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Reba McEntire was born in [[McAlester, Oklahoma]], to Clark Vincent McEntire and Jacqueline Smith (a [[sharecropper]]'s daughter), she grew up near Chockie, Oklahoma, learning to ride in [[rodeos]], as well as how to sing and play music. She soon formed a singing group with her brother and sisters, known as '''The Singing McEntires'''. The quartet had a local hit with ''The Ballad of John McEntire'', a tribute to their grandfather. |
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In 1974, while a student at [[Southeastern Oklahoma State University]] in [[Durant, Oklahoma|Durant]], McEntire sang |
In 1974, while a student at [[Southeastern Oklahoma State University]] in [[Durant, Oklahoma|Durant]], McEntire sang |
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Reba Nell McEntire (b. March 28 1955) is a Grammy Award-winning American singer and one of the best-selling country music performers of all time. Sometimes referred to as "The Queen of Country Music" ([1], [2]), she is known for her lively stage-shows and pop-tinged ballads. She has issued 29 albums, with more than 60 million records ([3]) sold as of 2006.
Early life
Reba McEntire was born in McAlester, Oklahoma, to Clark Vincent McEntire and Jacqueline Smith (a sharecropper's daughter), she grew up near Chockie, Oklahoma, learning to ride in rodeos, as well as how to sing and play music. She soon formed a singing group with her brother and sisters, known as The Singing McEntires. The quartet had a local hit with The Ballad of John McEntire, a tribute to their grandfather.
In 1974, while a student at Southeastern Oklahoma State University in Durant, McEntire sang The Star Spangled Banner at the National Rodeo Finals in Oklahoma City. Rodeo attendee and country singer Red Steagall suggested that she go to Nashville to pursue a solo career. Around the time of the release of her first album, she married Charlie Battles, a professional steer wrestler and bulldogger.
In 1986, Southeastern Oklahoma State University honored her as a distinguished alumna.
Career
With a contract to Mercury Records, McEntire began her professional career with a hard honky tonk sound, which didn't go over well at a time when country music was dominated by outlaw country artists like Willie Nelson and David Allan Coe.
Three Sheets in the Wind/I'd Really Love to See You Tonight became her first charting single (1978) and was followed by the bigger hit (You Lift Me) Up to Heaven (1980). With more pop-oriented balladry, McEntire began to expand her audience during the early 1980s, signing to MCA Records in 1984 and becoming one of the best-selling country artists of all time, releasing three volumes of greatest hits collections.
McEntire's first number one single came in 1982 with Can't Even Get The Blues No More. Since then, she's released thirty-two more chartbusters, which are all recapped on Reba #1's released on November 22, 2005. The two-disc compilation features twenty-two number one Billboard singles and eleven other number one singles in chronological order, including two new tracks You're Gonna Be and Love Needs A Holiday. A total of thirty-five tracks are included on the compilation [1]. McEntire won the Female Vocalist of the Year award from the Country Music Association four times in a row (a record she shares with Martina McBride), and had dozens of Top Ten hits during the 80s. For her contribution to the recording industry, McEntire has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7000 Hollywood Blvd. In 1995, she was inducted into the Western Performers Hall of Fame at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City. On November 5, 2006, McEntire was the first recipient of a star on the Music City Walk of Fame in downtown Nashville. She was honored along side Roy Orbison, Ronnie Milsap and others.
Renowned for her flashy stage performances, McEntire was the first woman to have the highest grossing concert tour in country music. In 1994 and 1995, her stage show outgrossed all other country artists. Her 1997 package tour with Brooks & Dunn was the largest grossing tour in country music history at the time. Recently, however, she has scaled back the production, playing more intimate venues and focusing more on the music than the spectacle. During the summer of 2006, McEntire signed an engagement performing at the Las Vegas Hilton in a multi-week concert series.
McEntire is one of only five solo female artists (others include Shania Twain, Barbara Mandrell, Dolly Parton, and Loretta Lynn), to win the Country Music Association's highest honor, Entertainer of the Year. McEntire continued to hit the charts through the 1990s, as well as appearing in television and film, most notably Tremors, a cult horror movie series, Forever Love, The Gambler IV, and One Night at McCool's.
McEntire also starred as Annie Oakley in Annie Get Your Gun on Broadway, receiving critical acclaim and a Drama Desk Award and an Outer Circle Critics Award.
From 2001 to 2007, she starred in the hit television sitcom Reba, with Steve Howey as her son-in-law, and Christopher Rich as her philandering ex-husband. The comedy show once received a call from Dolly Parton, who McEntire has cited as a major musical influence of her own 5 and who played McEntire's mentor at a real estate firm. McEntire won a People's Choice Award for the show. The show was nominated for an Emmy twice for Outstanding Cinematography For A Multi-Camera Series. The final episode of the program aired on February 18, 2007 as The CW network cancelled the program, despite being its #1 sitcom.
On June 9, 2005, McEntire appeared in a concert version of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical South Pacific at Carnegie Hall. She starred as Nellie Forbush, alongside Brian Stokes Mitchell as Emile, and Alec Baldwin as Luther Billis. The production was taped and telecast by PBS on April 26, 2006. A CD and DVD of the performance were released in June of that year.
McEntire lent her voice to two feature films in 2006. The first was the straight-to-DVD sequel to Disney's animated 1981 feature, The Fox and The Hound. The Fox and the Hound 2 has a country music theme taking place at a carnival. The cast includes Jeff Foxworthy and Patrick Swayze with country singer Trisha Yearwood lending her talents to the song Blue Beyond. McEntire sang two songs for the movie and its soundtrack, namely We're In Harmony and Good Doggie...No Bone!.
The second movie is a live-action version remake of Charlotte's Web. McEntire voices Betsy the Cow. The film also stars Dakota Fanning, Julia Roberts, Oprah Winfrey, Kathy Bates, Steve Buscemi, Thomas Hayden Church and Cedric the Entertainer. Charlotte's Web was released nationwide on December 20, 2006, and will be released in separate widescreen and fullscreen DVD editions on April 3, 2007.[2]
She is currently working on a duets album, which could be her final album under the MCA label. The album is scheduled for release in 2007. She's recorded "Everyday People" with Carole King and "Break Each Other's Heart" with Don Henley. Duets have also been recorded with Faith Hill, LeAnn Rimes and Kelly Clarkson. Justin Timberlake, Ronnie Dunn of Brooks & Dunn, Rascal Flatts, Keith Urban, Kenny Chesney and Vince Gill are among the other artists featured on the project.[3]
In 2006, McEntire appeared on Dionne Warwick's My Friends and Me album. They duet on Warwick's classic I Say a Little Prayer.
She is the only artist with the longest consecutive span of hit country singles, scoring at least one Top 40 hit every year from 1978 to 2005, an impressive 28-year total. Her nearest competitor is George Strait, who has a current 26-year streak (1981-2006).
Private life
After divorcing Charlie Battles in 1987, McEntire married Narvel Blackstock, a noted steel guitarist, June 3rd 1989 in Lake Tahoe, NV. The couple took control over all aspects of her career. They have one son, Shelby Steven McEntire Blackstock, who was born on February 23, 1990.
Seven members of McEntire's band and her road manager were among ten people who died in a March 16 1991 plane crash near San Diego, California. McEntire was devastated and recorded the album For My Broken Heart as a tribute to them. There was a minor controversy over her decision to perform on the Academy Awards a week after the crash. But, she appeared on the show to dedicate the nominated song, I'm Checking Out, from the film Postcards From the Edge, to her fallen band members. During the performance, McEntire was visibly emotional, holding back tears. She had been known to refer to them as her Crazy Eight. Ultimately, she earned the respect and affection of her peers for her decision and her stoic toughness and perseverance.
Awards
| Year | Award | Category |
|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Country Music Association | Female Vocalist of the Year |
| 1984 | Academy of Country Music | Top Female Vocalist |
| 1985 | Music City News Country Awards | Female Artist of the Year |
| 1985 | Country Music Association | Female Vocalist of the Year |
| 1985 | Academy of Country Music | Top Female Vocalist |
| 1986 | Music City News Country Awards | Female Artist of the Year |
| 1986 | Academy of Country Music | Top Female Vocalist |
| 1986 | Academy of Country Music | Video of the Year - "Whoever's In New England" |
| 1986 | Country Music Association | Female Vocalist of the Year |
| 1986 | Country Music Association | Entertainer of the Year |
| 1986 | Grammy Awards | Best Country Vocal Performance, Female - "Whoever's In New England" |
| 1987 | NARM | Top Selling Female Country Album - "Whoever's In New England" |
| 1987 | American Music Awards | Favorite Country Female Video Artist |
| 1987 | Academy of Country Music | Top Female Vocalist |
| 1987 | Country Music Association | Female Vocalist of the Year |
| 1988 | American Music Award | Favorite Female Country Artist |
| 1988 | TNN Viewer's Choice Award | Favorite Female Vocalist |
| 1988 | Music City News Country Awards | Female Artist of the Year |
| 1989 | American Music Awards | Favorite Female Country Artist |
| 1989 | Music City News Country Awards | Female Artist of the Year |
| 1989 | TNN Viewer's Choice Award | Favorite Female Vocalist |
| 1990 | American Music Awards | Favorite Female Country Artist |
| 1990 | Academy of Country Music | Top Female Vocalist |
| 1991 | American Music Awards | Favorite Female Country Artist |
| 1991 | American Music Awards | Favorite Country Album - "Reba Live!" |
| 1991 | Academy of Country Music | Top Female Vocalist |
| 1991 | Academy of Country Music | Video of the Year - "Is There Life Out There?" |
| 1992 | American Music Awards | Favorite Female Country Artist |
| 1992 | People's Choice Awards | Favorite Female Country Performer |
| 1992 | People's Choice Awards | Favorite Female Musical Performer |
| 1993 | American Music Awards | Favorite Female Country Artist |
| 1993 | American Music Awards | Favorite Country Album - "For My Broken Heart" |
| 1993 | People's Choice Awards | Favorite Female Musical Performer |
| 1993 | Grammy Awards | Best Country Vocal Collaboration - "Does He Love You" (w/ Linda Davis) |
| 1994 | American Music Awards | Favorite Female Country Artist |
| 1994 | People's Choice Awards | Favorite Female Country Performer |
| 1994 | TNN/Music City News Country Awards | Vocal Collaboration - "Does He Love You" (w/Linda Davis) |
| 1994 | Academy of Country Music | Entertainer of the Year |
| 1994 | Academy of Country Music | Top Female Vocalist |
| 1994 | Country Radio Awards | Entertainer of the Year |
| 1994 | Country Radio Awards | Female Vocalist |
| 1994 | Country Music Association | Vocal Event of the Year - "Does He Love You" (w/Linda Davis) |
| 1994 | Billboard Awards | Favorite Female Country Artist |
| 1995 | American Music Awards | Favorite Female Country Artist |
| 1995 | American Music Awards | Favorite Country Album - "Read My Mind" |
| 1995 | People's Choice Awards | Favorite Female Musical Performer |
| 1995 | Blockbuster Awards | Favorite Female Country Artist |
| 1996 | Country Weekly Golden Pick Awards | Favorite Entertainer |
| 1996 | American Music Awards | Favorite Female Country Artist |
| 1996 | People's Choice Awards | Favorite Female Musical Performer |
| 1997 | People's Choice Awards | Favorite Female Musical Performer |
| 1997 | Country Weekly Golden Pick Awards | Favorite Female Vocalist |
| 1997 | Blockbuster Awards | Favorite Album by a Female Country Artist - "What If It's You" |
| 1998 | American Music Awards | Favorite Female Country Artist |
| 1998 | People's Choice Awards | Favorite Female Musical Performer |
| 1998 | TNN/Music City News Country Awards | Minnie Pearl Humanitarian Award |
| 1999 | British Country Music Awards | International Female Vocalist of the Year |
| 1999 | CMT International Awards | Video Event of the Year - "If You See Him/If You See Her" |
| 2000 | British Country Music Awards | International Female Vocalist of the Year |
| 2000 | Country Music Association | International Artist Achievement Award |
| 2001 | Drama Desk Awards | Special Award - "Annie Get Your Gun" |
| 2001 | Outer Critics Awards | "Annie Get Your Gun" |
| 2002 | People's Choice Awards | Favorite Actress in a New Television Series - "Reba" |
| 2002 | Academy of Country Music | Home Depot Humanitarian Award |
| 2003 | Country Radio Broadcasters | Career Achievement Award |
| 2003 | Academy of Country Music | Leading Lady Award |
| 2004 | American Music Awards | Favorite Female Country Artist |
| 2004 | New Music Weekly | Favorite Female Country Artist |
| 2004 | CMT Flameworthy Awards | Johnny Cash Visionary Award |
| 2005 | Academy of Country Music | Special Award for Most Female Vocalist Wins |
| 2006 | CMT Giants | Inaugural Honoree |
Discography
Studio albums
MERCURY RECORDS:
- Reba McEntire (1977)
- Out of a Dream (1979)
- Feel The Fire (1980)
- Heart to Heart (1981)
- Unlimited (1982)
- Behind the Scene (1983)
MCA RECORDS:
- Just a Little Love (1984)
- My Kind of Country (1984)
- Have I Got a Deal for You (1985)
- Whoever's in New England (1986)
- What Am I Gonna Do About You (1986)
- Greatest Hits (1987)
- The Last One to Know (1987)
- Merry Christmas to You (1987)
- Reba (1988)
- Sweet Sixteen (1989)
- Reba Live (1989)
- Rumor Has It (1990)
- For My Broken Heart (1991)
- It's Your Call (1992)
- Greatest Hits Volume Two (1993)
- Read My Mind (1994)
- Starting Over (1995)
- What If It's You (1996)
- What If (1997) Promotional Single for the Salvation Army
- If You See Him (1998)
- The Secret of Giving: A Christmas Collection (1999)
- So Good Together (1999)
- Greatest Hits Vol. 3: I'm A Survivor (2001)
- Room to Breathe (2003)
- Reba's #1's (2005)
- Duets (2007)
Compilation albums
- The Best of Reba McEntire (1984)
- Reba Nell McEntire (1986)
- Oklahoma Girl (1994)
- 20th Century Masters: Christmas Collection (2003)
- 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best of Reba McEntire (2007)
Video releases
- Reba (1989)
- Reba In Concert (1991)
- Reba Greatest Video Hits (1993)
- Reba Live (1994)
- Reba Celebrating 20 Years (1995)
- Reba Video Gold 1 (2006)
- Reba Video Gold 2 (2006)
Singles [4]
Reba McEntire's single "Fancy" (1990) has been considered one of the top ten country music recordings by a female artist by both the RIAA and the Country Music Hall of Fame.
| Year | Title | Chart Positions | Album | ||
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| US Hot 100 | US Country | US Club | |||
| 1976 | "I Don't Want to Be a One Night Stand" | - | #88 | - | Reba McEntire |
| 1977 | "(There's Nothing Like the Love) Between a Woman and a Man" | - | #86 | - | Reba McEntire |
| 1977 | "Glad I Waited Just for You" | - | #88 | - | Reba McEntire |
| 1978 | "Last Night, Ev'ry Night" | - | #28 | - | Out of a Dream |
| 1979 | "Runaway Heart" | - | #36 | - | Out of a Dream |
| 1979 | "That Makes Two of Us" (with Jacky Ward) | - | #26 | - | Out of a Dream |
| 1979 | "Sweet Dreams" | - | #19 | - | Out of a Dream |
| 1980 | "(I Still Long to Hold You) Now and Then" | - | #40 | - | Out of a Dream |
| 1980 | "(You Lift Me) Up to Heaven" | - | #8 | - | Feel the Fire |
| 1980 | "I Can See Forever in Your Eyes" | - | #18 | - | Feel the Fire |
| 1981 | "I Don't Think Love Oughta Be That Way" | - | #13 | - | Feel the Fire |
| 1981 | "Today All Over Again" | - | #5 | - | Heart to Heart |
| 1982 | "Only You (And You Alone)" | - | #13 | - | Heart to Heart |
| 1982 | "I'm Not That Lonely Yet" | - | #3 | - | Unlimited |
| 1983 | "Can't Even Get the Blues" | - | #1 | - | Unlimited |
| 1983 | "You're the First Time I've Thought About Leaving" | - | #1 | - | Unlimited |
| 1983 | "Why Do We Want (What We Know We Can't Have)" | - | #7 | - | Behind the Scene |
| 1984 | "There Ain't No Future in This" | - | #12 | - | Behind the Scene |
| 1984 | "Just a Little Love" | - | #5 | - | Just a Little Love |
| 1984 | "He Broke Your Memory Last Night" | - | #15 | - | Just a Little Love |
| 1985 | "How Blue" | - | #1 | - | My Kind of Country |
| 1985 | "Somebody Should Leave" | - | #1 | - | My Kind of Country |
| 1985 | "Have I Got a Deal for You" | - | #6 | - | Have I Got a Deal for You |
| 1985 | "Only in My Mind" | - | #5 | - | Have I Got a Deal for You |
| 1986 | "Whoever's in New England" | - | #1 | - | Whoever's in New England |
| 1986 | "Little Rock" | - | #1 | - | Whoever's in New England |
| 1987 | "What Am I Gonna Do About You" | - | #1 | - | What Am I Gonna Do About You |
| 1987 | "Let the Music Lift You Up" | - | #4 | - | What Am I Gonna Do About You |
| 1987 | "One Promise Too Late" | - | #1 | - | What Am I Gonna Do About You |
| 1987 | "The Last One to Know" | - | #1 | - | The Last One to Know |
| 1988 | "Love Will Find Its Way to You" | - | #1 | - | The Last One to Know |
| 1988 | "Sunday Kind of Love" | - | #5 | - | Reba |
| 1988 | "I Know How He Feels" | - | #1 | - | Reba |
| 1989 | "New Fool at an Old Game" | - | #1 | - | Reba |
| 1989 | "Cathy's Clown" | - | #1 | - | Sweet Sixteen |
| 1989 | "'Til Love Comes Again" | - | #4 | - | Sweet Sixteen |
| 1990 | "Little Girl" | - | #7 | - | Sweet Sixteen |
| 1990 | "Walk On" | - | #2 | - | Sweet Sixteen |
| 1990 | "You Lie" | - | #1 | - | Rumor Has It |
| 1991 | "Rumor Has It" | - | #3 | - | Rumor Has It |
| 1991 | "Fancy" | - | #8 | - | Rumor Has It |
| 1991 | "Fallin' Out of Love" | - | #2 | - | Rumor Has It |
| 1991 | "For My Broken Heart" | - | #1 | - | For My Broken Heart |
| 1991 | "Is There Life Out There" | - | #1 | - | For My Broken Heart |
| 1992 | "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia" | - | #12 | - | For My Broken Heart |
| 1992 | "The Greatest Man I Never Knew" | - | #3 | - | For My Broken Heart |
| 1993 | "Take It Back" | - | #5 | - | It's Your Call |
| 1993 | "The Heart Won't Lie" [with Vince Gill] | - | #1 | - | It's Your Call |
| 1993 | "It's Your Call" | - | #5 | - | It's Your Call |
| 1993 | "Does He Love You" [with Linda Davis] | - | #1 | - | Greatest Hits Volume Two |
| 1994 | "If I Had Only Known" | - | #72 | - | 8 Seconds (Soundtrack)/For My Broken Heart |
| 1994 | "They Asked About You" | - | #7 | - | Greatest Hits Volume Two |
| 1994 | "Why Haven't I Heard from You" | #101* | #5 | - | Read My Mind |
| 1994 | "She Thinks His Name Was John" | #104* | #15 | - | Read My Mind |
| 1995 | "Till You Love Me" | #78 | #2 | - | Read My Mind |
| 1995 | "The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter" | - | #1 | - | Read My Mind |
| 1995 | "And Still" | - | #2 | - | Read My Mind |
| 1995 | "On My Own" [with Trisha Yearwood, Martina McBride, and Linda Davis] | - | #20 | - | Starting Over |
| 1996 | "Ring on Her Finger, Time on Her Hands" | - | #9 | - | Starting Over |
| 1996 | "Starting Over Again" | - | #19 | - | Starting Over |
| 1996 | "You Keep Me Hangin' On" | - | - | #2 | Starting Over |
| 1996 | "The Fear of Being Alone" | - | #2 | - | What If It's You |
| 1997 | "How Was I to Know" | - | #1 | - | What If It's You |
| 1997 | "I'd Rather Ride Around with You" | - | #2 | - | What If It's You |
| 1997 | "What If It's You" | - | #15 | - | What If It's You |
| 1998 | "What If" | #50 | #23 | - | [single only] |
| 1998 | "If You See Him / If You See Her" [with Brooks & Dunn] | - | #1 | - | If You See Him |
| 1998 | "Forever Love" | - | #4 | - | If You See Him |
| 1999 | "Wrong Night" | #52 | #6 | - | If You See Him |
| 1999 | "One Honest Heart" | #54 | #7 | - | If You See Him |
| 1999 | "What Do You Say" | #31 | #3 | - | So Good Together |
| 2000 | "I'll Be" | #51 | #4 | - | So Good Together |
| 2000 | "We're So Good Together" | #109* | #15 | - | So Good Together |
| 2001 | "I'm a Survivor" | #49 | #3 | - | Greatest Hits Volume III: I'm a Survivor |
| 2002 | "Sweet Music Man" | - | #36 | - | Greatest Hits Volume III: I'm a Survivor |
| 2003 | "I'm Gonna Take That Mountain" | #103* | #14 | - | Room to Breathe |
| 2004 | "Somebody" | #35 | #1 | - | Room to Breathe |
| 2004 | "He Gets That from Me" | #59 | #7 | - | Room to Breathe |
| 2005 | "My Sister" | #93 | #16 | - | Room to Breathe |
| 2005 | "You're Gonna Be" | - | #33 | - | Reba #1's |
| 2006 | "Love Needs a Holiday" | - | #60 | - | Reba #1's |
(*) Denotes position on the Hot 100 Bubbling Under Singles chart.
See also
External links
- fancyreba.com - Your REBA Infotainment Source!
- Reba McEntire cast bio on The CW
- Official Site
- Wrasse Records website
- Reba McEntire videos, news, music and more at CMT.com
- Reba McEntire's backstage concert rider
- Reba McEntire at IMDb
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- Official Reba McEntire UMG Nashville Artist Page
- Greatest Music Videos of Reba McEntire at Tranage Music