Country Pop Bites: Reba McEntire – August 7

Did you know that on this day in Country Music History in 2004 Reba McEntire escorted "Somebody" to #1 in Billboard?

It’s true! Check out the video!

Here are 5 little known facts about Reba McEntire.

• Reba Nell McEntire was born on March 28, 1955, in McAlester, Oklahoma, to a family of champion steer ropers.
• When Reba was in ninth grade, she and her two younger siblings formed the group the Singing McEntires, and went on to perform at rodeos.
• On March 16, 1991, tragedy struck when a charter plane carrying eight members of McEntire's band crashed. There were no survivors, and the accident left the singer stunned and reeling.
• She acted in the film Tremors in 1990, as well as in several made-for-television movies.
• In 1989, McEntire wed her manager, Narvel Blackstock, who already had three children from a previous marriage. In 1990 their son, Shelby McEntire Blackstock was born.