until its 2001 closure, later recording for Warner Bros. Records and RCA Records before joining his current label, Asylum-Curb Records, in 2007.
Clay Walker has released a total of 11 albums, including a greatest hits package and an album of Christmas music. His first four studio albums all achieved platinum certification in the United States and his greatest hits collection and fifth studio album were each certified gold. He has charted 30 country singles, including six Number Ones: "What's It to You", "Live Until I Die", Dreaming with My Eyes Open", "If I Could Make a Living", "This Woman and This Man", and "Rumor Has It". His most recent album, She Won't Be Lonely Long, was released in mid-2010.
Ernest Clayton Walker Jr. was born on August 19, 1969 in Beaumont, Texas to Ernest and Danna Walker. The oldest of five children, Walker lived in Vidor with his father, who gave him a guitar when he was nine years old. Walker began entering talent competitions at age fifteen. After leaving his shift as nighttime desk clerk at a Super 8 Motel, he stopped at a local radio station to deliver a tape of a song that he had written. Although the morning disc jockey told him that the station's policies prohibited playing self-submitted tapes, he played Walker's song and said that it was "too good to pass up."
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