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Toby Keith Covel grew up in Clinton, Oklahoma, before moving with his family to Moore. His early years were shaped by summers spent at his grandmother’s supper club in Fort Smith, Arkansas, where he first picked up a guitar at age eight and occasionally joined musicians on the bandstand. After graduating from Moore High School, Keith worked as a derrick hand in Oklahoma’s oil fields while performing with his band, Easy Money.
Keith turned his full attention to music after the Oklahoma oil industry declined in the early 1980s. Following a brief attempt to play semi-professional football, he began performing throughout Oklahoma and Texas. His persistence paid off when he signed with Mercury Nashville and released “Should’ve Been a Cowboy” in 1993. The song reached number one on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart and became the most-played country song of the 1990s.
Keith released 21 studio albums, including the Christmas collections Christmas to Christmas and A Classic Christmas. His early albums Toby Keith, Boomtown, Blue Moon, and Dream Walkin’ established him as a consistent country hitmaker. How Do You Like Me Now?!, released in 1999, marked a major commercial breakthrough, while its title track became Billboard’s number-one country song of 2000.
During the early 2000s, Keith dominated country radio with Pull My Chain, Unleashed, and Shock’n Y’all. His catalog produced 20 number-one singles on Billboard’s country chart, including “I’m Just Talkin’ About Tonight,” “I Wanna Talk About Me,” “My List,” “Beer for My Horses,” “Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue (The Angry American),” “American Soldier,” and “As Good as I Once Was.”
Keith’s songs frequently combined humor, direct storytelling, patriotism, and blue-collar observation. His best-known recordings also include “He Ain’t Worth Missing,” “Wish I Didn’t Know Now,” “Who’s That Man,” “You Shouldn’t Kiss Me Like This,” “I Love This Bar,” “Whiskey Girl,” “Made in America,” and “Red Solo Cup.”
His songwriting earned him induction into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2015. Keith received seven Grammy nominations, along with awards from the Academy of Country Music, Country Music Association, and American Music Awards. He received the National Medal of Arts in January 2021.
Keith also pursued business ventures that gave him greater control over his work. He founded Show Dog Nashville in 2005, later operating as Show Dog-Universal Music, and opened the Toby Keith’s I Love This Bar & Grill restaurant chain. His work outside the recording studio included acting in Broken Bridges and co-writing and starring in Beer for My Horses.
Keith maintained a long relationship with the United Service Organizations and completed 18 USO tours in support of American military personnel. His concerts for service members became one of the defining parts of his public life.
After announcing that he had been diagnosed with stomach cancer, Keith returned to the stage for performances in Las Vegas in December 2023. He died on February 5, 2024, at age 62. Keith had been elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame shortly before his death and was formally inducted posthumously on October 20, 2024.
Posthumous releases continued to expand his catalog. A remastered edition of Christmas to Christmas added “Old Toy Trains” in 2024, and the previously unreleased “End of the Night (Demo)” arrived in 2025. His music also continued to receive new certifications and renewed chart attention.
Keith sold more than 30 million albums in the United States and placed 65 singles on Billboard’s country chart. His lasting appeal rests on the combination of an unmistakable baritone voice, direct songwriting, humor, patriotism, and the independent streak that guided his career.
Complete List Of Toby Keith Songs From A to Z
- “10 Foot Pole” – 35 MPH Town – 2015
- “11 Months And 29 Days” – Bullets in the Gun – 2010
- “35 MPH Town” – 35 MPH Town – 2015
- “A Little Less Talk and a Lot More Action” – Toby Keith – 1993
- “A Little Too Late” – White Trash with Money – 2006
- “A Woman’s Touch” – Blue Moon – 1996
- “Ain’t Breakin’ Nothin'” – Bullets in the Gun – 2010
- “Ain’t It Just Like You” – Unleashed – 2002
- “Ain’t No Right Way” – White Trash with Money – 2006
- “Ain’t No Thang” – Toby Keith – 1993
- “All I Want for Christmas” – Christmas to Christmas – 1995
- “American Ride” – American Ride – 2009
- “American Soldier” – Shock’n Y’all – 2003
- “Are You Feelin’ Me?” – American Ride – 2009
- “As Good as I Once Was” – Honkytonk University – 2005
- “Away in a Manger” – A Classic Christmas – 2007
- “Baddest Boots” – Shock’n Y’all – 2003
- “Ballad of Balad” – American Ride – 2009
- “Beautiful Stranger” – 35 MPH Town – 2015
- “Beer for My Horses” – Unleashed – 2002
- “Beers Ago” – Clancy’s Tavern – 2011
- “Beers Ago (Jason Nevins Remix)” – Hope on the Rocks – 2012
- “Before We Knew They Were Good” – Drinks After Work – 2013
- “Bethlehem in Birmingham” – Christmas to Christmas – 1995
- “Big Blue Note” – Honkytonk University – 2005
- “Big Dog Daddy” – Big Dog Daddy – 2007
- “Big Ol’ Truck” – Boomtown – 1994
- “Blame It on the Mistletoe” – Christmas to Christmas – 1995
- “Blue Bedroom” – How Do You Like Me Now?! – 1999
- “Boomtown” – Boomtown – 1994
- “Brand New Bow” – White Trash with Money – 2006
- “Bullets in the Gun” – Bullets in the Gun – 2010
- “Burnin’ Moonlight” – Big Dog Daddy – 2007
- “Cabo San Lucas” – That Don’t Make Me a Bad Guy – 2008
- “Call a Marine” – Drinks After Work – 2013
- “Can’t Buy You Money” – White Trash with Money – 2006
- “Chill-Axin'” – Clancy’s Tavern – 2011
- “Christmas Rock” – Christmas to Christmas – 1995
- “Christmas to Christmas” – Christmas to Christmas – 1995
- “Chuckie’s Gone” – Drinks After Work – 2013
- “Chug-a-Lug” – Bullets in the Gun – 2010
- “Clancy’s Tavern” – Clancy’s Tavern – 2011
- “Close but No Guitar” – Toby Keith – 1993
- “Closin’ Time at Home” – Blue Moon – 1996
- “Club Zydeco Moon” – Clancy’s Tavern – 2011
- “Cold Beer Country” – Hope on the Rocks – 2012
- “Country Comes to Town” – How Do You Like Me Now?! – 1999
- “Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue (The Angry American)” – Unleashed – 2002
- “Crash Here Tonight” – White Trash with Money – 2006
- “Creole Woman” – That Don’t Make Me a Bad Guy – 2008
- “Cryin’ for Me (Wayman’s Song)” – American Ride – 2009
- “Daddy Mac” – Toby Keith – 1993
- “Days I Shoulda Died” – Peso in My Pocket – 2021
- “Die with Your Boots On” – How Do You Like Me Now?! – 1999
- “Do I Know You (Bottom of My Heart)” – How Do You Like Me Now?! – 1999
- “Does That Blue Moon Ever Shine on You” – Blue Moon – 1996
- “Don’t Leave, I Think I Love You” – Shock’n Y’all – 2003
- “Don’t Let the Old Man In” – The Mule – 2018
- “Double Wide Paradise” – Dream Walkin’ – 1997
- “Dream Walkin'” – Dream Walkin’ – 1997
- “Drinks After Work” – Drinks After Work – 2013
- “Drive It on Home” – Bullets in the Gun – 2010
- “Drunk Americans” – 35 MPH Town – 2015
- “End of the Night (Demo)” – End of the Night (Demo) – Single – 2025
- “Every Dog Has Its Day” – American Ride – 2009
- “Every Night” – Blue Moon – 1996
- “Every Time I Drink I Fall in Love” – 35 MPH Town – 2015
- “Forever Hasn’t Got Here Yet” – Pull My Chain – 2001
- “Frosty the Snowman” – A Classic Christmas – 2007
- “Get Drunk and Be Somebody” – White Trash with Money – 2006
- “Get Got” – Hope on the Rocks – 2012
- “Get My Drink On” – Big Dog Daddy – 2007
- “Get Out of My Car” – Bullets in the Gun – 2010
- “Get Out of My Car (Live)” – Hope on the Rocks – 2012
- “Getcha Some” – Greatest Hits Volume One – 1998
- “Gimme 8 Seconds” – Pull My Chain – 2001
- “Go Tell It on the Mountain” – A Classic Christmas – 2007
- “Go with Her” – Greatest Hits 2 – 2004
- “God Love Her” – That Don’t Make Me a Bad Guy – 2008
- “God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen” – A Classic Christmas – 2007
- “Good Gets Here” – 35 MPH Town – 2015
- “Good to Go to Mexico” – Unleashed – 2002
- “Grain of Salt” – White Trash with Money – 2006
- “Growing Up Is a Bitch” – Peso in My Pocket – 2021
- “Gypsy Driftin'” – American Ride – 2009
- “Haggard, Hank & Her” – 35 MPH Town – 2015
- “Happy Birthday America” – Peso in My Pocket – 2021
- “Hard Way to Make an Easy Living” – Drinks After Work – 2013
- “Have I Got a Present for You” – A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All! – 2008
- “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” – A Classic Christmas – 2007
- “Haven’t Had a Drink All Day” – Hope on the Rocks – 2012
- “Haven’t Seen the Last of You” – Hope on the Rocks – 2012
- “He Ain’t Worth Missing” – Toby Keith – 1993
- “Heart to Heart (Stelen’s Song)” – How Do You Like Me Now?! – 1999
- “Hell No” – White Trash with Money – 2006
- “Hello” – Blue Moon – 1996
- “Hey Good Lookin'” (with Jimmy Buffett, Clint Black, Kenny Chesney, Alan Jackson and George Strait) – License to Chill – 2004
- “High Maintenance Woman” – Big Dog Daddy – 2007
- “High Time (You Quit Your Low Down Ways)” – Clancy’s Tavern – 2011
- “Hit It” – Big Dog Daddy – 2007
- “Hold You, Kiss You, Love You” – How Do You Like Me Now?! – 1999
- “Honkytonk U” – Honkytonk University – 2005
- “Hope on the Rocks” – Hope on the Rocks – 2012
- “Hot Rod Sleigh” – Christmas to Christmas – 1995
- “How Do You Like Me Now?!” – How Do You Like Me Now?! – 1999
- “Huckleberry” – Unleashed – 2002
- “Hurt a Lot Worse When You Go” – That Don’t Make Me a Bad Guy – 2008
- “I Ain’t Already There” – White Trash with Money – 2006
- “I Can’t Take You Anywhere” – Pull My Chain – 2001
- “I Don’t Understand My Girlfriend” – Dream Walkin’ – 1997
- “I Got It Bad” – Honkytonk University – 2005
- “I Got It for You Girl” – That Don’t Make Me a Bad Guy – 2008
- “I Know a Wall When I See One” – How Do You Like Me Now?! – 1999
- “I Know She Hung the Moon” – Big Dog Daddy – 2007
- “I Like Girls That Drink Beer” – Hope on the Rocks – 2012
- “I Love This Bar” – Shock’n Y’all – 2003
- “I Need to Hear a Country Song” – Clancy’s Tavern – 2011
- “I Wanna Talk About Me” – Pull My Chain – 2001
- “I Won’t Let You Down” – Clancy’s Tavern – 2011
- “I’ll Be Home for Christmas” – A Classic Christmas – 2007
- “I’ll Probably Be Out Fishin'” – Drinks After Work – 2013
- “I’ll Still Call You Baby” – Toby Keith – 1993
- “I’m Just Talkin’ About Tonight” – Pull My Chain – 2001
- “I’m So Happy I Can’t Stop Crying” – Dream Walkin’ – 1997
- “I’ve Been a Long Time Leaving (But I’ll Be a Long Time Gone)” – Bullets in the Gun – 2010
- “If I Had One” – American Ride – 2009
- “If I Was Jesus” – Shock’n Y’all – 2003
- “If You’re Tryin’ You Ain’t” – American Ride – 2009
- “In a Couple of Days” – Bullets in the Gun – 2010
- “In Other Words” – Boomtown – 1994
- “Is That All You Got” – Bullets in the Gun – 2010
- “It Works for Me” – Unleashed – 2002
- “It’s All Good” – Unleashed – 2002
- “Jacky Don Tucker (Play by the Rules, Miss All the Fun)” – Dream Walkin’ – 1997
- “Jesus Gets Jealous of Santa Claus” – Christmas to Christmas – 1995
- “Joy to the World” – A Classic Christmas – 2007
- “Just Another Sundown” – Clancy’s Tavern – 2011
- “Just the Guy to Do It” – Honkytonk University – 2005
- “Kissin’ in the Rain” – Bullets in the Gun – 2010
- “Knock Yourself Out” – Honkytonk University – 2005
- “Last Living Cowboy” – Drinks After Work – 2013
- “Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow” – A Classic Christmas – 2007
- “Life Was a Play (The World a Stage)” – Boomtown – 1994
- “Little Drummer Boy” – A Classic Christmas – 2007
- “Little Miss Tear Stain” – Drinks After Work – 2013
- “Live Introduction by Toby Keith of ‘Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue (The Angry American)'” – Unleashed – 2002
- “Loaded” – American Ride – 2009
- “Losing My Touch” – Unleashed – 2002
- “Lost You Anyway” – That Don’t Make Me a Bad Guy – 2008
- “Love Me If You Can” – Big Dog Daddy – 2007
- “Lucky Me” – Blue Moon – 1996
- “Made in America” – Clancy’s Tavern – 2011
- “Mama Come Quick” – Toby Keith – 1993
- “Margaritaville” – Drinks After Work – 2013
- “Mary, It’s Christmas” – Christmas to Christmas – 1995
- “Me Too” – Blue Moon – 1996
- “Memphis” – Clancy’s Tavern – 2011
- “Midnight Rider” (with Willie Nelson) – It Always Will Be – 2004
- “Missed You Just Right” – Hope on the Rocks – 2012
- “Missing Me Some You” – That Don’t Make Me a Bad Guy – 2008
- “Mockingbird” (with Krystal Keith) – Greatest Hits 2 – 2004
- “My List” – Pull My Chain – 2001
- “New Orleans” – How Do You Like Me Now?! – 1999
- “Nights I Can’t Remember, Friends I’ll Never Forget” – Shock’n Y’all – 2003
- “No Honor Among Thieves” – Boomtown – 1994
- “Note to Self” – White Trash with Money – 2006
- “O Come All Ye Faithful” – A Classic Christmas – 2007
- “O Little Town of Bethlehem” – A Classic Christmas – 2007
- “Oklahoma Breakdown” – Peso in My Pocket – 2021
- “Old Me Better” – Peso in My Pocket – 2021
- “Old School” – Peso in My Pocket – 2021
- “Old Toy Trains” – Christmas to Christmas (2024 Remaster) – 2024
- “Peso in My Pocket” – Peso in My Pocket – 2021
- “Pick ‘Em Up and Lay ‘Em Down” – Pull My Chain – 2001
- “Please Come Home for Christmas” – A Classic Christmas – 2007
- “Pull My Chain” – Pull My Chain – 2001
- “Pump Jack” – Big Dog Daddy – 2007
- “Red Solo Cup” – Clancy’s Tavern – 2011
- “Red Solo Cup (Johnny Mac Remix)” – Hope on the Rocks – 2012
- “Rock You Baby” – Unleashed – 2002
- “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” – A Classic Christmas – 2007
- “Rodeo Moon” – Unleashed – 2002
- “Rum Is the Reason” – 35 MPH Town – 2015
- “Runnin’ Block” – White Trash with Money – 2006
- “Sailboat for Sale” – 35 MPH Town – 2015
- “Santa’s Gonna Take It All Back” – Christmas to Christmas – 1995
- “Santa, I’m Right Here” – Christmas to Christmas – 1995
- “Scat Cat” – Hope on the Rocks – 2012
- “Shambala” – Clancy’s Tavern – 2011
- “She Ain’t Hooked on Me No More” – Honkytonk University – 2005
- “She Left Me” – Honkytonk University – 2005
- “She Never Cried in Front of Me” – That Don’t Make Me a Bad Guy – 2008
- “She Only Gets That Way with Me” – How Do You Like Me Now?! – 1999
- “She Ran Away with a Rodeo Clown” – Dream Walkin’ – 1997
- “She’s a Hottie” – 35 Biggest Hits – 2008
- “She’s Drinkin’ Again” – Peso in My Pocket – 2021
- “She’s Gonna Get It” – Blue Moon – 1996
- “She’s Perfect” – Blue Moon – 1996
- “Ships That Don’t Come In” (Joe Diffie featuring Toby Keith and Luke Combs) – HIXTAPE: Vol. 3: DIFFTAPE – 2024
- “Shitty Golfer” – The Bus Songs – 2017
- “Should’ve Been a Cowboy” – Toby Keith – 1993
- “Should’ve Been a Cowboy (VAVO Remix)” – Should’ve Been a Cowboy (VAVO Remix) – Single – 2025
- “Show Me What You’re Workin’ With” – Drinks After Work – 2013
- “Shut Up and Hold On” – Drinks After Work – 2013
- “Silent Night” – A Classic Christmas – 2007
- “Silver Bells” – A Classic Christmas – 2007
- “Some Kinda Good Kinda Hold on Me” – Toby Keith – 1993
- “Somewhere Else” – Bullets in the Gun – 2010
- “South of You” – Clancy’s Tavern – 2011
- “Stays in Mexico” – Greatest Hits 2 – 2004
- “Strangers Again” – Dream Walkin’ – 1997
- “Sundown” – Bullets in the Gun – 2010
- “Sweet” – Shock’n Y’all – 2003
- “Take a Look at My Heart” – Peso in My Pocket – 2021
- “Tender as I Wanna Be” – American Ride – 2009
- “That Don’t Make Me a Bad Guy” – That Don’t Make Me a Bad Guy – 2008
- “That’s Country Bro” – Greatest Hits: The Show Dog Years – 2019
- “That’s Not How It Is” – Unleashed – 2002
- “The Christmas Song” – A Classic Christmas – 2007
- “The Critic” – Shock’n Y’all – 2003
- “The First Noel” – A Classic Christmas – 2007
- “The Lonely” – Blue Moon – 1996
- “The Night Before Christmas” – Christmas to Christmas – 1995
- “The Other Side of Him” – Drinks After Work – 2013
- “The Sha La La Song” – Pull My Chain – 2001
- “The Size I Wear” – Hope on the Rocks – 2012
- “The Taliban Song” – Shock’n Y’all – 2003
- “The Worst Country Song of All Time” (Brantley Gilbert featuring Toby Keith and Hardy) – The Worst Country Song of All Time – Single – 2021
- “Things a Mama Don’t Know” (Mica Roberts featuring Toby Keith) – Days You Live For – 2008
- “Think About You All of the Time” – Bullets in the Gun – 2010
- “Thunderbird” – Peso in My Pocket – 2021
- “Time Flies” (Colt Ford featuring Toby Keith) – Love Hope Faith – 2017
- “Time for Me to Ride” – Shock’n Y’all – 2003
- “Time That It Would Take” – That Don’t Make Me a Bad Guy – 2008
- “Tired” – Dream Walkin’ – 1997
- “Too Far This Time” – White Trash with Money – 2006
- “Tossin’ and Turnin'” – Toby Keith – 1993
- “Trailerhood” – Bullets in the Gun – 2010
- “Truck Drivin’ Man” – Clancy’s Tavern – 2011
- “Tryin’ to Fall in Love” – Clancy’s Tavern – 2011
- “Tryin’ to Matter” – Pull My Chain – 2001
- “Under the Fall” – Toby Keith – 1993
- “Upstairs Downtown” – Boomtown – 1994
- “Valentine” – Toby Keith – 1993
- “Victoria’s Secret” – Boomtown – 1994
- “Wacky Tobaccy” – The Bus Songs – 2017
- “Walk It Off” – Big Dog Daddy – 2007
- “We Three Kings” – A Classic Christmas – 2007
- “We Were in Love” – Dream Walkin’ – 1997
- “Weed with Willie” – Shock’n Y’all – 2003
- “What Made the Baby Cry?” – Christmas to Christmas – 1995
- “What She Left Behind” – 35 MPH Town – 2015
- “What’s Up Cuz” – What’s Up Cuz – Single – 2020
- “When Love Fades” – How Do You Like Me Now?! – 1999
- “Where You Gonna Go” – Honkytonk University – 2005
- “Whiskey Girl” – Shock’n Y’all – 2003
- “Whiskey Girl (Live)” – Hope on the Rocks – 2012
- “White Christmas” – A Classic Christmas – 2007
- “White Rose” – Big Dog Daddy – 2007
- “Who’s That Man” – Boomtown – 1994
- “Who’s Your Daddy?” – Unleashed – 2002
- “Whole Lot More Than That” – Drinks After Work – 2013
- “Winter Wonderland” – A Classic Christmas – 2007
- “Wish I Didn’t Know Now” – Toby Keith – 1993
- “Woke Up on My Own” – American Ride – 2009
- “Woman Behind the Man” – Boomtown – 1994
- “Wouldn’t Wanna Be Ya” – Big Dog Daddy – 2007
- “Yesterday’s Rain” – Pull My Chain – 2001
- “Yet” – Dream Walkin’ – 1997
- “You Ain’t Alone” – Hope on the Rocks – 2012
- “You Ain’t Leavin’ (Thank God Are Ya)” – Honkytonk University – 2005
- “You Ain’t Much Fun” – Boomtown – 1994
- “You Already Love Me” – That Don’t Make Me a Bad Guy – 2008
- “You Can’t Read My Mind” – American Ride – 2009
- “You Caught Me at a Bad Time” – Honkytonk University – 2005
- “You Didn’t Have as Much to Lose” – Pull My Chain – 2001
- “You Don’t Anymore” – Dream Walkin’ – 1997
- “You Leave Me Weak” – Pull My Chain – 2001
- “You Shouldn’t Kiss Me Like This” – How Do You Like Me Now?! – 1999
- “Your Smile” – Honkytonk University – 2005
Toby Keith Studio Albums
Toby Keith (1993)
Boomtown (1994)
Christmas to Christmas (1995)
Blue Moon (1996)
Dream Walkin’ (1997)
How Do You Like Me Now?! (1999)
Pull My Chain (2001)
Unleashed (2002)
Shock’n Y’all (2003)
Honkytonk University (2005)
White Trash with Money (2006)
Big Dog Daddy (2007)
A Classic Christmas (2007)
That Don’t Make Me a Bad Guy (2008)
American Ride (2009)
Bullets in the Gun (2010)
Clancy’s Tavern (2011)
Hope on the Rocks (2012)
Drinks After Work (2013)
35 MPH Town (2015)
Peso in My Pocket (2021)
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