乔治·斯特雷特（英语：George Strait，1952年5月18日－），美国乡村音乐歌手。\r George strait 是一名美国的乡村音乐歌手，演员。有“乡村音乐之王”之称，很多评论家认为，George strait的整个生涯是一段传奇。2009年George凭借着Troubadour这张专辑获得格莱美奖。\r 1952年5月18日斯特雷特在美国得克萨斯州皮索尔出生，高中毕业后上了大学但是很快就退学，和他高中时期女朋友诺尔马（Norma）去墨西哥私奔结婚，但是几个星期之后在得克萨斯州的一个教党里再一次举行了婚姻典礼。\r 他1971年入伍美国陆军，分配到夏威夷州，参加了军队音乐队漫步乡村（Rambling Country）。\r 1975年退伍之后，进入大学，学写农业专业，1979年毕业。\r 斯特雷特和妻子诺尔马住在得克萨斯州Cotulla的农场。他们女儿Jenifer1972年出生在夏威夷，但是很悲惨于1986年由汽车事故去世了，曾经排名Billboard 乡村榜第一的歌曲“Baby Blue”就是为纪念他女儿而作，他的儿子乔治（George Jr.）于1981年出生。\r 史瑞爱好钓鱼，高尔夫球，和骑摩托车。\r Out of all the new country singers to emerge in the early 80s, George Strait stayed the closest to traditional country. Drawing from both the honky tonk and Western swing traditions, Strait didnt refashion the genres; instead, he revitalized them for a new decade. In the process, he became one of the most popular and influential singers of the decade, sparking a wave of neo-traditionalist singers from Randy Travis and Dwight Yoakam to Clint Black, Garth Brooks, and Alan Jackson.\r \r Strait was born and raised in Texas, the son of a junior high school teacher who also owned and operated a ranch that had been in the Strait family for nearly hundred years. When George was a child, his mother left the family, taking her daughter but leaving behind her sons with the father. During his childhood, he would spend his weekdays in town and his weekends on the ranch. Strait began playing music as a teenager, joining a rock & roll garage band.\r \r After his high-school graduation in the late 60s, Strait enrolled in college but soon dropped out and eloped with his high school sweetheart, Norma. In 1971, Strait enlisted in the Army; two years later, he was stationed Hawaii. While in Hawaii, he began playing country music, initially with an Army-sponsored country band called Rambling Country. They played several dates off the base under the name Santee. Strait left the Army in 1975, returning to Texas with the intent of completing his education. He enrolled in Southwest Texas State University at San Marcos, where he studied agriculture. While he was studying, he formed his own country band, Ace in the Hole. \r \r Ace in the Hole made a few records for the independent Dallas-based label D in the late 70s, but they never went anywhere. Toward the end of the decade, Strait attempted to carve out a niche in Nashville, but he failed since he lacked any strong connections. In 1979, he became friends with Erv Woolsey, a Texas club owner who had formerly worked for MCA Records. Woolsey had several MCA executives come down to Texas to hear Strait. His performance convinced the company to sign him in 1980.\r \r Unwound, Straits first single, was released in the spring of 1981 and climbed into the Top Ten. The follow-up, Down and Out, stalled at 16, but If Youre Thinking You Want a Stranger (Theres One Coming Home) reached number three in early 1982. The song sparked a remarkable string of Top Ten hits that ran well into the 90s. During that time he had an astonishing 31 number one singles, beginning with 1982s Fool Hearted Memory.\r \r Throughout the 80s, he dominated the country singles charts, and his albums consistently went platinum or gold. Strait rarely abandoned hardcore honky tonk and Western swing — toward the beginning of the 90s, his sound became a little slicker, but it was only a relative change. Strait was also one of the few 80s superstars to survive the generational shift of the early 90s that began with the phenomenal success of Brooks. In 1992, he made his first movie, Pure Country, which featured him in the lead role. Strait released a four-disc box set career retrospective, Strait out of the Box, in 1995. By the spring of 1996, it had become one of the five biggest-selling box sets in popular music history. Blue Clear Sky, his 1996 album, debuted on the country charts at number one and the pop charts at number seven. In 1997, he released Carrying Your Love with Me, following it with One Step at a Time in 1998. Always Never the Same appeared a year later, as did the seasonal effort Merry Christmas Wherever You Are. The simply titled George Strait, featuring the hit single Go On, hit the shelves in late 2000. \r \r Did Strait slow down? Nay. 2001 saw the release of The Road Less Traveled, which qualified as an experimental album of sorts for the veteran performer. While it didnt stray very far from his new traditionalist country sound, Road did include a foray into vocal processing that was about as country as a pair of stiletto-healed cowboy boots. But the experimentation was welcome, for it revealed that Strait was still hungry, even after millions upon millions of records sold. Strait issued two projects in 2003. For the Last Time: Live from the Astrodome chronicled his headlining set at the last Houston Livestock and Rodeo ever held in the big Texas dome, while Honkytonkville was a fiery set of hard country, lauded by critics for its mixture of the old Strait with his modern, superstar self. Somewhere Down in Texas arrived in 2005, followed by It Just Comes Natural in 2006.