| Terri Clark Facts |
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Birth name: |
Terri Lynne Sauson |
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Birthdate: |
Aug. 5, 1968 |
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Birth place: |
Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
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Raised: |
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada |
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Hair color: |
Dark Brown |
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Eye color: |
Hazel |
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Height: |
5 ft. 11 |
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Tattoo: |
In 2001, Terri had the maple leaf from the Canadian flag tattooed onto her right shoulder. |
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Instruments played: |
Guitar, Cowbell |
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Label: |
Mercury |
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Tattoo: |
In 2001, Terri had the maple leaf from the Canadian flag tattooed onto her right shoulder |
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Marital status: |
divorced musician Ted Stevenson in 1996 after six years of marriage; she's currently single. |
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Deep are the roots: |
Terri's maternal grandparents, Ray and Betty Gauthier, were performerso n the Canadian country music circuit and opened shows for Johnny Cash, George Jones, Little Jimmy Dickens and others. "They ritired from performing before I was born," she recalls, "but I used to go over to these jam sessions at their house. They'd sing and play guitar with all their musical friends, and I'd just watch for hours." |
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Musical influences: |
Loretta Lynn, Patsy Cline, Barbara Mandrell, Reba McEntire, The Judds. |
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Previous jobs: |
dishwasher at a Chinese restaurant, waitress, secretary at a carpet-cleaning company, boot seller and house singer at Nashville's legendary Tootsie's Orchid Lounge. |
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Early days in Nashville: |
"I was a little chunky back then," says Terri, who moved to Music City in 1987. "I had bigger hair and used to wear these long untucked shirts with pants and cowboy boots. I would tuck my pants into my cowboy boots and wear a scarf like Patsy Cline. I used to traipse from the bus stop to Tootsie's Lounge with my guitar wrapped around my wrist with a shoestring to keep someone from stealing it. That was me." |
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Favorite albums: |
Surfacing by Sara McLachlan, Happy? by Jann Arden, Why Not Me by The Judds, Absolute Torch and Twang by k.d. lang, Yourself Or Someone Like You by matchbox twenty. |
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Favorite movie: |
Shrek |
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Favorite actor: |
Matthew McConaughey |
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Favorite TV show: |
Six Feet Under |
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Favorite foods: |
Pizza Hut pan pizza with pepperoni, mushrooms and cheese; prime rib; french fries and gravy; chocolate covered almonds. |
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Her take on life: |
"I generally like to have fun. I always laugh at myself. We're human beings; we're funny. God had a sense of humor, that's why he created us." |
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Gold album: |
How I Feel (1998) |
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Platinum albums: |
Terri Clark (1995), Just The Same (1996) |
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Billboard Top 10 singles: |
"Better Things To Do" (No. 3, 1995)
"When Boy Meets Girl" (No. 3, 1995)
"If I Were You" (No. 8, 1996)
"Poor, Poor Pitiful Me" (No. 5, 1996)
"Emotional Girl" (No. 10, 1997)
"Now That I Found You" (No. 2, 1998)
"You're Easy On The Eyes" (No. 1, 1998)
"I Just Wanna Be Mad" (No. 2, 2003)
"I Wanna Do It All" (No. 3, 2004)
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