Bob Barry’s Unearthed Interviews Podcast: Barbara Mandrell
Barbara Mandrell at one time, was considered one of the most successful country singers and all-around entertainers, with six number one singles and 25 top ten singles on the Billboard Country charts. Barbara also had her own primetime TV show and appeared in “Touched by an Angel,” “Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman,” and “Baywatch.” Her hit records included: “Sleeping Single in a Double Bed” and “I Was Country When Country Wasn’t Cool.” Barbara is very talented, playing several instruments. She was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2009. Mandrell has been only one of a few women to win the CMA Entertainer of the Year award twice, alongside Taylor Swift. In 1979 she crossed over into the Top 40 pop charts with “If Loving You is Wrong, I Don’t Want to be Right.”
