Biography
Barbara Mandrell is a country icon who ruled the charts throughout the ‘70s and ’80s, melding downhome storytelling and R&B-soul melodies on hits like “(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want To Be Right” and “Sleeping Single In A Double Bed.” Born in Houston, Texas, on Christmas Day in 1948, Mandrell began performing at an early age, picking up accordion, saxophone and, most famously, steel guitar before she finished high school. In 1960, she join...Read more