Barbara Ann Mandrell (born December 25, 1948) is an American country music singer. She is best-known for a 1970s–1980s series of Top 10 hits and TV shows (1980-82) that helped her become one of country music's most successful female vocalists of the 1970s and 1980s. She is the only female in country music history to win the Country Music Association's "Entertainer of the Year" award twice, and she has also won the Country Music Association's "Female Vocalist of the Year" twice. Mandrell's first number-one hit was 1978's "Sleeping Single in a Double Bed" and immediately followed by "(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want to Be Right" in early 1979. Later in the year, "Years" also reached number one, as did three more singles: "I Was Country When Country Wasn't Cool" (her signature song), then "'Till You're Gone" and "One of a Kind Pair of Fools"—between 1981 and 1983, a period also during which Mandrell received numerous industry awards and accolades. (via Wikipedia)

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About Barbara Mandrell

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Genre: Country pop

Occupation: Singer-songwriter, actress

Name: Mandrell, Barbara
Barbara Mandrell

Record Label: Columbia
MCA
Hipo records
Universal
Direct records
Capitol
ABC/Dot

Years Active: 1969 – present

Origin: Houston, Texas, USA

Associated With: David Houston, Lee Greenwood, Oak Ridge Boys, Waylon Jennings, Louise Mandrell, Minnie Pearl

Name At Birth: Barbara Ann Mandrell

Birthplace: Houston, Texas, United States

Also Known As: The Sweetheart of Steel

Birth Date: Dec 25, 1948

Website: Barbara Mandrell Official Site

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