GEORGE STRAIT - OCEAN FRONT PROPERTY

OCEAN FRONT PROPERTY

GEORGE STRAIT

SONGWRITERS: DEAN DILLON; HANK COCHRAN & ROYCE PORTER

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: OCEAN FRONT PROPERTY

LABEL: MCA RECORDS

GENRE: COUNTRY

YEAR: 1986

 

            George Harvey Strait Sr. (born May 18, 1952) is an American country music singer, songwriter, actor, and music producer. George Strait is known as the "King of Country" and is considered one of the most influential and popular recording artists of all time. He is known for his neotraditionalist country style, cowboy look, and being one of the first and most prominent country artists to bring country music back to its roots and away from the pop country era in the 1980s.

          Strait's success began when his first single "Unwound" was a hit in 1980. During the 1980s, seven of his albums reached number one on the country charts. In the 2000s, Strait was named Artist of the Decade by the Academy of Country Music, was elected into the Country Music Hall of Fame, and won his first Grammy award for the album Troubadour. Strait was named CMA Entertainer of the Year in 1989, 1990 and 2013, and ACM Entertainer of the Year in 1990 and 2014. He has been nominated for more CMA and ACM awards and has more wins in both categories than any other artist.

          By 2009, he broke Conway Twitty' s previous record for the most number-one hits on Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart when his 44 number one singles surpassed Twitty's 40. Counting all music charts, Strait has amassed a total of 60 number-one hits, breaking a record also previously set by Twitty, giving him more number one songs than any other artist in any genre of music.

            Strait is also known for his touring career when he designed a 360-degree configuration and introduced festival style tours. For example, the Strait Tours earned $99 million in three years. His concert at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, in June 2014 drew 104,793 people, marking a new record for largest indoor concert in North America.

              Strait has sold more than 100 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling music artists of all time. His certifications from the RIAA include 13 multi-platinum, 33 platinum, and 38 gold albums. His best-selling album is Pure Country (1992), which sold 6 million (6×platinum). His highest certified album is Strait Out of the Box (1995), which sold 2 million copies (8× Platinum due to being a box set with four CDs). According to the RIAA, Strait is the 12th best-selling album recording artist in the United States overall.

           "Ocean Front Property" is a song written by Dean Dillon, Hank Cochran and Royce Porter and recorded by American country music artist George Strait. It was released in December 1986 as the first single and title track from his album of the same name. It was a number-one hit in both the United States and Canada. On the 45 record single, "My Heart Won't Wander Very Far From You" is the B-side.

If you leave me

I won't miss you

and I won't ever take you back

Girl your memory

won't ever haunt me

Cause I don't love you

Now if you'll buy that

 

Chorus:

I've got some ocean front property in Arizona

from my front porch you can see the sea

I've got some ocean front property in Arizona

An if you'll buy that I'll throw the Golden Gate in free

 

I don't worship

the ground you walk on

I never have and that's a fact

I won't follow or try to find you

Cause I don't love you

Now if you'll buy that

 

(Chorus)

 

(Chorus)

Yeah if you'll buy that I'll throw the Golden Gate in free.