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Cooper was reared by a musical family in Wylie in Collin County some twenty miles northeast of downtown [[Dallas]], [[Texas]].  A grandmother played the [[piano]] for the Wylie [[Southern Baptist|Baptist]] Church and offered piano lessons for twenty years.  His father played [[guitar]] and performed at local country music gatherings.  At the age of fourteen, Cooper first began singing at the Wylie Opry, at which he performed until 1986, when he joined the youth band, the Texas Goldminors, and moved to Branson. He performed in the Ozarks Country Jubilee and has also worked for the Country Review Show in Eureka Springs in northwestern [[Arkansas]],  In 1989, Evergreen Records of [[Nashville]], [[Tennessee]], released  his single, "A Little Ground in Texas” which reached No. 60 on the Cash Box Charts.  In 2003, Cooper became the leading male vocalist in Paul Harris Live with his friend, Paul Harris.<ref name=thecast/>  With his second wife, the former Tina Marissa Silva (born October 5, 1970), a native of [[Oklahoma]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/tina-cooper/tina3632x|title=Tina Cooper|publisher=MyLife.com|accessdate=April 23, 2018}}</ref>whom he married in 1999, he established Clay Cooper's Country Express in 2005. He has a daughter, Cassidy Laine Cooper<ref name=thecast/> (born August 18, 1994),<ref name=thecast>{{cite web|url=http://claycooper.com/meet-the-cast/|title=The Cast|publisher=Claycooper.com|accessdate=April 23, 2018}}</ref> (born August 18, 1994).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/cassidy-cooper/e90210216763656|title=Cassidy Cooper|publisher=MyLife.com|accessdate=April 23, 2018}}</ref> from his previous marriage to the former Shelli Lynn Stanton (born November 25, 1969), since Shelli Pryor of Sachse near Dallas, Texas.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/tina-cooper/tina3632x|title=Tina Cooper|publisher=MyLife.com|accessdate=April 23, 2018}}</ref>

Cooper was reared by a musical family in Wylie in Collin County some twenty miles northeast of downtown [[Dallas]], [[Texas]].  A grandmother played the [[piano]] for the Wylie [[Southern Baptist|Baptist]] Church and offered piano lessons for twenty years.  His father played [[guitar]] and performed at local country music gatherings.  At the age of fourteen, Cooper first began singing at the Wylie Opry, at which he performed until 1986, when he joined the youth band, the Texas Goldminors, and moved to Branson. He performed in the Ozarks Country Jubilee and has also worked for the Country Review Show in Eureka Springs in northwestern [[Arkansas]],  In 1989, Evergreen Records of [[Nashville]], [[Tennessee]], released  his single, "A Little Ground in Texas” which reached No. 60 on the Cash Box Charts.  In 2003, Cooper became the leading male vocalist in Paul Harris Live with his friend, Paul Harris.<ref name=thecast/>  With his second wife, the former Tina Marissa Silva (born October 5, 1970), a native of [[Oklahoma]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/tina-cooper/tina3632x|title=Tina Cooper|publisher=MyLife.com|accessdate=April 23, 2018}}</ref>whom he married in 1999, he established Clay Cooper's Country Express in 2005. He has a daughter, Cassidy Laine Cooper<ref name=thecast/> (born August 18, 1994),<ref name=thecast>{{cite web|url=http://claycooper.com/meet-the-cast/|title=The Cast|publisher=Claycooper.com|accessdate=April 23, 2018}}</ref> (born August 18, 1994).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/cassidy-cooper/e90210216763656|title=Cassidy Cooper|publisher=MyLife.com|accessdate=April 23, 2018}}</ref> from his previous marriage to the former Shelli Lynn Stanton (born November 25, 1969), since Shelli Pryor of Sachse near Dallas, Texas.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/tina-cooper/tina3632x|title=Tina Cooper|publisher=MyLife.com|accessdate=April 23, 2018}}</ref>

Cooper and his cast of twenty-four fellow musicians<ref name=thecast/> entertain up to five times weekly at his Clay Cooper Theatre across from the Titanic Museum on the Highway 76 "Strip" in Branson. His shows often have a patriotic theme and espouse conservative values but with significant songs from the modern era. He also banters with select members from the audience. Discounts for service veterans are available.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://traveloffice.org/branson/clay-cooper-theatre/|title Performing at the Clay Cooper Theatre|publisher=Traveloffice.org|accessdate=April 23, 2018}}</ref>

Cooper and his cast of twenty-four fellow musicians<ref name=thecast/> entertain up to five times weekly at his Clay Cooper Theatre across from the Titanic Museum on the Highway 76 "Strip" in Branson. His shows often have a patriotic theme and espouse conservative values but with significant songs from the modern era. He also banters with select members from the audience. Discounts for service veterans are available.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://traveloffice.org/branson/clay-cooper-theatre/|title=Performing at the Clay Cooper Theatre|publisher=Traveloffice.org|accessdate=April 23, 2018}}</ref>