Barbara Ann Mandrell (born December 25, 1948) is an American country musician, musician, and actress. He was known for a series of top-10 hits and TV shows in the 1970s and 1980s that helped him become one of the country's most successful female vocalists of that period. She was inducted into Country Music Hall of Fame in 2009 and is a member of the Grand Ole Opry.
Mandrell was the first player to win the two-time State Music Association's Entertainer of the Year. He also won twice the Women's Music Association "Country Vocalist of the Year" in 1979 and 1981.
The first record of Mandrell's number one Billboard was the "Bed Bed in a Double Bed" in 1978, which was soon followed by "(If You Love You Are Wrong) I Do not Want To Be True" in early 1979. In 1980, "Year" also reached number one. He added another topper chart in each of the following three years. "I'm a Country When Country Is Not Cool" (typical song), then "'Until You Lost' and 'One of the Stupid Mates' - all number one hit between 1981 and 1983, the period during which Mandrell also received many awards and industry awards.
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Initial life
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Barbara Ann Mandrell was born on Christmas Day 1948 to Mary Ellen (nÃÆ' Â © e McGill, born 1931) and Irby Matthew Mandrell (1924 - 2009) in Houston, Texas. His mother is a housewife and musician who comes from a large family in rural Wayne County, Illinois. His father, Irby, is a World War II naval veteran and Texas police from Garland County, Arkansas. Irby Mandrell is an accomplished musician and entrepreneur. He uses his remarkable social skills and knowledge of the music industry to manage his three career daughters for over 3 decades.
Mandrell was the only child until July 13, 1954, when his sister Thelma Louise Mandrell was born. Baby sister Ellen Irlene Mandrell arrived 18 months after Louise on January 29, 1956.
The eldest daughter of the musical family, Barbara Mandrell has been reading music and playing accordion when her sister was a baby. Six years later, he became so adept at playing a steel guitar that his father took him to a musical trade convention in Chicago. While there, his talent attracted the attention of producer RCA Records and Chet Atkins session musicians as well as famous musician and band leader Joe Maphis. Soon after, he became a major player in Lashis nightclub event at Maphis, followed by a tour with Red Foley, Tex Ritter and Johnny Cash. His network TV debut appeared on the NBC-TV series Five Star Jubilee in 1961.
As he grew older, Mandrell learned to play pedal steel and lap steel guitars and many other instruments, including accordions, saxophones, and banjo. He plays a steel guitar for Patsy Cline, who once wrote to a friend that Mandrell is, "a 13-year-old blond doll who plays a steel guitar from this world! Mandrell toured at age 13 with Cline, Johnny Cash, and George Jones. He also played guitar for Joe Maphis in Las Vegas and at the Los Angeles Town Hall Party event. A few years later, Mandrell and his sister Louise and Irlene, as well as her parents, founded the Mandrell Family Band. They toured across the United States and Asia. Their drummer, Ken Dudney, became Mandrell's husband shortly after graduating from Oceanside High School.
Career discovery
Dudney receives a commission in the Navy, serves as a pilot, and is sent overseas. Mandrell decided that he would become a country singer and move to Nashville. His father was then his manager, and with his help, he signed a contract with Columbia Records in 1969. Over the next few years, Mandrell had several minor blows. The producer at the time was Billy Sherrill, known for producing other famous singers in country music such as Tammy Wynette, Charlie Rich, and Tanya Tucker.
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Country music career
1969-1974: Country Start
Within 48 hours of a nightclub appearance near the Grand Ole Opry, he accepted an offer to record a contract from six record companies. After signing a contract with Columbia in 1969, he made his first chart hit, a remake of the classic Otis Redding "I've Been Loving You Too Long". In 1970, Mandrell scored the first of many top-40 hits with "Playin 'Around With Love". That same year, he began performing with singer David Houston, and their partnership also resulted in a sizable chart success. Mandrell's first release earned the respect of his peers, but his first major breakthrough with fans came in 1973 with the single "The Midnight Oil"; it was the first song sung from the perspective of a cheating woman, who at that time was unheard of.
While with Columbia Records, Mandrell works with legendary state producer Billy Sherrill. Under Sherrill's direction, Mandrell recorded the country-soul material, which never made him a big success. His initial hits include the 1970s "After Closing Time" (duet with David Houston) and 1971's "Tonight My Baby's Comin 'Home", "Treat Him Right", and his version of Joe Tex's "Show Me." His records do not result in high sales on the Columbia label. Sherrill later said in the book, How Nashville Became a City of Music , that he was asked annually by other Columbia executives, why he was keeping Mandrell, because he did not sell recordings. Sherrill kept Mandrell with a label until 1975.
1975-1984: Country-pop
In 1975, Mandrell jumped to the ABC/Dot label, and under the guidance of producer Tom Collins, reached the top five for the first time with the single "Standing Room Only". After a series of hits in a row, he scored the second with "Bed Sleep in a Double Bed" in 1978, soon followed by another chart-topper, "(If You Love You Wrong) I Do not Want To Be True" in early 1979. " Loving You Is Wrong "is also a great crossover success, becoming the only Mandrell single to reach the top 40 on the pop charts, peaking at number 31. The song also peaked in the top 10 on adult contemporary radio stations.
During the 1980s, Mandrell had more hits, including "Crackers" and "Wish You Were Here". All of these and other singles reached top 10 countries and some also hit number one, including "Years". The other three singles reached number one: "I Was Country When Country Was Not Cool", "Until You're Expired", and "One of a Kind, a Moped Spouse", between 1981 and 1983, the period in which Mandrell also received many awards and industry awards. "I Was Country When Country Was not Cool" was one of Mandrell's most famous songs. The most famous version is a live version featuring George Jones. In 1983, he won a Grammy award for "Best Inspirational Performance" for the song, "He Set My Life to Music".
In 1980, Mandrell became the third woman to win the "Entertainer of the Year" award from the Country Music Association. He repeated in 1981 by winning the award for the second time. It has never happened before, as before, it was considered, that it only went to artists once, but he earned it the second year in a row with his tour, hit records, and his popular non-stop TV show. It started a great series of awards and he will win: several CMA, ACM and MCN awards, seven American Music Awards, and nine People's Choices, make it one of the country's most awarded acts in history.
A duet collection with Lee Greenwood, Meant for One Another , followed in 1984. From this album, Greenwood and Mandrell had two hits on the country charts covering 1984 and 1985, including a top-five hit, " To Me ", and top-20" Should Already Love by Now ".
Also in 1984, he opened a fan-based attraction across from the old Country Music Hall of Fame location in the heart of Nashville's Music Row called Barbara Mandrell Country, a museum about his life and career.
1984: Car crash
While Mandrell was at the peak of his popularity, he suffered a major setback when he was involved in a serious car accident on September 11, 1984. According to Toni Reinhold at Redbook, the singer suffered multiple fractures on his right foot, including a broken bone thighs, knees and ankles, he also suffered severe scratches and abrasions and severe concussions that caused temporary memory loss, confusion, and speech impediment. "After one and a half years of rehabilitation, he recovered and returned to recordings and performances. Mandrell told the interviewer that the accident made him reassess his priorities; he retired in November 1997, 13 years after the accident, and now spends more time with his family. Mandrell is now a confirmed belt supporter, especially since before the accident both he and his two oldest children, Matthew and Jaime (also involved in the accident) are usually the wearers of seat belts. Mandrell spotted the station wagon in front of him in a downstairs truck and uncontrollable children behind, and felt the need to tell his children to put on their seatbelts just before the crash.
During the healing period, Mandrell can not work, so he needs to collect insurance to pay his medical bills and to keep his touring band paid. At Ralph Emery on Recordings Mandrell explained that the problem was, under Tennessee law, he had to go through the formalities of filing a suit against survivors of the dead driver who caused the accident. , A 19-year-old student of Mark White, to collect from his own insurance company.
Mandrell further stated that he instructed for a lawyer to call the White family and tell them that he did not want money from them and only took such action to get his own insurance company to pay for his medical expenses, but most fans never knew about it or about Tennessee's insurance law. They only see the headlines about the lawsuit against a family who lost a son. Before the case was heard, he added, his insurance company filed for bankruptcy. The record and ticket sales are falling "in a big way," Mandrell said.
"I do not blame the public," he told Emery, adding that given the information most of them gave through the media, "I'll feel what they feel."
Television and acting
In 1980, the TV programs of Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters were aired on NBC. In addition to hosts Barbara, Louise, and Irlene, the show features musical guests and comedy sketches. Each broadcast was also closed with a gospel song, which caused Mandrell to record his own inspirational album, He Set My Life to Music (1982). As a result of his preoccupation, he began to suffer vocal pressure, and on doctor's orders, pulled the plug on a television program in 1982. (Various events were also disliked at the time, this series was the last NBC variation series to date.) He received one award (People's Choice) and two nominations (Golden Globe Award and TV Land) for his work on the show. In 1983, he premiered The Lady Is a Champ, a Las Vegas stage show.
Mandrell had a major role in Burning Rage with Tom Wopat in 1984 just before his car accident. Later, she also has guest starring roles on hit shows, including: Touched By Angel , Empty Nest , Diagnosis: Killing, Dr. Quinn, Medical Woman, The Commish, Baywatch, Walker, Texas Ranger, and Rockford Files . He also had a recurring role in the late 1990s at Aaron Spelling's daytime drama, Sunset Beach. Spelling is a big fan of hers and wants to include it in one of her shows.
Many of these performances can be viewed on late-night television or on DVD box sets from each show. In 1990, he wrote an autobiography entitled Get to the Heart: My Story , which was a bestselling book New York Times for over three months, and in 1997 became a highly rated Film CBS TV from the week starring Maureen McCormick. Mandrell promotes his autobiography at shows such as Sally Jessy Rapha, Geraldo and The Oprah Winfrey Show, with whom he shares "World Woman" honor in 1992. In primetime, he appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson and Ralph Emery Nashville Now, and he even "knocked" during one of his three visits Arsenio .
Personal life
Barbara Mandrell married Ken Dudney on May 28, 1967. Dudney is a drummer in the Mandrell Family Band. Mandrell and Dudney have three children, Kenneth Matthew Dudney (b) 1970, Jaime Nicole Dudney (b) 1976), and Nathaniel Mandrell Dudney (born 1985).
Mandrell's eldest son, Kenneth "Matthew" Dudney is a gourmet chef, who has worked in the Nashville area for many years. After overcoming some alcohol addiction, Matthew married Christian recording artist Christy Sutherland. He is now traveling with him as his personal manager. Princess Mandrell, Jaime, was Miss Tennessee Teen USA 1993 and placed in the semifinals at Miss Teen USA 1993. Jaime was Miss Golden Globe in 1996, following a tradition, where one son and one daughter of a famous parent presents golden statues. After this, Jaime plays his aunt, Irlene Mandrell, on Get to the Heart , and is seen in the long-running CBS drama during the day, When The World Turns , from June 1998 to January 2000. On December 23, 2012, Jamie married Whit Gilbert. The youngest son of Mandrell, Nathan, married Hannah Menefee on March 8, 2012. The two met during a lecture at the University of Mississippi. Nathan is Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Dynamic Research Technology. Hannah received her medical degree from the University of Tennessee in 2014 and received an internship for obstetrics and gynecology at Vanderbilt University.
His former mansion, located in Whites Creek, Tennessee, near Nashville, has turned into a tourist attraction with restaurants, hotels, outdoor music venues, and indoor shooting. Her daughter, Jaime, is a human resources manager at the mansion.
Awards
Discography
References
Further reading
- Mandrell, Barbara, and George Vecsey. Get to the Heart: My Story . New York: Bantam Books, 1990. ISBNÃ, 0-553-05799-5 hardbound
External links
- the official website of Barbara Mandrell
- Fontanel
- Barbara Mandrell about IMDb
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