Vince Gill

Vince Gill (born April 12, 1957) is an American country music musician and singer.

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He was born in Norman, Oklahoma and learned to play banjo and guitar before he started high school. After he graduated, he played in a number of bluegrass bands including the Pure Prairie League.

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He signed with RCA Records in 1983, and scored his first solo hits while on that label. In 1989 he switched to MCA Records where he recorded his breakthrough hit "When I Call Your Name." His 1998 album The Key received great critical acclaim, and is considered by some to be among the best country music albums ever released. His other albums include Next Big Thing (2003) and Let's Make Sure We Kiss Goodbye (2000).

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Gill hosted the CMA Awards every year from 1992 to 2003. In 2004 he received a Grammy Award for "Best Male Country Vocal Performance". In 1997, he was inducted into the Western Performers Hall of Fame at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

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Gill married pop singer Amy Grant in March 2000. He was previously married to country singer Janis Gill of Sweethearts of the Rodeo fame, whom he divorced in 1997.

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April 12: April 12 is the 102nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (103rd in leap years). There are 263 days remaining....

1957: 1957 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar....

Country music: Country music, also called country and western music or country-western, is an amalgam of popular musical forms developed in the southern United States, with roots in traditional folk music, spirituals, and the blues....

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