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Reba McEntire

Biography

Born: March 28, 1955
City and Country of Origin: Chockie, Oklahoma
Music Training:
Awards: CMA 1994 - Vocal Event of the Year, "Does He Love You" (Reba McEntire and Linda Davis); 1987 - Female Vocalist of the Year; 1986 - Entertainer of the Year; 1986 - Female Vocalist of the Year; 1985 - Female Vocalist of the Year; 1984 - Female Vocalist of the Year; Grammy 1993 Best Country Vocal Collaboration, "Does He Love You;" 1986 Best Country Vocal Performance, Female, "Whoever's In New England"
Top Recordings: "You're Gonna Be," "Can't Even Get The Blues," "You're The First Time I've Thought About Leaving," "How Blue," "Somebody Should Leave," "Whoever's In New England," "Little Rock," "What Am I Gonna Do About You," "One Promise Too Late," "Last One To Know, The," "Love Will Find It's Way To You," "I Know How He Feels," "New Fool In An Old Game," "Cathy's Clown," "Walk On," "You Lie," "Rumor Has It," "Love Needs A Holiday," "For My Broken Heart," "Is There Life Out There," "Greatest Man I Ever Knew, The," "It's Your Call," "Heart Won't Lie, The," "Does He Love You," "Till You Love Me," "Heart Is A Lonely Hunter, The," "And Still," "Ring On Her Finger, Time On Her Hands," "Fear Of Being Alone, The," "How Was I To Know," "If You See Him/If You See Her," "Forever Love," "What Do You Say,""I'm A Survivor," "Somebody"
Reba McEntire Biography: Reba Nell McEntire 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", she is known for her lively stage-shows and pop-tinged ballads. She has issued 29 albums, with more than 60 million records sold as of 2006.

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.

Reba's started her career with Mercury Records. Her sound was hard driving honky tonk which was not well received by country audiences at that time. 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 number 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. 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.

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. 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 number 1 sitcom.

In 2004, McEntire returned to the concert stage with the Reba McEntire 2004 Tour after a three years of not touring. The following year, Brad Paisley and Terri Clark joined her on the 2 Hats and A Redhead Tour.

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 second movie is a live-action version remake of Charlotte's Web. McEntire voices Betsy the Cow.

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 ,"Break Each Other's Heart" with Don Henley, "Sleeping with the Telephone" with Faith Hill & "A Lot Like You" with Kelly Clarkson. Other duets have also been recorded with LeAnn Rimes, Justin Timberlake, Ronnie Dunn of Brooks & Dunn, Rascal Flatts, Keith Urban, Kenny Chesney and Vince Gill.

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.

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