From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Randy Bruce Traywick born May 4 1959 better known as Randy Travis is an American country singer and actor Active since 1985 he has recorded more than a dozen studio albums to date in addition to charting more than thirty singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts of which sixteen have reached Number One Considered a pivotal figure in the history of country music Travis broke through in the mid1980s with the release of his album Storms of Life on Warner Bros Records the album sold more than three million copies It also established him as a neotraditionalist country act and was followed by a string of several more platinum and multiplatinum albums throughout his career Starting in the mid1990s however Travis saw decline in his chart success He left Warner Bros in 1997 for DreamWorks Records there he would eventually switch his focus to gospel music a switch which despite earning him only one more country hit in the Number One Three Wooden Crosses earned him several Dove Awards Travis in addition to singing holds several acting credits starting with his television special Wind in the Wire in 1992 Since then he has appeared in several movie and television roles occasionally as himself Description above from the Wikipedia article Randy Travis licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia