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Clint Patrick Black (born February 4, 1962 in Long
Branch, New Jersey, United States|USA) is a
country music singer, songwriter and producer. 
Growing up in Katy, Texas as the youngest of four
brothers, Black took a passionate interest in
music at age 13 teaching himself to play the
harmonica and then guitar and bass guitar|bass. He
dropped out of high school to play in his
brother's band and played the local club circuit
around Houston, Texas as he also ventured into
songwriter|songwriting.  Soon, he and Hayden
Nicholas began playing and writing songs together,
soon signing with Bill Hamm (manager of ZZ Top,
among others) at RCA Records. To date Black has
charted a total of no less than 28 top 5 hit
singles and sold several million albums worldwide.

Black's first single, "A Better Man", was a #1
hit, as was his debut album Killin' Time.  Clint
Black swept the Country Music Association's awards
in 1989, winning in six different categories. 
Killin' Time spawned three hits besides "A Better
Man": "Killin' Time", "Nobody's Home" and "Walkin'
Away".

Black's second album, Put Yourself in My Shoes,
was a critical failure but still included several
hit singles, most notably "Loving Blind" and
"Where Are You Now".  He began touring with
Alabama (band)|Alabama and soon married actress
Lisa Hartman.  A royalty-lawsuit with Bill Ham was
ongoing while Black recorded his third album, The
Hard Way, which received mixed reviews but became
almost as successful as the previous two.  "We
Tell Ourselves", the first single, was a #1 hit. 
His next albums, No Time to Kill, One Emotion and
Nothin' But the Tailights were popular within the
country music scene, but he has not been able to
regain his stature in the mainstream market.  He
was one of the best-selling country singers of the
1990s.

Black left RCA. He and his wife have a daughter,
Lily Pearl and live in Nashville, Tennessee. He
helped form the record label, Equity Music Group,
of which he is part owner and flagship artist.
Equity produced its first album, Spend My Time by
Clint Black, in March, 2004.

For his contribution to the recording industry,
Clint Black has a star on the Hollywood Walk of
Fame at 7080 Hollywood Blvd.


==Samples==
*Media:Killin'Time.ogg|Download sample of "Killin'
Time" from Killin' Time