{"id":21761,"date":"2025-07-24T01:27:13","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T01:27:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new50.info\/?p=21761"},"modified":"2025-07-24T01:27:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T01:27:13","slug":"this-might-be-the-sweetest-thing-you-see-all-day-before-keith-urban-became-a-grammy-winning-superstar-and-one-of-the-slickest-guitar-players-in-the-world-he-was-just-a-wide-eyed-10-year-old-aussie-w","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new50.info\/?p=21761","title":{"rendered":"This might be the sweetest thing you see all day. Before Keith Urban became a Grammy-winning superstar and one of the slickest guitar players in the world, he was just a wide-eyed 10-year-old Aussie with a bowl haircut and a big dream. In a heart-melting throwback video, little Keith takes the stage on live TV, clutching a microphone almost as big as him, and starts singing a Dolly Parton song with all the heart in the world. No flashy lights, no big crowd\u2014just pure, innocent talent. 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Those\u00a0green pants and green and white shirt just scream country-western!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"in-article-oop-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/backstagecountry.com\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Blank-1556-x-1176-548.jpg?format=auto&amp;optimize=high&amp;width=1440\" alt=\"Keith Urban's Shout Out To Dolly Parton - Backstage Country\" \/><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Taped in Brisbane, Urban chose to sing Parton\u2019s song \u201cApplejack,\u201d and, after watching the video, it\u2019s hard not to love the \u201cCop Car\u201d singer even more. He\u2019s playing guitar \u2014 a talent he wows audiences with today \u2014 and showing his sweet, memorable personality. He had stage presence long before selling out venues as a top country singer!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.countrythangdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Dolly-Parton-Keith-Urban-The-Twelfth-of-Never.jpg\" alt=\"Dolly Parton and Keith Urban Sing of Loving Someone Until \u201cThe Twelfth of  Never\u201d\" width=\"769\" height=\"404\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Watch the video down below and don\u2019t forget to share this beautiful song with your friends and family\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Keith Urban singing Dolly Parton's AppleJack 1978\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/v-sByrikktY\" width=\"350\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-origwidth=\"350\" data-origheight=\"235\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Keith Urban\u00a0has been dazzling on stage for literally decades now. 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