Barbara Mandrell, 1948
Barbara Mandrell is a legend in the world of country music. She is a singer who started her career in the 1960s, but she found a lot of success in the ’70s and ’80s. She is known for her hit songs like “I Was Country When Country Wasn’t Cool,” “When A Man Loves A Woman,” and “Sleeping Single In A Double Bed.”
The world was at her feet back in the day, and she was winning awards left, right, and center. She had six number-one singles reach the Billboard Country Songs chart. She walked away from the limelight in the ’90s to focus on her family, but she is still around and well.
