Reba Entire

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Reba McEntire

Date of Birth 28 March 1955, McAlester, Oklahoma, USA

Birth Name Reba Nell McEntire

Nicknames
The Queen of Country Music
Big Red
Country Music's Queen!

Reba Nell McEntire was born on Monday, March 28th, 1955 in McAlester, Oklahoma. The reigning queen of country music has pursued a musical career since the age of 5. In junior high, she performed with her siblings as the Singing McEntires. A fine athlete, McEntire followed in the footsteps of her rodeo champion father in competitive barrel racing. Her performance of the "Star Spangled Banner" at the 1974 National Finals Rodeo in Oklahoma City caught the attention of songwriter Red Steagall, who suggested she consider a career in country music. She has since earned 7 gold and 5 platinum albums and 2 Grammy Awards. She has also explored other avenues of entertainment, serving as a guest host on "Good Morning, America" and earning generally favorable reviews for her acting in the movie, Tremors (1990) and the mini-series, Buffalo Girls (1995). In 1988, she formed Starstruck Entertainment to oversee the various aspects of her musical & acting careers.

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Spouse
Narvel Blackstock (3 June 1989 - 28 October 2015) (divorced) (1 child)

Charlie Battles (21 June 1976 - 25 June 1987) (divorced)

Trade Marks
Red hair
Sparkling blue eyes
Voluptuous figure
Oklahoma accent

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Her sister, Susie Luchsinger, (Susie McEntire) is a
Was James Cameron's first choice to play "the unsinkable" Molly Brown in Titanic (1997). But she had to decline because her touring schedule overlapped the filming date.
1991: Her entire band died in a plane crash.
1993: Had a patch of skin cancer on her forehead removed.

1996 tour statistics: 16 trucks, 7 buses, 1 jet, 100 dates (12,500 per date) concerts, 200-foot expandable stages, 3 separate performance areas, 10 dancers, 5 video cameras, 6 video screens, 96-person crew, 40 tons of equipment.
2000: Named the #2 Best-selling Female Artist (of all genres) of All Time, following Barbra Streisand.
2000: Named the #1 Best-selling Female Country Singer of All Time.

Attended Kiowa High School and Southeastern State University.

Her first public performance was "Away In a Manger" for a first-grade Christmas production.

Majored in Elementary Education and minored in Music.

Daughter of Jacqueline (11/6/1926) and Clark McEntire (11/30/1927).

Sister of Alice Foran (born December 3, 1951), Pake McEntire (born June 23, 1953) and Susie Luchsinger (born November 8, 1957) (Susie McEntire).

Has won two Grammy Awards, nine People's Choice Awards (for singing and acting), seven CMA (Country
Music Association) Awards (including an unprecedented Female Vocalist of the Year four years in a row), two Country Radio Awards, 11 ACM (Academy of Country Music) Awards (including an unprecedented Top Female Vocalist seven times), 14 American Music Awards (including an unprecedented Favorite Female Country Singer 10 times), five TNN/Music City News Awards, three International Awards and the 2001 Drama Desk Award for her Broadway debut in "Annie Get Your Gun".

1995: Inducted into the Hall of Great Western Performers of the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum.

Her father, Clark McEntire (1927- ), was world steer roping champion for the years 1957-1958 and 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 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.

At one time, she was classmates with Garth Brooks in Oklahoma.

She was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 7018 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on September 18, 1998.
Was a bridesmaid in her Reba co-star, JoAnna Garcia Swisher's wedding.

Was a serious basketball player as a young girl.

Inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in March 2011.

Stepmother of Brandon Blackstock and aunt of Garett Beck.

(December 15, 2012) Her stepson, Brandon Blackstock, is engaged to her good friend, Kelly Clarkson.

Is a staunch conservative Republican.

Did her own rendition on the 1973 Billboard hit song "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia" that was sung by comedienne/singer Vicki Lawrence, in the early 1990s, the two ladies sang a duet of that song.

She was awarded a star on the Music City Walk of Fame in Nashville, Tennessee in November 2006.