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Melvin Lee Greenwood (born October 27, 1942) is an American country music singer. Active since 1962, he won a Grammy Award and he has charted 33 singles on the Hot Country Songs with seven singles reaching the number one. He has sold more than 25 million copies worldwide.
Greenwood is known for his patriotic signature song "God Bless the U.S.A.," which was originally released in the spring of 1984 and became a popular song, especially among members of the Republican Party (of which Greenwood is a member). That summer, it was included in a film about President Ronald Reagan, the Republican presidential nominee, that was shown at the 1984 Republican National Convention. "God Bless the U.S.A." gained prominence during the 1988 United States presidential election campaign, when Greenwood performed the song at the 1988 Republican National Convention and at rallies for the Republican nominee, George H. W. Bush. The song was also featured in television advertisements for Bush. It later became popular again during the Gulf War in 1991 and after the September 11 attacks (becoming his highest charting pop hit, reaching number 16 on the Billboard Hot 100), and again during the 2016, 2020 and 2024 presidential elections as President Donald Trump's rally introduction track.
His seven number-ones on the U.S. Hot Country Songs list in his career: "Somebody's Gonna Love You", "Going, Going, Gone", "Dixie Road", "I Don't Mind the Thorns (If You're the Rose)", "Don't Underestimate My Love For You", "Hearts Aren't Made to Break (They're Made to Love)", and "Mornin' Ride". His 1983 single "I.O.U." was also a top-five hit on the adult contemporary charts, and a number 53 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Early life
Greenwood was born in 1942 in South Gate, California, a few miles south of Los Angeles. He has German, English, Irish, Scottish ancestry. His father joined the U.S. Navy after the bombing of Pearl Harbor and his mother was a piano player who had several jobs. After his parents separated, he grew up in Sacramento, on the farm of his maternal grandparents. At the age of seven, he started singing in church.
Greenwood did not serve in the United States military despite the universal draft at the time. He has said that he was given a 3A deferment for family hardship due to having children at age 17. He eloped to Reno, Nevada, with his first wife, Edna Greenwood, in 1960.
Career
Greenwood founded his first band, The Apollos, in 1962. The band, which changed its name later to Lee Greenwood Affair, played mostly pop music and appeared mostly in casinos in Las Vegas, Nevada. In 1969, he joined the Chester Smith Band and had his first television appearance. A short time later, he worked with the country musician Del Reeves. A few records were recorded in Los Angeles with the Paramount label. After the band broke up in the 1970s, Greenwood moved back to Las Vegas, where he worked as a blackjack dealer during the day and as a singer at night.
In 1979, he was "discovered" in Reno, Nevada, by Larry McFaden, the bandleader and bassist for Mel Tillis. After making some demo tapes, Greenwood was signed in 1981 by the Nashville division of the MCA label (which had recently absorbed the Paramount label), and McFaden became his manager.
The first single, the Jan Crutchfield-penned "It Turns Me Inside Out", made it to a spot in the top 20 of the country chart in 1981. The song had been written for Kenny Rogers, Rogers recorded a version but decided to pass on it due to the sheer volume of songs he had been offered to record at the time. "Ring on Her Finger, Time on Her Hands" landed him in the country top 10. Each song was marketed heavily, particularly in the South Florida market by MCA Account Service Representative, Brad Fitzgerald, among others.
Greenwood is known for writing and recording "God Bless the U.S.A." in the early 1980s, and later "God Bless You Canada". The song gained renewed popularity following the launch of Operation: Desert Storm in 1991, and again, 10 years later, following the September 11 attacks. "God Bless the U.S.A." re-entered the top 20 of the country charts in late 2001. Since then, Greenwood has played across the US, at many public events and commemorations of the attacks.
The day before the inauguration of Donald Trump in 2017, Greenwood performed at the Make America Great! Welcome Celebration. "God Bless the U.S.A." was used by Donald Trump as one of his campaign songs during the 2016 presidential election and the 2018 midterm elections, and was used again during the 2020 presidential election.
Greenwood performed for Marsha Blackburn after her victory in her Senate election.
On May 19, 2018, Lee Greenwood was awarded the Mississippi Music Project (MMP) Award for his lifelong contribution to the music industry. He was inducted into the MMP Hall of Fame by Commander Joseph W. Clark, an honor shared by Elvis Presley tribute musician David Fontana, reality TV star and erstwhile country singer Joe Exotic, and notable others.
Greenwood made a surprise appearance at the 2024 RNC Convention on July 15, 2024, and performed "God Bless the U.S.A" while then former-President Donald Trump, the 2024 Republican Presidential Nominee, entered the arena which served as Trump's first appearance at a public event since surviving an assassination attempt two days prior.
National Council on the Arts
In September 2008, President George W. Bush nominated Greenwood to succeed Makoto Fujimura for a six-year term to the National Council on the Arts expiring in 2014. He was confirmed by the Senate via voice vote in October 2008. In 2015, President Barack Obama nominated Esperanza Spalding to succeed Greenwood; however, the nomination was not acted upon by the Senate, allowing Greenwood to continuing serving under Presidents Barack Obama and Donald Trump until the Senate confirmed a nominated successor. In June 2021, President Joe Biden nominated Kamilah Forbes to succeed Greenwood. In September 2021, Greenwood told Fox and Friends that the Biden administration sent him an email informing him that the president had already nominated his replacement on the National Council on the Arts and expressed his "shock" at being replaced. Forbes got confirmed by the Senate on February 17, 2022, via voice vote.
Theater
In 1995, Greenwood took a break from his touring schedule to spend more time with his family. In his time off, he elected to build a theater in Sevierville, Tennessee, and in April 1996, the Lee Greenwood Theater opened its doors. This gave Greenwood the opportunity to perform daily shows, in addition to being with his family. The theater operated for five seasons, and closed for Greenwood to continue touring. The former theater building is host to a church.
The "God Bless the USA" Bible
In May 2021, to commemorate the September 11 attacks, Greenwood published the God Bless the U.S.A. Bible. This edition of the Bible has the U.S. flag on its leather cover and includes the texts of the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, the Pledge of Allegiance, and the chorus of "God Bless the USA" in Greenwood's handwriting. These augmentations have sparked controversy among certain Christians, who argue that it violates Scriptural prohibitions, such as those contained in Deuteronomy 4:2 and Revelation 22:18, against "add[ing] anything" to "the commands of the Lord your God." The text of the Bible was intended to be the New International Version, but Zondervan, the division of HarperCollins that owns the rights to the New International Version, withheld them rather than associate Christianity with U.S. nationalism, and it used the King James Version, which is in the public domain in the United States. It created further controversy in 2024 when former president Donald Trump promoted a new edition of it that later became known as printed in China.
Family
Greenwood is married to former Miss Tennessee USA Kimberly Payne, his fourth wife and fifth marriage. The former Miss Payne is 25 years his junior. They have two sons together, Dalton and Parker Greenwood. Previously he was married four times, the first two of them to Edna Greenwood, whom he divorced and remarried. The second was Melanie Cronk, and the third was Roberta Taylor. He has four children from his earlier marriages.
Discography
References
Further reading
Wood, Gerry (1998). "Lee Greenwood". In The Encyclopedia of Country Music. Paul Kingsbury, Editor. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 212–213.
External links
Official website
Appearances on C-SPAN
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Melvin Lee Greenwood [1] (born October 27, 1942) [2] is an American country music singer. [3] Active since 1962, he won a Grammy Award and he has charted 33 singles on the Hot Country Songs with 7 singles reaching the number one.
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Nov 13, 2023 · In a new podcast interview with The Brilyn Hollyhand Show, Lee Greenwood announced that he will be retiring after an impressive 40-year career. Greenwood, best known for his song “God Bless the U.S.A.,” told the show’s host, 17-year-old Hollyhand, that rumors of his retirement aren’t just rumors.
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Jul 15, 2022 · Melvin Lee Greenwood is an American singer-songwriter of country music. Additionally, he is a saxophonist. He has been performing since 1962 and has amassed more than 20 major-label albums and more than 35 singles that have reached the top 35 on the Billboard country music charts.
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Lee Greenwood has won numerous industry awards including, Male Vocalist of the Year from the Academy of Country Music in 1983, two Male Vocalist of the Year awards from the Country Music Association in 1983 & 1984 and a Grammy for Top Male Vocal Performance in 1985 for “I.O.U.”.
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Nov 13, 2023 · Lee Greenwood — most known for his signature song "God Bless the U.S.A." — confirmed he would be retiring at the end of his 2024 tour during an interview with Brilyn Hollyhand.
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Born on October 27, 1942, in South Gate, California, Lee Greenwood is an American country musician. Over the course of his career that began in the early 1980s, Greenwood has released more than twenty albums on major labels, along with over thirty-five singles that consistently topped the country charts.
