Country Pop Bites: Kathy Mattea – January 30

Did you know that on this day in Country Music History in 1988 Kathy Mattea collected her first #1 country single in Billboard with "Goin' Gone"?

It's true! check out the video!

Here are 5 interesting facts about Kathy Mattea.

• She grew up in Cross Lanes with her parents.
• She dropped out of college to move to Nashville.
• She once worked at the Country Music Hall of Fame as a tour guide.
• She has been heavily involved in HIV/AIDS-related charities, beginning in the early 1990s, and is often credited with being among the first to champion this cause among the country music community. She is the recipient of the Minnie Pearl Humanitarian Award, and the Harvard AIDS Institute Leadership Award for this work.
• Her single from Mary, Did You Know? was covered by Wynonna Judd.