Barbara Mandrell

The Entertainer of the Year award is the most prestigious award in country music. Among the winners are just 10 women.

Some of them are still out there working!

You could say that she was 'Country When Country Wasn't Cool.'

It's been nearly 30 years since Barbara Mandrell disappeared. What happened?

Born on Dec. 15, 1948 in Houston, Texas, Mandrell was raised around country music.

They struck it rich, but they never abandoned their roots.

Just like big hair and Spandex, country music was alive and well in the '80s, celebrating true love, simple pleasures and American pride.

Did you know that on this day in Country Music History in 1981 MCA released Barbara Mandrell's "I Was Country When Country Wasn't Cool"?