Did you know that on this day in Country Music History in 2004 Reba McEntire scored a gold album for "Room To Breathe"?

Reba McEntire
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Here are 5 interesting facts about Reba McEntire.

  • At 5-years- old, she  would drive her dad’s truck while he kicked hay off the truck’s bed to feed the cattle in winter.
  • She made her singing debut in the first grade with a solo of ‘Away in a Manger’ in a school Christmas play.
  • As a third-grader, she was asked to sing at the Kiowa High School graduation.
  • In college, Reba was a member of a campus singing and dancing group called the Chorvettes.
  • She was chosen by ‘Titanic’ director James Cameron to play the ‘unsinkable Molly Brown’ in the 1997 film but had to decline because of her tour schedule. The role went to Kathy Bates instead.

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