Barbara Mandrell‘s appearance during the Grand Ole Opry‘s television concert on March 19, 2025, brought back all kinds of memories for her fans and fans of great ’80s country music. She was there as ...
Barbara Mandrell may have been, as her song title suggests, country when country wasn’t cool. But she was much more than that, too. The Houston native typified the phrase “all-around entertainer” ...
Mandrell was just a teenager when she earned her first taste of success as an instrumentalist. During her adolescence, she learned both the steel guitar and the saxophone. Her talent turned the head ...
A decade before Barbara Mandrell retired from performing in 1997 and released her final concert at the Grand Ole Opry, which aired as a TV special (Barbara Mandrell and the Do-Rites: The Last Dance), ...
Country music legend and entertainment icon Reba McEntire has claimed many titles in her multi-decade career, and one of her proudest achievements was becoming a mother to her son, Shelby Blackstock.
Barbara Mandrell brought her Las Vegas revue, "The Lady Is a Champ," to Nashville’s TPAC in August 1983. The show was also taped for her first national TV special. Taylor Swift’s Silence Is Being ...
Actor Hanna Schygulla (“Barnum,” ″Casanova”) is 82. Actor Gary Sandy (“WKRP In Cincinnati”) is 80. Actor CCH Pounder is 73. Guitarist Robin Campbell of UB40 is 71. Singer Steve Wariner is 71. Actor ...