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BARBARA MANDRELL
SIGNED / AUTOGRAPH PHOTOGRAPH PICTURE.
COLUMBIA RECORDS
THE NEAL AGENCY LTD
2325 CRESTMOOR RD
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE (TN)
A / C 615 385 0310
SIGNATURE READS: TO IRENE. IT WAS SO WONDERFUL TO MEET YOU. LOVE BARBARA MANDRELL.
GREAT COUNTRY WESTERN MUSIC / POP ICON. POPULAR CULTURE MEMORABILIA.
CICRA 1970 - 1980.
MEASURES 8" BY 10"
RARE / HARD TO FIND / HTF.
THIS CURIO WILL LOOK GREAT IN YOUR ACTIVITY / GAME ROOM. ON THE WALL WITH THE GOLD RECORD OR ONTHE BOOK CASE.
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FYI
Barbara Mandrell (b. Barbara Ann Mandrell December 25, 1948) is an American Country Music Singer. She is best known for Country-Pop crossover hits of the 1970s and '80s. She was given the nickname The Princess of Steel, for her ability at the steel guitar.
Barbara Mandrell was one of Country Music's most successful artists during the 1970s and '80s. Like many of her contemporaries at the time, she sang crossover Country material, that either was well-liked or highly criticized. Her biggest hits include "Sleeping Single In a Double Bed", "(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want to Be Right", "Years", and "Crackers".
Biography & career
Early life & rise to fame
Barbara Mandrell has been known as one of the most successful and popular Country singers of the 70s and 80s. She was far more than a country singer, however. She also known as an actress as well, having a successful career in television as well as music. Barbara was born on Christmas Day in 1948. She has always had musical influence being both her parents were musically-oriented. She was the oldest of three girls, one which, Louise Mandrell became a successful Country singer herself for a period of time.
While growing up, she was taught the steel guitar and many other instruments, including the accordion, saxophone and banjo. She even played steel guitar for the legendary Patsy Cline. Cline once wrote to a friend in a letter that Mandrell was "a 13 year old blonde doll that plays the steel guitar out of this world! What a show woman!" Mandrell toured as a 13 year old with Cline, Johnny Cash and George Jones. She also played guitar for Joe Maphis in Las Vegas and even on the Town Hall Party show. A couple of years later, Barbara and her sisters, as well as her parents founded the Mandrell Family Band. With this, they toured all over the United States and Asia. The drummer in the band, Ken Dudney became Mandrell's husband shortly after she finished high school.
Later, Dudney enlisted in the Navy, serving as a pilot, and was sent overseas. Mandrell decided that she would become a country singer and moved to Nashville. Her father was now her manager and with his help, she signed on with Columbia Records in 1969. Over the next couple of years, Mandrell had a few minor hits. This was only showing the potential Barbara had inside of her to become successful. Her producer at the time was Billy Sherrill, who was known for producing other great works of art in Country music like Tammy Wynette, Charlie Rich and Tanya Tucker.
Initial success, career & signature songs
She remained with her record company until 1975. During this time though, she recorded some material she may not be best known for like "Do Right Woman Do Right Man", "Treat Him Right", "Show Me", "Midnight Oil" and "Tonight My Baby's Coming Home". These songs helped jumpstart Mandrell's professional career in Country music. Of special note is "The Midnight Oil" which was one of the first songs to feature the woman as the cheating spouse.
These songs made Barbara Mandrell a household name in Country music. She also recorded some duets with David Houston, the biggest of these being the top 10's "After Closing Time"(1970) and "I Love You, I Love You"(1974). Her career was only getting started but she finally got what she truly wanted, which was a successful career in Country music. In 1975, she switched to ABC/Dot Records where her first hit for her new label "Standing Room Only", became her first top 5 country hit in 1976.
She worked with a more Pop-oriented record producer, Tom Collins. At the time in Country music, producers were looking to bring their Country singers into more Pop material. Some examples of these singers are Lynn Anderson, Kenny Rogers and Crystal Gayle. However, this made Mandrell an even bigger Country star, even getting her first #1 hit in 1978 with "Sleeping Single in a Double Bed". This became what is known in the business as her "career song" - the song that put her on the map. With this, Mandrell never looked back.
She went closer and closer into Pop music, having songs even become Top 10 Adult Contemporary hits. After the success of "Sleeping Single in a Double Bed", Mandrell continued to have success on the charts. In 1979, she released a version of Luther Ingram's "If Loving You Is Wrong (I Don't Wanna Be Right)" which not only became a #1 country hit but her only top 40 Pop hit as well reaching #31. Other highlights during this time would be "Years", "Fooled By A Feeling" and the disco-oriented hit called "Crackers". She had another big hit in 1981 called "I Was Country When Country Wasn't Cool". This became her signature song and one of the best known country songs of all time.
Risky profile & hitting #1
In Country music in the 1970s, many singers spoke of heartache and lonlieness. Mandrell however (much like Kenny Rogers) spoke of more risky material. The subject of many of her songs had dealt quite openly with topics such as sex and one-night stands. Her first Cashbox Chart #1, 1973's "The Midnight Oil", captured this feeling. Other songs like "Woman to Woman", "If Loving You is Wrong", and "Married, but Not to Each Other" proved that singing about other women's men would be her successful formula.
Mandrell enjoyed top 10 success, and hit #1 with several singles - including the huge "Sleeping Single in a Double Bed ('78)", "If Loving You is Wrong... ('79)", "Years" ('80), "I was Country when Country wasn't Cool" ('81), and "One of a Kind, Pair of Fools" ('83) to name a few. Her success with hit singles would lead her eventually to dozens of awards, top honors and her own TV show.
The peak of her career
In 1980 Barbara won the Entertainer of the Year Award from the Country Music Association and won it again in 1981. This was unprecedented as in the several years prior to her, it was understood that it only went to an artist once - but she nabbed it a 2nd year in a row with her non-stop touring, hit records, and popular TV show. This began the huge array of awards and accolades she would win: several CMA, ACM, and MCN awards, 7 American Music Awards, and 9 People's Choice, making her one of the most awarded country acts in history.
Barbara Mandrell went to the very peak of her career in the 1980s, when she hosted her own variety network show called Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters. It was produced in Barbara's Las Vegas style with flashy costumes, dance sequences, and pop-flavored music; but countrified with the help of a group of life size puppets, Truck Shackley and the Texas Critters ("Oh Miss Mandrell, Miss Mandrell") and the popular guitar pull segment where Barbara would show off her musical ability and play up to 9 instruments. The show was very successful - especially with the help of her sisters, Louise and Irlene, reaching an audience upwards of 40 million people each week. The weekly sibling "rivalry" added a bonus of good humored ribbing to their bossy older sister. One part of the show was a segment where young actresses portrayed Barbara and the sisters when they were little girls (Barbara's daughter, Jamie Nicole Dudney, portrayed her aunt, Irlene Mandrell, in these segments).
Even though the show was going great, Barbara had to cancel the show after two years due to exhaustion. It seemed that Barbara became very stressed in her work, but at this time she didn't do much to stop it. She also performed in Las Vegas in a show called The Lady Is a Champ. The concert was such a hit, that HBO recorded it for broadcast and it was a huge ratings grabber for the new pay channel.
In 1984, at the height of her popularity Barbara opened a fan-based attraction across from the Country Music Hall of Fame in the heart of music row in Nashville called Barbara Mandrell Country. This museum was to remain a strong tourist attraction for the next decade as it chronicled the life & times of Barbara Mandrell's incredible career.
Awards & Honors
2007 People Magazine's 100 Most Beautiful List
2005 CMA Triple Crown Award
2002 CMT 40 Greatest Women of Country Music - Rank #38
2001 Academy of Country Music - Pioneer Award
1999 Country Gospel Music Hall of Fame
1992 Woman of the World Award (tie with Oprah Winfrey)
1991 TNN/Music City News Minnie Pearl Award
1987 People's Choice Award Favorite All-Around Female Performer
1987 American Music Awards Favorite Female Artist
1986 People's Choice Award Favorite All-Around Female Performer
1985 People's Choice Award Favorite All-Around Female Performer
1985 People's Choice Award Favorite Female Musical Performer
1985 American Music Awards Favorite Female Artist
1985 Music City News Living Legend
1984 People's Choice Award Favorite All-Around Female Performer
1984 American Music Awards Favorite Female Artist
1983 People's Choice Award Favorite All-Around Female Performer
1983 American Music Awards Favorite Female Artist
1982 People's Choice Award Favorite All-Around Female Performer
1982 People's Choice Award Favorite Female Personality
1982 People's Choice Award Favorite Female Musical Performer
1982 American Music Awards Favorite Female Artist
1982 GRAMMY for Best Gospel Performance
1982 Music City News Country Female Artist of the Year
1982 Music City News Country Instrumentalist of the Year
1981 Academy of Country Music Top Female Vocalist
1981 American Music Awards Favorite Female Artist
1981 CMA Entertainer of the Year
1981 CMA Female Vocalist of the Year
1981 Music City News Country Comedian of the Year
1981 Music City News Country Female Artist of the Year
1981 Music City News Country Instrumentalist of the Year
1981 People Magazine's 25 Most Intriguing List
1980 Academy of Country Music Entertainer of the Year
1980 American Music Awards Favorite Single
1980 CMA Entertainer of the Year
1979 CMA Female Vocalist of the Year
1979 Music City News Country Female Artist of the Year
1978 Academy of Country Music Top Female Vocalist
1976 Music City News Country Most Promising Female Artist of the Year
1971 Academy of Country Music Top New Female Vocalist.
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