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Remembering Toby Keith: Looking back at songs that made the Oklahoma native a country music superstar

Country music superstar and Oklahoma native Toby Keith died on Monday night after a battle with stomach cancer at the age of 62

Remembering Toby Keith: Looking back at songs that made the Oklahoma native a country music superstar

Country music superstar and Oklahoma native Toby Keith died on Monday night after a battle with stomach cancer at the age of 62

AND WE DO HAVE A CREW ON THE WAY THERE. NOW. SO NOW TO THIS BELOVED SINGER SONGWRITER AND OKLAHOMAN TOBY KEITH PASSING AWAY OVERNIGHT, THE COUNTRY SUPERSTAR WAS JUST 62 YEARS OLD AND FIGHTING STOMACH CANCER. AND THIS MORNING WE HAVE TEAM COVERAGE AS WE REMEMBER HIM. AND TAKE A LOOK BACK AT HOW HE GAVE BACK TO THIS COMMUNITY. LET’S GO OUT TO KOCO’S AUDREY GOODSON, WHO HAS A LOOK AT HIS LEGACY THIS MORNING. AUDREY. KYLIE AND ALEJANDRA. GOOD MORNING, THE MUSIC WORLD AND OKLAHOMA HAS LOST A LEGEND OVERNIGHT, BUT TOBY KEITH PASSING AWAY AT JUST 62 YEARS OLD THIS COMES LESS THAN 18 MONTHS AFTER HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH STOMACH CANCER, HIS FAMILY POSTING THIS ON HIS SOCIAL MEDIA PAGES THIS MORNING. THE COUNTRY MUSIC ICON WAS BORN IN CLINTON, BUT HIS PARENTS MOVED TO MOORE WHEN HE WAS YOUNG. TOBY KEITH, UM, IN HIS 1993 ALBUM, PRODUCED A NUMBER ONE COUNTRY HIT, SHOULD HAVE BEEN A COWBOY. MANY OF HIS SONGS REFLECT GROWING UP HERE IN THE SOONER STATE IN OKLAHOMA HAS STAYED HIS HOME THROUGHOUT HIS FAME. BY THE END OF 2011, HE HAD 20 NUMBER ONE BILLBOARD COUNTRY MUSIC HITS, AND HIS CAREER EARNED HIM SEVEN GRAMMY NOMINATIONS. HIS NEWEST ALBUM CAME OUT IN NOVEMBER, AND LESS THAN TWO MONTHS AGO, KEITH POSTED THIS VIDEO OF HIM PLAYING ONE OF HIS NEWEST SONGS IN VEGAS. AROUND YOU. I. AND STAY CLOSE TO YOUR FRIENDS. TOAST EACH SUNDOWN WITH GOOD WINE. KEITH’S FAMILY SAYING
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Remembering Toby Keith: Looking back at songs that made the Oklahoma native a country music superstar

Country music superstar and Oklahoma native Toby Keith died on Monday night after a battle with stomach cancer at the age of 62

Country music superstar and Oklahoma native Toby Keith died on Monday night after a history of stomach cancer at the age of 62.| MORE | Oklahoman and country music star Toby Keith dies at 62Keith started his music career traveling a bar circuit through the region with his Easy Money Band, playing small venues until his 1993 debut album, "Toby Keith," featured the No. 1 hit "Should've Been a Cowboy."As we remember Keith, who was born in Clinton and grew up in Moore, KOCO 5 looks at some of the hits that made him a country music legend. Scroll down to see music videos of some of his biggest hits."Should've Been a Cowboy""Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue""I Love This Bar""How Do You Like Me Now?!""I Wanna Talk About Me""As Good as I Once Was""Beer for My Horses""Red Solo Cup"Top Headlines Oklahoman and country music star Toby Keith dies at 62 Black History Month: This Black-owned bank is celebrating 100 years in business Swadley's says Oklahoma owes them money after state park debacle ‘Wonderful puppy won’t be defined by his disability:’ German shepherd gets prosthetic paw Oklahoma woman frustrated, upset after receiving ambulance bill she said she shouldn't have been issued

Country music superstar and Oklahoma native Toby Keith died on Monday night after a history of stomach cancer at the age of 62.

| MORE | Oklahoman and country music star Toby Keith dies at 62

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Keith started his music career traveling a bar circuit through the region with his Easy Money Band, playing small venues until his 1993 debut album, "Toby Keith," featured the No. 1 hit "Should've Been a Cowboy."

As we remember Keith, who was born in Clinton and grew up in Moore, KOCO 5 looks at some of the hits that made him a country music legend. Scroll down to see music videos of some of his biggest hits.

"Should've Been a Cowboy"

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"Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue"

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"I Love This Bar"

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"How Do You Like Me Now?!"

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"I Wanna Talk About Me"

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"As Good as I Once Was"

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"Beer for My Horses"

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"Red Solo Cup"

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