Garth Brooks

Troyal Garth Brooks , known professionally as Garth Brooks, is an American country pop singersongwriter. His integration of pop and rock and roll elements into the country genre through multiplatinum recordings and recordbreaking live performances earned him immense worldwide popularity. This progressive approach has allowed Brooks to dominate the country single and album charts, while also crossing over into the mainstream pop arena.

Troyal Garth Brooks was born on February 7, 1962, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He was the youngest child of Troyal Raymond Brooks, Jr. , a draftsman for an oil company, and Colleen McElroy Carroll , a 1950sera country singer of Irish ancestry who recorded on the Capitol Records label and appeared on Ozark Jubilee. This was the second marriage for each of his parents, giving Brooks four older halfsiblings . The couple had two children together, Kelly and Garth. At their home in Yukon, Oklahoma, the family hosted weekly talent nights. All of the children were required to participate, either by singing or doing skits. Brooks learned to play both the guitar and banjo. Colleen died of throat cancer on August 6, 1999.

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