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Reba McEntire |
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Name: Reba McEntire Birth Name: Reba Nell McEntire Height: 5' 6" Sex: F Nationality: American Birth Date: March 28, 1955 Birth Place: McAlester, Oklahoma, USA Profession: Actress, Musician, Songwriter Education: Kiowa High School Southeastern Oklahoma State University in Durant, Oklahoma (graduated with BA in elementary student education and music in 1976; honored as a distinguished alumnus in 1986) Husband/Wife: Narvel Blackstock (noted steel guitarist, producer; married on June 3, 1989), Charlie Battles (professional steer wrestler and bulldogger; married on June 21, 1976; divorced in 1987) Father: Clark Vincent McEntire (was world steer roping champion; born on November 30, 1927) Mother: Jacqueline Smith (born on November 6, 1926) Sister: Martha Susan McEntire (aka. Susie McEntire, Christian musician; born on November 8, 1957), Alice Lynn McEntire (aka. Alice Foran; born on December 3, 1951) Brother: Del Stanley McEntire (aka. Pake McEntire; born on June 23, 1953) Grand Father: John Wesley McEntire (was world steer roping champion for 1934; born in 1897; died in 1976) Son: Shelby Steven McEntire Blackstock (born on February 23, 1990; father: Narvel Blackstock) Claim to fame: Her first number one single Can't Even Get The Blues No More in 1983 Contact: Click here
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- Hosted the Academy of Country Music Awards in 2006. This is the eighth time that she has hosted them.
- Has issued 29 albums, with more than 50 million records sold as of 2006.
- In the 2005 CMT special of Favorite videos, the fans voted Fancy number one.
- ‘For My Broken Heart’ was Reba's best selling studio album, selling more than 4 million copies.
- As a child Reba's nicknames included: Little Red, Rippy Toe, and RebaNeller.
- Has always admired Loretta Lynn and Dolly Parton.
- Has her own line of clothing called REBA. It is a collection of business and casual separates.
- Was James Cameron's first choice to play the unsinkable Molly Brown in TITANIC (1997), but had to decline because her touring schedule overlapped the filming date.
- Her entire band died in 1991 in a plane crash.
- Her father, Clark McEntire (1927- ), was world steer roping champion for the years 1957-1958 & 1961. He was inducted into the Rodeo Hall of Fame of the Rodeo Historical Society (a support group of the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum) in 1988.
- Her first public performance was Away In A Manger for a First Grade Christmas Production.
- Her grandfather, John Wesley McEntire (1897-1976 ), was world steer roping champion for 1934 and was also a calf roper. He was inducted into the Rodeo Hall of Fame of the Rodeo Historical Society (a support group of the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum) in 1984.
- In VH1’s The Great Things About series, Reba was called the Red-State’s Madonna because she does everything Madonna does (sing, act, musical theater, ect.) but unlike Madonna received critic's praise.
- Inducted into the Hall of Great Western Performers of the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in 1995.
- Named the #1 Best-selling Female Country Singer of All Time. (2000)
- MORE REBA MCENTIRE TRIVIA
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