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True to His Word

1994 song performed by Boy Howdy

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionFeb 5, 2025
Entity authorityQ20875900 ↗
Source-derived summary

"True to His Word" is a song recorded by American country music group Boy Howdy. It was released in December 1994 as the first single from the album Born That Way. The song reached #23 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. The song was written by the band's lead singer Jeffrey Steele along with Chris Farren and Gary Harrison.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “True to His Word” as 1994 song performed by Boy Howdy. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewBest approached as a cultural-object dossier: authorship and date matter, but circulation and reception often explain the wider significance. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1994—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1994-12-10. The account is most persuasive where True, Word and song can be independently traced.
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Why this record matters

The subject matters to the arts & letters register because the source frames it as 1994 song performed by Boy Howdy. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Object files, edition statements, performance records and contemporary criticism preserve different stages of the work’s history. The source revision retrieved here is dated Feb 5, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q20875900. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1994.

Critical limits

Titles can refer to several editions, objects or performances, making precise identification essential before interpretation. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

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  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

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  3. Where is authorship, date or provenance documented?
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This entry incorporates text from “True to His Word” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.