Country Artists Who Were Born In Oklahoma
The Red River Rivalry is the name for the annual college football game between the University of Texas Longhorns and the University of Oklahoma Sooners. The series is considered one of the greatest rivalries in American sports.
Another rivalry while not as popular as sports is country music singers. WhileTexasproudly proclaims George Straitas the ultimate country music male singer in modern times, Oklahoma touts their very own Reba McEntire. Well, only you can settle this rivalry, so let us hear your thoughts.
• Allsup, Tommy: Owasso
• Axton, Hoyt: Duncan
• Barber, Glenn: Hollis
• Barnett, Bobby: Cushinjg
• Bee, Molly:Oklahoma City
• Belew, Carl:Salina
• Bond, Johnny: Enville
• Cargill, Henson:Oklahoma City
• Collins, Tommy:Oklahoma City
• Cooley, Spade: Grand
• Copas, Cowboy:Muskogee
• Davies, Gail: Broken Bow
• Diffie, Joe:Tulsa
• Downing, Big Al: Lenapah
• Edwards, Stoney: Seminole
• Frazier, Dallas: Spiro
• Gill, Vince:Norman
• Hardin, Gus:Tulsa
•Hobbs, Becky:Bartlesville
• Holly, Doyle: Perkins
• Jackson, Wanda: Maud
• Keith, Toby:Clinton
• Kilgore, Merle:Chickasha
• Lunsford, Mike: Guyman
• McDaniel, Mel: Checotah
• McEntire, Pake: Chockie
• McEntire, Reba: Chockie
• Mundy, Jim: Muldrow
• Norma Jean: Wellston
• Overstreet, Tommy:Oklahoma City
• Owens, Bonnie: Blanchard
• Parker, Billy: Okemah
• Sessions, Ronnie: Henrietta
• Shepard, Jean:PaulsValley
•Shelton, Blake: Ada
•Smith,Cal: Gains
•Stafford, Terry: Hollis
• Tillman, Floyd: Ryan
• Wooley, Sheb: Erick
Written by: Richard Bell, Country Music Historian: Nashville,Tennessee,USA. Feb., 2011
