Country Pop Bites: Randy Travis – December 2

Did you know that on this day in Country Music History in 1989 Randy Travis went to #1 on the Billboard country chart with "It's Just A Matter Of Time"?

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Here are 5 little known truths about Randy Travis_.

• Randy Traywick, best known as Randy Travis, was born on May 4, 1959, in Marshville, North Carolina.
• He was raised on a modest farm, where he was training horses and working cattle by the age of 6.
• As a child, he admired the music of the legendary country artists Hank Williams, Lefty Frizell, and Gene Autry.
• Estranged from his family, he dropped out of school and briefly held a job as a construction worker.
• He was on the verge of being sent to prison at 18 years old, when he met Elizabeth Hatcher, a manager of a nightclub where he performed in Charlotte, North Carolina. Seeing promise in his music, Hatcher convinced a judge to let her become Randy's legal guardian.