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GALLERY: Toby Keith Celebrates A Birthday!

Toby Keith celebrates his 58th birthday today as we celebrate him with a gallery of highlights from his career. -Nancy Brooks Toby Keith Toby Keith Toby Keith Toby Keith Toby…

GALLERY: Toby Keith Celebrates A Birthday!
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Toby Keith celebrates his 58th birthday today as we celebrate him with a gallery of highlights from his career.

-Nancy Brooks

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Toby Keith won top male vocalist and best album at the 36th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards at the Universal Amphitheatre in Los Angeles, Ca. 5/9/01. Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images.


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396925 05: Male Vocalist of the year, Toby Keith arrives November 7, 2001 at the Country Music Association Awards in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Adele Starr/Getty Images)


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Toby Keith rehearses for "The 29th Annual American Music Awards" at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, Ca. Monday, January 7, 2002. Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images.


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399369 124: Musician Toby Keith performs during the 29th Annual American Music Awards at the Shrine Auditorium January 9, 2002 in Los Angeles, CA. (Photo by Vince Bucci/Getty Images)


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HOLLYWOOD - NOVEMBER 16: Musician Toby Keith arrives at the Kid Rock After-Party for the American Music Awards at Forbidden City on November 16, 2003 in Hollywood, California. The party was hosted by Stuff Magazine and Blender. (Photo by Amanda Edwards/Getty Images)


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HOUSTON - JANUARY 30: (L-R) Country western recording artists Willie Nelson and Toby Keith pose for photos at a press conference to announce pre-game activities for Super Bowl XXXVIII at the Reliant Center in Houston, Texas, January 30, 2004. (Photo by Frank Micelotta/Getty Images)


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NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE - JUNE 05: Toby Keith performs at the 2019 CMT Music Awards at Bridgestone Arena on June 05, 2019 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Anna Webber/Getty Images for CMT)


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NASHVILLE, TN - DECEMBER 08: Toby Keith attends the 34th Annual Nashville Symphony Ball at Schermerhorn Symphony Center on December 8, 2018 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Jason Kempin/Getty Images)


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LOS ANGELES, CA - DECEMBER 10: Toby Keith (L) and Clint Eastwood arrive at the premiere of Warner Bros. Pictures' "The Mule" at the Village Theatre on December 10, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)


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NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE - JUNE 05: Toby Keith presents an award to Kane Brown at the 2019 CMT Music Awards at Bridgestone Arena on June 05, 2019 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Mike Coppola/Getty Images for CMT)

Nancy Brooks has been working in the country music industry for almost 30 years. She has interviewed pretty much any country star you can think of. In the late 1990s, she started working with Dolly Parton. And yes, Nancy reports that Parton is as sweet as you would think. She loves her life in country music and has been backstage at every CMA Awards show since the late 1990s. Many of her stories are from her one-on-one interviews. She was there at the beginning of the incredible careers of many music superstars today, including Taylor Swift, Shania Twain, and Blake Shelton, and has interviewed them multiple times throughout the years.