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Career Notes ~ Fast Facts

Wade Hayes Career Notes

Albums

Old Enough to Know Better
On A Good Night
When the Wrong One Loves You Right
Highways and Heartaches

Awards

Gold Album: Old Enough to Know Better
Gold Album: On a Good Night
"TNN Music City News" Male Star of Tomorrow 1997
"Billboard Magazine" Top New Country Artist, 1995
Nominee: ACM New Male Vocalist of the Year for 1995
Nominee: CMA 1996 Horizon Award

Singles in the
Top 20

"Old Enough to Know Better" #1
"I'm Still Dancin' With You" #1
"Don't Stop" #10
"What I Meant to Say" #5
"On a Good Night" #2
"The Day That She Left Tulsa" #5
"How Do You Sleep at Night: #11

Videos

"Old Enough to Know Better"
"I'm Still Dancin' With You"
"Don't Stop"
"What I Meant to Say"
"On a Good Night"
"Where Do I Go to Start All Over"
"Wichita Lineman"
"The Day That She Left Tulsa"
"Tore Up from the Floor Up"
"Up North, Down South"

Television
Appearances

Academy of Country M usic Awards, An Evening of Country Greats Special. Austin City Limits. CMA Awards. CMT Face the Music. CMT Hit Trip. CMT Monday Night Concerts. Country Connections. Country Crossroads, TNN Country Tonight, Crook & Chase. First Steps Concert, Grand Ole Opry, Music City Tonight, Opry Backstage, Pamela Walling Show (Canada), Prime Time Country, TNN Music City News Awards, TNN Today in Country, Tribute to Traditon Special ...

Wade Hayes Fast Facts

Birth

Date: April 20
Hometown: Bethel Acres, Oklahoma

Vital Stats

Hair: Brown
Eyes: Hazel
Height: 6'2"

Family

Mom: Trisha
Dad: Don
Sisters: Stacey and Charity

Musical
Influences

Merle Haggard, Waylon Jennings, Gary Stewart, Gene Watson, Buck Owens, Willie Nelson, Ricky Skaggs, Lefty Frizzell, Dad Don

Instruments

Guitar, Mandolin

Early Musical Performances

Played lead guitar at age 14 with Dad Don's "Country Heritage" band

Little Known Fact

Played drums in the marching band at the University of Central Oklahoma

Likes

Color: Red
Vehicle: GMC Truck
Actor: John Wayne
Teams: Oklahoma Sooners, Atlanta Braves
 

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