youtu.be/IkEisdaFRzU For Lisa Ann Ollis Newsom Barbara Ann Mandrell (born December 25, 1948) is an American country music singer.She is known for a series of Top 10 hits and TV shows in the 1970s and 1980s that helped her become one of countrys most successful female vocalists of that period. She was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2009. She was the first performer to win the Country Music Associations Entertainer of the Year award twice. She was the only female to have done so until Taylor Swift equaled her. She also won twice the Country Music Associations Female Vocalist of the Year in 1979 and 1981. Mandrells first Billboard No. 1 hit was 1978s Sleeping Single in a Double Bed, immediately followed by (If Loving You Is Wrong) I Dont Want to Be Right in early 1979. In 1980, Years also reached No. 1. She added one more chart topper in each of the next three years. I Was Country When Country Wasnt Cool (her signature song),then Till Youre Gone and One of a Kind, Pair of Fools—all hit number one between 1981 and 1983, a period during which Mandrell also received numerous industry awards and accolades.
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