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Barbara Ann Mandrell (born December 25, 1948) [1] is an American country music singer and musician. She is also credited as an actress and author. She is also credited as an actress and author. During the late 1970s and early 1980s, she was considered among country's most successful music artists.
Growing up in Texas—and later California—in the 1950s, Barbara Mandrell's musical talent and love for performing is apparent from an early age. While helping her father Irby at a music store, a young Mandrell's impromptu performance on a steel guitar catches the eye of country music guitarist Joe Maphis, who invites her to perform in his shows in Las Vegas and Los Angeles.
Barbara Mandrell & the Mandrell Sisters is an American variety show starring American country artist Barbara Mandrell, along with her sisters Irlene Mandrell and Louise Mandrell. The show ran for two seasons on the NBC network between November 1980 and June 1982. The program mixed both music and comedy sketches.
He co-wrote a few songs for Louise’s sister Barbara. "One of a Kind Pair of Fools" is a 1983 single written by Bannon and John Bettis and recorded by Barbara Mandrell. "Only One Love in My Life," also written by R.C. Bannon and John Bettis, was Ronnie Milsap's 10th number 1. Mandrell and Bannon adopted Nicole Mandrell Shipley in 1986.
It was Mandrell's second top ten hit single and first solo top ten hit in her career. [5] In Canada, "Tonight My Baby's Coming Home" was her among first singles to enter the RPM Country Singles chart, climbing to number 34 in 1971. [6] The song was released on Mandrell's second studio LP titled The Midnight Oil. The album was released in 1973. [7]
"The Midnight Oil" is a song written by Joe Allen, and recorded by American country music artist Barbara Mandrell. It was released in July 1973 as the fifth single and title track from the album The Midnight Oil. The song received positive critical reception and became one of Mandrell's first top ten hits on the North American country music charts.
"Married But Not to Each Other" was released as a single on Westbound Records in March 1976. The single was pressed as a seven inch vinyl recording containing a B-side titled "Who's the Fool" (also penned by LaSalle). [3]
Barbara Mandrell made a series of a charting top 40 country singles during her stint with Columbia Records in the early 1970s. [4] Her Columbia recordings cut with producer Billy Sherrill combined country with soul music together. [2] Among these songs was "Wonder When My Baby's Coming Home".