- Posted November 19, 2024
was born October 17, 1941, in Portsmouth, Ohio
charted more than 30 singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart,…
Today’s Country Legend was born May 5, near Tremont, a small town in Itawamba County, Mississippi,
enrolled in cosmetology school and later appeared on a local country music television program.
Twenty of her singles topped the chart and sold an estimated 30 million records worldwide.
Reba McEntire credited her as an influence on her career.
in 1998, she was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.