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TRENT TOMLINSON

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Trent Tomlinson (born July 3, 1975 in Blytheville, Arkansas<ref>[http://www.kait8.com/Global/story.asp?S=5191356 KAIT - Jonesboro, AR : Trent Tomlinson: Rising Star]</ref><ref>[http://countrymusic.about.com/od/trenttomlinson/p/ttomlinsonpr.htm Trent Tomlinson Profile]</ref>) is an United States|American country music singer-songwriter. After several failed attempts at finding a record deal, Tomlinson was signed to Lyric Street Records in 2005, with his debut album ''Country Is My Rock'' released in early 2006. This album produced three Top 40 singles on the U. S. ''Billboard (magazine)|Billboard'' Hot Country Songs charts.

Early life
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Tomlinson was raised in Kennett, Missouri, which is also the home town of Sheryl Crow. His father is a former basketball star who set scoring records at the University of Missouri and was drafted by the Cleveland Cavaliers before knee surgery knocked him out. He was also the basketball coach, biology teacher, and assistant principal at Kennett High School, and a tough taskmaster who groomed Trent for basketball superstardom, but along the way, Tomlinson realized that basketball wasn't for him and turned to music. In his junior year of high school, he reached the finals for "You Can Be a Star", a television talent show on The Nashville Network (now Spike TV), in which Trent placed second.... read all