His first three albums- Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc., Hillbilly Deluxe, and Buenas Noches from a Lonely Room-all reached number one on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart. Later projects have been released on Audium (now MNRK Music Group), New West, Warner, and Sugar Hill Records. Yoakam had considerable success throughout the late 1980s onward, with a total of ten studio albums for Reprise Records. He first achieved mainstream attention in 1986 with the release of his debut album Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc. Dwight David Yoakam (born October 23, 1956) is an American country singer-songwriter, actor, and film director.