- Joined the Grand Ole Opry with his brothers in 1976.
- With younger brothers, Steve Gatlin and Rudy Gatlin, formed Larry Gatlin & The Gatlin Brothers Band.
- His son, Josh Cash Gatlin (named for Johnny Cash, is the manager of the Gatlin Brothers Band) [June 27, 2009].
- Other major hits in the Gatlins' career were "Broken Lady" (1976); "Statues Without Hearts," "I Don't Wanna Cry" and "Love is Just a Game" (1977); "Night Time Magic" (1978); "I've Done Enough Dying Today" (1979); "Takin' Somebody With Me When I Fall" and "Take Me to Your Lovin' Place" (1980); "What are We Doin' Lonesome" (1981); "Sure Feels Like Love" (1982); "Denver" and "The Lady Takes the Cowboy Every Time" (1984); "Nothing But Your Love Matters" and "She Used to be Somebody's Baby" (1986); "Talkin' to the Moon" (1987); and "Love of a Lifetime" (1988).
- Was a wide receiver on the University of Houston football team and on November 23,1968 scored a touchdown in Houston's 100-6 win over the University of Tulsa; one of the most lopsided games in modern college football history.
- FoxNews.com contributor.
- Country singer and songwriter.
- His youngest daughter, Heather Lyn Gatlin, was born on May 2, 1986 in Nashville, TN.
- Had a long string of country hits from 1974 through 1988, with three of their 17 top 10 songs reaching No. 1 on Billboard magazine's country singles chart -- "I Just Wish You Were Someone I Love" (1978); "All the Gold in California" (1979); and "Houston (Means I'm One Day Closer to You" (1983).
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