From Staff Reports 

FRANKLIN — Country music icon Clint Black will perform in concert at 8 p.m. Oct. 23 at the Smoky Mountain Center for the Performing Arts.

“If Black won’t say it outright, his staggering career speaks for itself,” a press release noted. “His is one of the most storied careers in modern music. 

“Black surged to superstardom as part of the fabled Class of ’89, reaching No. 1 with five consecutive singles from his triple-platinum debut, ‘Killin’ Time.’ 

“He followed that with the triple-platinum ‘Put Yourself in My Shoes,’ and then a string of platinum and gold albums throughout the ’90s. 

“Perhaps most impressively, Clint wrote or co-wrote every one of his more than three dozen chart hits, including ‘A Better Man,’ ‘Where Are You Now,’ ‘When My Ship Comes In,’ ‘A Good Run of Bad Luck,’ ‘Summer’s Comin’,’ ‘Like the Rain’ and ‘Nothin’ But the Taillights,” part of a catalog that produced 22 No. 1 singles and made him one of the most successful singer/songwriters of the modern era. 

“Along the way, he’s earned more than a dozen gold and platinum awards in the U.S. and Canada, landed nearly two dozen major awards and nominations, won a Grammy Award, countless Country Music Association, American Music Awards and Academy of Country Music Awards, as well as a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame,” the release stated.

For tickets, which are $40, $50, $60, $70 (priority seating), visit www.smokymountainarts.com, or call 524-1598.