Flashback: See George Strait's Spirited First Hit 'Unwound'

As 1981 was getting underway, Texas-born singer George Strait was facing rejection in Nashville after powerhouse label MCA Records turned him down, hearing little more in the performer than a penchant for decidedly non-commercial Western swing at a time when slick, Urban Cowboy-inspired country-pop was all the rage. Strait's second shot...