Country Pop Bites: Mindy McCready – September 14

Did you know that on this day in Country Music History in 1996 Mindy McCready made the #1 position in Billboard with "Guys Do It All The Time"?

It’s true! Check out the video!

Here are 5 little known truths about Mindy McCready.

• Malinda Gayle McCready was born on November 30, 1975, in Fort Myers, Florida.
• She began singing at the age of 3 in her local Pentecostal church.
• At age 9, she began training for the opera with a retired Juilliard professor, but later decided that she preferred the kind of country singing she'd learned from karaoke tapes of Trisha Yearwood and Reba McEntire.
• She signed her first recording contract at age 17.
• She passed away earlier this year due to a self-inflicted gunshot wound. She was just 37 year old.