Barbara Mandrell is an American country singer who has released over 25 albums and 65 singles in her career. Her debut album, Treat Him Right, was released in 1971, and the country music superstar gained a great deal of notoriety throughout the 70s and 80s for a number of popular hits, including "Sleeping Single in a Double Bed." Mandrell has won a number of Country Music Association awards, including "Female Vocalist of the Year" and "Entertainer of the Year" on two different occasions. Mandrell was born in 1948 in Houston, Texas, and later married her high school sweetheart turned drummer, Ken Dudney. Barbara Mandrell official site: [1](August 16, 2099)
Mandrell, along with artists Roy Clark and Charlie McCoy, were inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame on May 17, 2009.Detroit News: Roy Clark joins Hall of Fame (May 18, 2009)
Albums
- 1971: Treat Him Right
- 1973: The Midnight Oil
- 1974: This Time I Almost Made It
- 1976: This Is Barbara Mandrell and Midnight Angel
- 1977: Lovers, Friends, & Strangers and Love's Ups & Downs
- 1978: Moods
- 1979: Just for the Record
- 1980: Love is Fair
- 1981: Barbara Mandrell Live
- 1982: He Set My Life to Music and In Black and White
- 1983: Spun Gold
- 1984: Clean Cut
- 1985: Get to the Heart
- 1986: Moments
- 1987: Sure Feels Good
- 1988: I'll Be Your Jukebox Tonight
- 1990: Morning Sun and No Nonsense
- 1991: Key's in the Mailbox
- 1997: It Works for Me
Featured Video
One of country music's biggest legends, Barbara Mandrell, performs one of her hits live in 1980. Throughout the 70s and 80s, Mandrell's voice graced country music radio alongside celebrities such as Patsy Cline, Roy Rogers, and others. In this song, Mandrell brings to life an old southern saying about when you love someone, they can eat crackers in the bed, and it won't matter.
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Fast Facts
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Full name
Barbara Ann Mandrell
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Born
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Birthplace
Houston, Texas
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Fact:
Prominent in the 1970s and 1980s
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Fact:
Won the Country Music Association's "Entertainer of the Year" award twice, making her the only female in country music history to have done so
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First #1 hit
"Sleeping Single in a Double Bed"
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Record labels
Columbia, MCA, Capitol, Universal
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Fact:
Was reading music and playing the accordion at five years old
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TV debut
Five Star Jubilee
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Sang in the Mandrell Family Band
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September 11, 1984
Was injured in an automobile accident
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October 1999
Inducted into the Country Gospel Music Hall of Fame
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May 2009
Inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame
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November 2007
Awarded a star on Nashville's Walk of Fame
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Television show
Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters
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Autobiography
Get to the Heart: My Story
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Husband
Ken Dudney
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Has three children
Matthew, Jaime and Nathaniel Dudney
