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Jul 7, 2023 · In April 2022, singer-songwriter Lee Greenwood shared a photo on Instagram depicting him and his wife, Kimberly Payne, on their wedding day. The couple posed happily before what appeared to be a church entrance in their wedding attire.
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- And You Were Just Appointed to The John F. Kennedy Center Board of Trustees!
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It’s going to cover all of the hits we had in country music. It will also include, as we go on during the year, the release of a new CD with original songs in 2020. We’re just about finished with that project.
I hadn’t traveled much until I left home at 16 and went to Nevada. I was exposed to so many different people from all over the world. After I moved to Nashville in 1979, I wanted to write a song that identified my entire country with who I was.
The first line, “If tomorrow all the things were gone I worked for all my life,” was about my grandparents and their farm, where I was raised in Sacramento, Calif. We were sharecroppers. Farming got to be less profitable, and as I left home they were moving from farming to renting apartments. And not to forget the military, of course, because my fa...
You can’t help but be moved by a soldier that’s lost two legs who told you the reason they joined the Army was because they heard my song, or singing it off an aircraft carrier for so many in the military. Then you do a July 4th show where the citizens are waving flags and lights as you sing a tribute to the country.
While touring with Kenny Rogers, I wrote a hit song for him called “A Love Song.” Kenny told me, “Well, you made it a hit.”
I sang at the Lincoln Memorial for George Bush and Donald Trump, and at parties at several others. When the Reagan Library opened [in 1988], sitting behind me while I was singing were Nixon, Carter, Ford, Bush, Reagan, their wives and Lady Bird Johnson. And recently at a Texas A&M event that raised money for hurricane relief, I sang for Obama, Clin...
I was appointed to the National Council on the Arts by Bush 43, so to be appointed as a trustee to the Kennedy Center by the president was fantastic.
In 1988 we did our fifth or sixth USO Tour with Bob Hope — eight shows around the world in eight days. That was tremendous.
My parents divorced when I was a year old because the war tore them apart. So I was raised by my grandparents, and my grandmother always let me play the piano in the corner of our trailer. My mother had several marriages — I didn’t see her much — and didn’t know my father until I was 14 or 15. So I had two driving forces: baseball and music. I play...
I didn’t know until I was 7 or 8 that they weren’t together. When I was maybe 12 I started asking where he was. They finally allowed me to see him when I was 13, and we had a good relationship until he died. I absolutely loved Louis D’Antonoli, my stepfather for my last years growing up. He proudly wore my tour jacket.
The country singer shares his life story with Closer Weekly, from his early days in California to his marriage with former Miss Tennessee Kimberly Payne. He also talks about his hit songs, his tours, his presidential performances and his new CD.
Lee Greenwood is a happily married man. He's been married to former Miss Tennessee USA, Kimberly Payne, for 17 years. Living happily ever after in the fishbowl world of the music business can be a ...
Country music star Lee Greenwood stood up at the wedding reception of Bailey Mae Anderson and Will Garriga in Biloxi on Oct. 21 and sang his signature hit, “God Bless the USA,” WLOX-TV reported. The wife of the 81-year-old singer, Kim Greenwood, got to know Anderson when she was crowned Miss Mississippi USA in 2021, according to the ...
Country singer Lee Greenwood’s iconic song “God Bless The U.S.A” has been hailed as one of the most recognizable patriotic songs in the country. Now, join us as Lee and Kim Greenwood take us ...
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Kim Greenwood is President of Greenwood Productions, Inc. which holds the State Franchises for the MISS USA & MISS TEEN USA State Pageants in Tennessee, Mississippi and Georgia. She serves as the Executive Director of the Pageants. Kim was Tennessee's Junior Miss in 1985 and Miss Tennessee USA in 1989.
Mar 12, 2023 · Kim Greenwood is recognized by her sons for 30 years in charge of the 2023 Miss Tennessee USA and Miss Tennessee Teen USA Pageants finals on March 11, 2023. (Alicia Archuleta) The 2023 Miss ...
