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5/28/2007, 09:23 PM
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Oklahoma to honor native son Toby Keith
The Associated Press- Toby Keith is among eight people, including the new majority owner of an NBA franchise and a civil rights pioneer, chosen to be inducted into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame.
The hall was established in 1928 and has 613 members.
Keith, who was born in Clinton, Okla., and now lives in Norman, has performed 22 No. 1 country hits, including his debut single, “Should’ve Been A Cowboy.” He has sold 30 million CDs.
Oklahoma City businessman Clay Bennett led a group of investors to purchase the NBA’s Seattle SuperSonics last year. Also in the class are civil rights activist Clara Luper, a Hoffman native, and Muskogee native Linda K. Twine, a renowned conductor, composer and music educator.
Luper coordinated one of the nation’s early publicized sit-ins at a drugstore lunch counter in Oklahoma City.
Twine’s Broadway credits include “The Color Purple,” “Caroline, or Change,” “A Year with Frog and Toad,” “Jelly’s Last Jam,” “Big River,” “Ain’t Misbehavin’” and “The Wiz.”
The induction banquet will be Nov. 8 in Oklahoma City.
Oklahoma to honor native son Toby Keith
The Associated Press- Toby Keith is among eight people, including the new majority owner of an NBA franchise and a civil rights pioneer, chosen to be inducted into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame.
The hall was established in 1928 and has 613 members.
Keith, who was born in Clinton, Okla., and now lives in Norman, has performed 22 No. 1 country hits, including his debut single, “Should’ve Been A Cowboy.” He has sold 30 million CDs.
Oklahoma City businessman Clay Bennett led a group of investors to purchase the NBA’s Seattle SuperSonics last year. Also in the class are civil rights activist Clara Luper, a Hoffman native, and Muskogee native Linda K. Twine, a renowned conductor, composer and music educator.
Luper coordinated one of the nation’s early publicized sit-ins at a drugstore lunch counter in Oklahoma City.
Twine’s Broadway credits include “The Color Purple,” “Caroline, or Change,” “A Year with Frog and Toad,” “Jelly’s Last Jam,” “Big River,” “Ain’t Misbehavin’” and “The Wiz.”
The induction banquet will be Nov. 8 in Oklahoma City.