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Barbara Mandrell

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Barbara Mandrell Fast Facts:

Learned to read music and play the accordion by the age of 5.
At 11, demonstrated the steel guitar at a music trade show in Chicago, where she was discovered by country performer Joe Maphis.
Her family formed its own group when she was 14. A member of the band was drummer Ken Dudney, whom she would later marry.
Signed with Columbia Records in 1969, scoring her first hit with a cover of Otis Redding's "I've Been Loving You Too Long."
Inducted into the Grand Ole Opry in 1972.
After her family band broke up, she formed the Do-Rites with her sisters, Louise and Irlene.
In 1979, won Country Music Association's Female Vocalist of the Year.
Headlined the NBC variety series Barbara Mandrell & the Mandrell Sisters (1980-82).
Was the first artist to win CMA Entertainer of the Year for two consecutive years (1980 and '81).
Penned her autobiography, Get to the Heart: My Story (1990), which was later made into a TV movie, Get to the Heart: The Barbara Mandrell Story (1997).

Barbara Mandrell Relationships:
Irby Mandrell - Father
Mary Ellen McGill - Mother
Louise Mandrell - Sister
Irlene Mandrell - Sister
Kenneth L. Dudney - Husband
Kenneth Matthew Dudney - Son
Jaime Nicole Dudney - Daughter
Nathaniel Mandrell Dudney - Son
Barbara Mandrell Awards:
1982 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy - Nominee
1982 Grammy: Best Inspirational Performance - Winner
1983 Grammy: Best Soul Gospel Performance By A Duo, Group, Choir Or Chorus - Winner
1986 People's Choice Awards: Favorite All-Around Female Entertainer - Winner
1985 People's Choice Awards: Favorite All-Around Female Entertainer - Winner
1985 People's Choice Awards: Favorite Female Musical Performer - Winner
1984 People's Choice Awards: Favorite All-Around Female Entertainer - Winner
1983 People's Choice Awards: Favorite All-Around Female Entertainer - Winner
1982 People's Choice Awards: Favorite All-Around Female Entertainer - Winner
1982 People's Choice Awards: Favorite Female Musical Performer - Winner
1982 People's Choice Awards: Favorite Female TV Performer - Winner
1987 People's Choice Awards: Favorite All-Around Female Entertainer - Winner