Curiosidades

With younger brothers, Steve Gatlin and Rudy Gatlin, formed Larry Gatlin & The Gatlin Brothers Band.

Joined the Grand Ole Opry with his brothers in 1976.

His son, Josh Cash Gatlin (named for Johnny Cash, is the manager of the Gatlin Brothers Band) [June 27, 2009].

Other major hits in the Gatlins' career were "Broken Lady" (1976); "Statues Without Hearts," "I Don't Wanna Cry" and "Love is Just a Game" (1977); "Night Time Magic" (1978); "I've Done Enough Dying Today" (1979); "Takin' Somebody With Me When I Fall" and "Take Me to Your Lovin' Place" (1980); "What are We Doin' Lonesome" (1981); "Sure Feels Like Love" (1982); "Denver" and "The Lady Takes the Cowboy Every Time" (1984); "Nothing But Your Love Matters" and "She Used to be Somebody's Baby" (1986); "Talkin' to the Moon" (1987); and "Love of a Lifetime" (1988).

Was a wide receiver on the University of Houston football team and on November 23,1968 scored a touchdown in Houston's 100-6 win over the University of Tulsa; one of the most lopsided games in modern college football history.

Country singer and songwriter.

His youngest daughter, Heather Lyn Gatlin, was born on May 2, 1986 in Nashville, TN.

FoxNews.com contributor.

Had a long string of country hits from 1974 through 1988, with three of their 17 top 10 songs reaching No. 1 on Billboard magazine's country singles chart -- "I Just Wish You Were Someone I Love" (1978); "All the Gold in California" (1979); and "Houston (Means I'm One Day Closer to You" (1983).