Editing George Strait (section)

=== Citations ===

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<ref name="after-midnight-garner">{{cite news |last=Garner |first=Blair |title=George Strait is a grandfather |newspaper=After Midnight |date=February 8, 2012 |url=http://www.aftermidnite.com/pages/musicnews.html?feed=104651&article=9730040 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130116104402/http://www.aftermidnite.com/pages/musicnews.html?feed=104651&article=9730040 |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 16, 2013 |access-date=February 10, 2012 }}</ref>

<ref name="album-notes-box">{{cite AV media notes|last=Kingsley |first=Paul |title=Straight Out of the Box |others=George Strait |year=1995 |type=booklet |publisher=MCA Records }}</ref>

<ref name="allmusic-erlewine">{{cite web |last=Erlewine |first=Stephen Thomas |title=George Strait Biography |publisher=AllMusic |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/george-strait-mn0000944084/biography |access-date=October 18, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150420012330/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/george-strait-mn0000944084/biography |archive-date=April 20, 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref>

<ref name="amc-winners">{{cite web |title=Winners |publisher=Academy of Country Music |url=https://www.acmcountry.com/winners |access-date=May 5, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160322065626/https://www.acmcountry.com/winners |archive-date=March 22, 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref>

<ref name="american-chronicle-stark">{{cite news |last=Stark |first=Phyllis |title=Being George Strait |work=American Chronicle |date=February 26, 2006 |url=http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/viewArticle.asp?articleID=21330 |access-date=March 15, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070509200508/http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/viewArticle.asp?articleID=21330 |archive-date=May 9, 2007 |url-status=live }}</ref>

<ref name="american-profile-vets">{{cite web |title=George Strait Remembers Fellow Veterans |publisher=American Profile |url=http://www.americanprofile.com/articles/george-strait-remembers-fellow-veterans/ |date=November 2, 2011 |access-date=November 13, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111105053429/http://www.americanprofile.com/articles/george-strait-remembers-fellow-veterans/ |archive-date=November 5, 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref>

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<ref name="bego">{{cite book|last=Bego |first=Mark |title=George Strait: The Story of Country's Living Legend |publisher=Citadel Press |location=New York |year=2001 |isbn=978-0806522586|ref=none}}</ref>
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<ref name="billboard-1981">{{cite magazine |title=Billboard Hot Country Singles |magazine=Billboard |volume=93 |issue=31 |page=46 |date=August 8, 1981 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dyQEAAAAMBAJ |access-date=October 18, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140106154657/http://books.google.com/books/about/Billboard.html?id=DyQEAAAAMBAJ |archive-date=January 6, 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref>

<ref name="billboard-2009">{{cite magazine |title=George Strait Tops Billboard's List of Top 25 Country Artists of the Past 25 Years |magazine=Billboard |date=June 7, 2010 |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/957890/george-strait-tops-billboards-list-of-top-25-country-artists-of-the-past-25 |access-date=October 19, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141008000826/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/957890/george-strait-tops-billboards-list-of-top-25-country-artists-of-the-past-25 |archive-date=October 8, 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref>

<ref name="billboard-2010">{{cite magazine |last=Trust |first=Gary |title=Best of 2009 by the Numbers |magazine=Billboard |date=December 29, 2009 |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/266306/best-of-2009-by-the-numbers |access-date=January 8, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130612042158/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/266306/best-of-2009-by-the-numbers |archive-date=June 12, 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref>

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<ref name="billboard-duffy">{{cite magazine |last=Duffy |first=Thom |title=George Strait, Martina McBride Turn New Jersey into Cowboy Country |magazine=Billboard |date=March 3, 2014 |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/the-615/5923094/george-strait-martina-mcbride-turn-new-jersey-into-cowboy-country |access-date=March 4, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140307110716/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/the-615/5923094/george-strait-martina-mcbride-turn-new-jersey-into-cowboy-country |archive-date=March 7, 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref>

<ref name="billboard-waddell">{{cite magazine|last=Waddell |first=Ray |title=Legend of Live Goes Country |magazine=Billboard |volume=125 |issue=44 |pages=55–56 |year=2013 }}</ref>

<ref name="cma-awards">{{cite web |title=Past Winners |publisher=Country Music Association |url=http://www.cmaworld.com/cma-awards/50awards/past-winners/ |access-date=May 5, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160603081046/http://www.cmaworld.com/cma-awards/50awards/past-winners/ |archive-date=June 3, 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

<ref name="cmt-30-consecutive">{{cite web |title=George Strait First to Achieve 30 Consecutive Years of Top 10 Hits |publisher=CMT News |date=April 14, 2010 |url=http://www.cmt.com/news/news-in-brief/1636146/george-strait-first-to-achieve-30-consecutive-years-of-top-10-hits.jhtml |access-date=May 23, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100419171950/http://www.cmt.com/news/news-in-brief/1636146/george-strait-first-to-achieve-30-consecutive-years-of-top-10-hits.jhtml |archive-date=April 19, 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

<ref name="cmt-about">{{cite web |title=About George Strait |publisher=CMT |url=http://www.cmt.com/artists/george-strait/biography/ |access-date=December 19, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130206021521/http://www.cmt.com/artists/george-strait/biography/ |archive-date=February 6, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

<ref name="cmt-father">{{cite web |title=George Strait's Father Dies at Age 91 |publisher=CMT |date=June 4, 2013 |url=http://www.cmt.com/news/country-music/1708468/george-straits-father-dies-at-age-91.jhtml |access-date=October 18, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141018175636/http://www.cmt.com/news/country-music/1708468/george-straits-father-dies-at-age-91.jhtml |archive-date=October 18, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

<ref name="cmt-legend">{{cite web |title=George Strait Presented Billboard Legend of Live Award |publisher=CMT |date=November 15, 2013 |url=http://www.cmt.com/news/country-music/1717559/george-strait-presented-billboard-legend-of-live-award.jhtml |access-date=October 19, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141019155400/http://www.cmt.com/news/country-music/1717559/george-strait-presented-billboard-legend-of-live-award.jhtml |archive-date=October 19, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

<ref name="cmt-lp-discography">{{cite web |title=George Strait Discography |publisher=CMT |url=http://www.cmt.com/artists/george-strait/discography/ |access-date=October 18, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141018201127/http://www.cmt.com/artists/george-strait/discography/ |archive-date=October 18, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

<ref name="cmt-morris">{{cite web |last=Morris |first=Edward |title=Rollin' on the River: BMI Salutes Writers of George Strait's "River of Love" |work=CMT |date=May 15, 2009 |url=http://www.cmt.com/news/country-music/1611510/rollin-on-the-river-bmi-salutes-writers-of-george-straits-river-of-love.jhtml |access-date=December 19, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130623144043/http://www.cmt.com/news/country-music/1611510/rollin-on-the-river-bmi-salutes-writers-of-george-straits-river-of-love.jhtml |archive-date=June 23, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

<ref name="cmt-new-film">{{cite web |title=George Strait Will Have Limited Role in New Film |url=http://www.cmt.com/news/news-in-brief/1625971/george-strait-will-have-limited-role-in-new-film-a-pure-country-gift.jhtml |access-date=March 15, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100323004349/http://www.cmt.com/news/news-in-brief/1625971/george-strait-will-have-limited-role-in-new-film-a-pure-country-gift.jhtml |archive-date=March 23, 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

<ref name="cowboy-rides-away">{{cite web |title=The Cowboy Rides Away Tour ... |date=September 26, 2012 |publisher=George Strait |url=http://wgna.com/george-strait-announces-farewell-tour-the-cowboy-rides-away-tour/ |access-date=September 9, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140802011050/http://wgna.com/george-strait-announces-farewell-tour-the-cowboy-rides-away-tour/ |archive-date=August 2, 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref>

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<ref name="cp-villalva">{{cite news |last=Villalva |first=Brittney R. |title=George Strait Farewell Tour Announced |newspaper=The Christian Post |date=September 27, 2012 |url=http://www.christianpost.com/news/george-strait-farewell-tour-announced-king-of-country-to-retire-video-82292/ |access-date=October 18, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141018173518/http://www.christianpost.com/news/george-strait-farewell-tour-announced-king-of-country-to-retire-video-82292/ |archive-date=October 18, 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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<ref name="dmn-tipping">{{cite news |last=Tipping |first=Joy |title=George Strait Sets a U.S. Concert Attendance Record ... |newspaper=The Dallas Morning News |url=http://popcultureblog.dallasnews.com/2014/06/george-strait-sets-a-u-s-concert-attendance-record-in-a-musically-superb-star-laden-show.html/ |date=June 8, 2014 |access-date=June 8, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140611113101/http://popcultureblog.dallasnews.com/2014/06/george-strait-sets-a-u-s-concert-attendance-record-in-a-musically-superb-star-laden-show.html/ |archive-date=June 11, 2014}}</ref>

<ref name="erlewine">{{cite web|last=Erlewine |first=Stephen Thomas |title=George Strait |publisher=All Music Guide |url=http://www.livedaily.com/artists/bio/103.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061111024516/http://www.livedaily.com/artists/bio/103.html |archive-date=November 11, 2006 |access-date=October 18, 2014}}</ref>

<ref name="ew-nash">{{cite magazine |last=Nash |first=Alanna |title=Chill of an Early Fall |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=April 12, 1991 |url=https://ew.com/article/1991/04/12/chill-early-fall/ |access-date=October 18, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141022205226/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,313934,00.html |archive-date=October 22, 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref>

<ref name="gactv-stark">{{cite web |last=Stark |first=Phyllis |title=Being George Strait |publisher=GACTV |year=2007 |url=http://www.gactv.com/gac/cda/article_print/0,3008,GAC_26068_5508633_DS-ARTICLE-WITH-GROUPS,00.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20141019145949/http://www.gactv.com/gac/cda/article_print/0,3008,GAC_26068_5508633_DS-ARTICLE-WITH-GROUPS,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 19, 2014 |access-date=October 19, 2014 }}</ref>

<ref name="gather-billboard-record">{{cite web |title=George Strait Sets Billboard Record |publisher=Gather |date=April 14, 2010 |url=http://entertainment.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978173232 |access-date=November 2, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116105436/http://entertainment.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978173232 |archive-date=January 16, 2014}}</ref>

<ref name="gs-awards">{{cite web |title=Meet George Strait: Awards |publisher=George Strait |url=http://www.georgestrait.com/awards.asp |access-date=December 19, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121228020055/http://www.georgestrait.com/awards.asp |archive-date=December 28, 2012}}</ref>

<ref name="gs-give">{{cite web |title=George Strait to Release New Single ... |publisher=George Strait |date=October 26, 2012 |url=http://www.georgestrait.com/2005Site/news_Detail.asp?pkArticle=441 |access-date=October 19, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141019154250/http://www.georgestrait.com/2005Site/news_Detail.asp?pkArticle=441 |archive-date=October 19, 2014}}</ref>

<ref name="gs-tour-dates">{{cite web |title=George Strait Tour, 2013 and 2014 George Strait Concert Tour Dates |url=http://www.georgestraittourdates.com/index.html |publisher=George Strait Tour Dates |access-date=April 14, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130412111648/http://www.georgestraittourdates.com/index.html |archive-date=April 12, 2013}}</ref>

<ref name="mysanantonio-saldana">{{cite web |last=Saldana |first=Hector |url=http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local_news/article/On-farewell-tour-superstar-George-Strait-in-4569184.php |title=On farewell tour, superstar George Strait in harmony with hometown fans |publisher=My San Antonio |date=June 2, 2013 |access-date=June 5, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130612030500/http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local_news/article/On-farewell-tour-superstar-George-Strait-in-4569184.php |archive-date=June 12, 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref>

<ref name="music-row-hollabaugh">{{cite web |last=Hollabaugh |first=Lorie |title=George Strait Crowned 'Legend of Live' at Billboard Touring Awards |publisher=Music Row |date=November 15, 2013 |url=http://www.musicrow.com/2013/11/george-strait-crowned-legend-of-live-at-billboard-touring-awards/ |access-date=March 24, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140324171556/http://www.musicrow.com/2013/11/george-strait-crowned-legend-of-live-at-billboard-touring-awards/ |archive-date=March 24, 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref>

<ref name="musicrow-skates">{{cite web |last=Skates |first=Sarah |title=George Strait Announces Final Tour |publisher=MusicRow |url=http://www.musicrow.com/2012/09/george-strait-announces-final-tour/ |date=September 26, 2012 |access-date=September 26, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140303011059/http://www.musicrow.com/2012/09/george-strait-announces-final-tour/ |archive-date=March 3, 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref>

<ref name="people-mcafee">{{cite magazine |last=McAfee |first=Tierney |title=George Strait's ACM Awards Performance: All My Exes Live in Texas |magazine=People |date=April 19, 2015 |url=http://www.people.com/people/package/article/0,,20906362_20916660,00.html |access-date=August 1, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150716095446/http://www.people.com/people/package/article/0,,20906362_20916660,00.html |archive-date=July 16, 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref>

<ref name="philly-daughter">{{cite web |last=Speers |first=W. |title=Strait's Daughter, 13, Is Killed in a Car Crash |date=June 27, 1986 |url=http://articles.philly.com/1986-06-27/entertainment/26044567_1_george-strait-princess-diana-car-crash |access-date=October 18, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160325175940/http://articles.philly.com/1986-06-27/entertainment/26044567_1_george-strait-princess-diana-car-crash |archive-date=March 25, 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

<ref name="rachel-joy-scott">{{cite web |title=Jenifer Strait |publisher=RachelJoyScott.net |url=http://www.racheljoyscott.net/jenifer_strait/index.htm |access-date=March 15, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070308124609/http://www.racheljoyscott.net/jenifer_strait/index.htm |archive-date=March 8, 2007}}</ref>

<ref name="radio-60">{{cite web |title=George Strait Earns 60th No. 1 Hit |url=http://news.radio.com/2013/05/21/george-strait-earns-60th-no-1-single/ |publisher=Radio.com |date=May 21, 2013 |access-date=June 17, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131206093044/http://news.radio.com/2013/05/21/george-strait-earns-60th-no-1-single/ |archive-date=December 6, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

<ref name="riaa-top-awarded">{{cite web|title=Top Awarded Artists |publisher=RIAA |url=https://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=tblArtTal |access-date=November 20, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130711195722/http://riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=tblArtTal |archive-date=July 11, 2013}}</ref>

<ref name="riaa-top-selling">{{cite web|title=Top Selling Artists (only with the albums) |publisher=RIAA |url=https://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=tblTopArt |access-date=November 20, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070701163039/http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=tblTopArt |archive-date=July 1, 2007}}</ref>

<ref name="rs-dresdale">{{cite magazine |last=Dresdale |first=Andrea |title=George Strait: The Road Less Traveled |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=November 5, 2001 |url=http://www.georgestrait.com/assets/strait_talk/pdf/2001/02-01.pdf |access-date=October 19, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924021802/http://www.georgestrait.com/assets/strait_talk/pdf/2001/02-01.pdf |archive-date=September 24, 2015}}</ref>

<ref name="straight-fever">{{cite web |title=The Jenifer Strait Memorial Foundation |publisher=Straight Fever |url=http://straitfever.homestead.com/rememberingjenifer.html |access-date=October 18, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141015040031/http://straitfever.homestead.com/RememberingJenifer.html |archive-date=October 15, 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref>

<ref name="theboot-betts">{{cite web |last=Betts |first=Stephen L. |title=George Strait Catching Up to Beatles, Elvis |publisher=The Boot |date=June 4, 2009 |url=http://www.theboot.com/2009/06/04/george-strait-catching-up-to-beatles-elvis/ |access-date=November 2, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111229135555/http://www.theboot.com/2009/06/04/george-strait-catching-up-to-beatles-elvis/ |archive-date=December 29, 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref>

<ref name="theboot-stefano">{{cite news |last=Stefano |first=Angela |title=George Strait Announces 'The Cowboy Rides Away' Live Album |publisher=The Boot |date=August 18, 2014 |url=http://theboot.com/george-strait-the-cowboy-rides-away-live-album-2014/ |access-date=August 29, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140822194515/http://theboot.com/george-strait-the-cowboy-rides-away-live-album-2014/ |archive-date=August 22, 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref>

<ref name="theboot-thompson">{{cite web |last=Thompson |first=Gayle |title=George Strait '60 for 60' Movement Asks Fans to 'Give It All We Got' |publisher=The Boot |date=March 15, 2013 |url=http://theboot.com/george-strait-60-for-60/ |access-date=October 19, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141216220146/http://theboot.com/george-strait-60-for-60/ |archive-date=December 16, 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref>

<ref name="usa-mccafferty">{{cite news |last=McCafferty |first=Dennis |title=Straight Talk |newspaper=USA Weekend |date=January 21, 2007 |url=http://159.54.226.237/07_issues/070121/070121strait.html |access-date=October 18, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141013125503/http://159.54.226.237/07_issues/070121/070121strait.html |archive-date=October 13, 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref>

<ref name="usatoday-mansfield">{{cite web |last=Mansfield |first=Brian |title=George Strait gets 'Billboard' Legend of Live award |work=USA Today |date=August 15, 2013 |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2013/08/15/george-strait-billboard-legend-of-live/2659559/ |access-date=March 24, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140317013321/http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2013/08/15/george-strait-billboard-legend-of-live/2659559/ |archive-date=March 17, 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref>

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<ref name="wgna-strait-heir">{{cite web |title=Strait Heir |publisher=WGNA |url=http://wgna.com/george-strait-announces-farewell-tour-the-cowboy-rides-away-tour/ |access-date=September 14, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121028165349/http://wgna.com/george-strait-announces-farewell-tour-the-cowboy-rides-away-tour/ |archive-date=October 28, 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref>

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