Lee Greenwood

Lee Greenwood's intricate, ornate, often majestic songs have earned the Californian a sturdy reputation in Nashville and a following among country fans. In the 1970s, Greenwood paid his dues, playing saxophone for Del Reeves and working in a Dixieland jazz band at Disneyland. In 1981, he scored the hit "It Turns Me Out." It would prove the first of a long string of them, including the pop crossover ballad "I.O.U." and the original version of "Wind Beneath My Wings." However, it is the swelling, patriotic "God Bless the U.S.A.," a Top Ten country hit in 1994, a Top 40 pop hit i...