Dwight Yoakam

American country singer-songwriter, actor, and film director

Dwight Yoakam is an American country singer-songwriter, actor, and film director. He released the album Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc., and soon later the hit single Streets of Bakersfield with Buck Owens and achieved his first No. 1 Hot Country Single.

Some of Yoakam's most popular songs include A Thousand Miles From Nowhere, Ain't That Lonely Yet, and Guitars, Cadillacs. He went on to release many more albums, including Hillbilly Deluxe, If There Was a Way, This Time, and Brighter Days.

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The LA Report LA mayoral race shakeup, Students protest ICE, Dwight Yoakam's LA roots — Saturday Edition Daily News
L.A. City Councilmember Nithya Raman has entered the mayoral race just hours before the deadline. Thousands of students joined walkouts Friday to protest the Trump administration’s militarized crackdown on immigrants. Singer-songwriter Dwight Yoakam talks about coming up in the clubs of L.A. and the San Fernando Valley and benefit concert for Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. Plus, moreSupport The L.A. Report by donating at LAist.com/join and by visiting https://laist.comVisit www.preppi.com/LAist to receive a FREE Preppi Emergency Kit (with any purchase over $100) and be prepared for the next wildfire, earthquake or emergency!Support the show: https://laist.com

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Dwight Yoakam on Apple Music

Albums

The Very Best of Dwight Yoakam

2004
This Time

1993

Singles & EPs

Heart Burn - Single

2024
Pretty Horses - Single

2018

Dwight Yoakam on Apple TV

Movies

Four Christmases Comedy · 2008
Crank Action · 2006
Crank: High Voltage Action · 2009

About

FROM: Pikeville, KY, United States
BORN: October 23, 1956
GENRE: Country