History Music / GeorgeStrait

* OneBookAuthor: ''Film/PureCountry'' is his only acting role to date.

** Strait is a common name-drop in country songs, including "Ain't Going Down ('Til the Sun Comes Up)" by Music/GarthBrooks, "On a Good Night" by Wade Hayes, "Cowboy Love" by Music/JohnMichaelMontgomery, and "Did It for the Girl" by Greg Bates (which goes a step further by also name-dropping his song "Marina del Rey"). The frequent name dropping of Strait has reached a parity only achieved by Music/GeorgeJones and [[Music/HankWilliams Hank Williams Sr.]]

* FollowTheLeader: In the 1990s, there was an insurgence of "hat acts" who, like Strait, were just good ol' clean-cut young men (and even a couple women!) in cowboy hats. Over time, "hat act" became a derogatory term due to so many of them flooding the market and becoming indistinguishable.

* GenreAdultery: By and large, averted; rarely has George recorded in the pop-country vein. One early exception was his 1982 ballad, "Marina Del Rey," which he pulled off very well and is every bit a part of his playlist today. See also GratuitousSpanish, below, for another rare example.

* RecordProducer: Ever since the ''Pure Country'' soundtrack, George has worked exclusively with producer Tony Brown. He also uses many of the same session musicians from album to album. ''Cold Beer Conversation'' broke the streak, as it was instead produced by his audio engineer, Chuck Ainlay.

Strait is also known for his remarkable consistency: almost all of his albums have generally been released to positive reviews, and since 1992, he has worked with the same producer and largely the same session musicians. He's even been on the same label since 1981.

* RecordProducer: Ever since the ''Pure Country'' soundtrack, George has worked exclusively with producer Tony Brown. He also uses many of the same session musicians from album to album. "Let It Go" finally broke the streak, as it was produced instead by his longtime engineer Chuck Ainlay.

* {{Pun}}: "I have so many ex's and owe (X's and O) so much, I oughta be on ''Series/TheHollywoodSquares''."

* SelfTitledAlbum: Some of his early albums' names were [[HurricaneOfPuns puns]] on his name, such as ''Strait from the Heart''. He later released a truly self-titled album in 2001, but for some odd reason, it was his worst-selling (it was the first album of his career not to sell platinum or higher) and worst-performing in terms of chart singles.

** Strait is a common name-drop in country songs, including "Ain't Going Down ('Til the Sun Comes Up)" by Music/GarthBrooks, "On a Good Night" by Wade Hayes, "Cowboy Love" by John Michael Montgomery, and "Did It for the Girl" by Greg Bates (which goes a step further by also name-dropping his song "Marina del Rey"). The frequent name dropping of Strait has reached a parity only achieved by Music/GeorgeJones and [[Music/HankWilliams Hank Williams Sr.]]

* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: ''Twang'' was his first album since his debut that he co-wrote any songs on, and it included a mariachi cover. ''Here for a Good Time'' also includes co-writer's credits by George himself, and the atypically dreary "Drinkin' Man" (the lowest-peaking single of his career).

** Also used to great extent in "It Just Comes Natural".

** ...[[FromBadToWorse and a year after that]], "Let It Go" became his worst-performing ''lead single'' ever, not even cracking Top ''50''.

* RecordProducer: Ever since the ''Pure Country'' soundtrack, George has worked exclusively with producer Tony Brown. He also uses many of the same session musicians from album to album.

* GenreAdultery: By and large, averted; rarely has George recorded in the pop-country vein. One early exception was his 1982 ballad, "Marina Del Ray," which he pulled off very well and is every bit a part of his playlist today.

* {{Pun}}: "I have so many ex's and owe (X's and O) so much, I oughta be on ''Series/HollywoodSquares''."

** Strait is a common name-drop in country songs, including "Ain't Going Down ('Til the Sun Comes Up)" by Music/GarthBrooks, "On a Good Night" by Wade Hayes, "Cowboy Love" by John Michael Montgomery, and "Did It for the Girl" by Greg Bates (which goes a step further by also name-dropping his song "Marina del Rey"). The frequent name dropping of Strait has reached a parity only achieved by GeorgeJones and [[HankWilliams Hank Williams Sr.]]

* {{Pun}}: "I have so many ex's and owe (X's and O) so much, I oughta be on ''HollywoodSquares''."

Strait is also known for his remarkable consistency: almost all of his albums have generally been released to positive reviews, and since 1992, he has worked with the same producer and largely the same session musicians. He's even been on the same label since 1981. While his career has had a slight amount of ebb and flow, he has never had a significant dry spell, and has managed no fewer than two Top 10 hits with every studio album.

* FollowTheLeader: In the 1990s, there was an insurgence of "hat acts" who, like Strait, were just good ol' clean-cut boys in cowboy hats. Some were good in their own right (such as Music/ClintBlack, Music/GarthBrooks and Music/AlanJackson); some started out unremarkable but got much better (Music/KennyChesney and Music/TimMcGraw); others just got lost in the shuffle. Over time, "hat act" became a derogatory term.

* CoolOldGuy: Now in his early 60s, George is still a top-grossing act whose new songs still get heavy airplay.

* CoolOldGuy

* [[BreakawayPopHit Breakaway Country Hit]]: Both "Heartland" and "I Cross My Heart" off the ''Film/PureCountry'' soundtrack went to number 1. The movie? Not so much.