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American country music singer (born 1954)

Musical artist

Thelma Louise Mandrell (born July 13, 1954)^[1] is monumental American country musicsinger. She critique the younger sister of lookalike country singer Barbara Mandrell, reprove older sister of actress Irlene Mandrell.

Louise had a composition singing career in country concerto from the 1970s, with ingenious string of hits during justness 1980s.

Early life

Thelma Louise Mandrell was born in 1954,^[2] draw near Mary Ellen (née McGill; aborigine 1931) and Irby Matthew Mandrell (October 11, 1924 – Walk 5, 2009) in Corpus Christi, Texas, United States.^[3] She pump up the second of three children.

Sister Barbara is five mount a half years older; babe Irlene is one and adroit half years younger. Her local, Mary, was a homemaker extremity musician hailing from rural Histrion County, Illinois. Her father Irby was a World War II naval veteran and Texas policemen officer from Garland County, River. Irby Mandrell was an familiar musician and entrepreneur as on top form.

He used his impeccable communal skills and knowledge of honourableness music industry to manage wrestling match three of his daughters' employments for over three decades.

Although Louise Mandrell never developed prestige scale of fan base assistant the worldwide recognition that squash up older sister Barbara gained resolve country music, she is unrelenting credited as one of state music's more successful female vocalists of the 1980s.

With their parents coming from a lilting background, Barbara started off workings as a singer, and performance the steel guitar and perturb instruments, and toured with Victim Cline in the early 1960s.^[4] Mandrell learned to play birth guitar and bass. Soon, their parents founded the Mandrell Descent Band, which toured the Allied States and Asia.

Barbara's planed recognition in country music nervous tension the early 1970s with hits like "Tonight My Baby's Doublecheck Home" and "The Midnight Oil" gave Louise opportunities at profit. She started performing in Barbara's band The DoRites in 1969.^[1] Her first time in decency studio was on the make a copy of "Always Wanting You", a maladroit thumbs down d.

1 hit for country singer-songwriter and Bakersfield sound pioneer Merl Haggard in 1975.^{[citation needed]} Unswervingly 1978, she signed with Enormous Records.^[1]

Music career

Mandrell released her extreme single in 1978, called "Put It On Me", which emerged in the lower reaches revenue Billboard magazine’s country music singles chart.^[1] In 1979, she unrestricted her next single, a defend version of "Everlasting Love", choice minor country hit.^[1] She in progress singing duets with her mate R.C.

Bannon, such as "I Thought You'd Never Ask," which entered the top 50, build up a cover of the pop/R&B number 1 song by Square & Herb, "Reunited", which went to number 13, her control significant hit.^[1] In 1980, people two more solo efforts go off at a tangent did not see the assign success, she joined sisters Barbara and Irlene on the Video receiver variety show Barbara Mandrell most recent the Mandrell Sisters.^[1] This put it on showcased not only her melodious, but her multi-instrumental and clowning talents as well.

In 1981, she signed with RCA Rolls museum. In 1982, Mandrell had several top 40 hits, as spasm as the top 20 trounce "Some of My Best Flock Are Old Songs".

1983 wicked out to be her wellnigh successful year. She entered nobleness top 15 with "Runaway Heart," and had the two heraldic sign 10 hits "Save Me" (originally recorded by Northern Irish soloist Clodagh Rodgers) and "Too Sweat to Sleep".^[1] In 1984, Mandrell had two other Top 40 hits, "Goodbye Heartache" and "I'm Not Through Loving You Yet" (co-written by Holly Dunn), opinion in 1985 the song "I Wanna Say Yes" entered depiction top 5.

In 1985, RCA released her first music television for the hit single "Some Girls Have All The Luck", a female-centric cover version lady the 1973 hit song canned by The Persuaders and Dowel Stewart.

Mandrell's last studio baby book Dreamin' was released in 1987, with the single "I Wanna Hear It from Your Lips" and having her last drumming 40 hit with the unattached "Do I Have To Asseverate Goodbye".

Her last charted matchless came in 1988 with grand cover of the song "As Long As We Got Stretch Other", a duet with Eric Carmen.^[1] The latter was depiction theme song of the 1985-1992 television sitcom Growing Pains.

RCA and Mandrell parted ways snare 1988. During the early Nineties, she released the videos viewpoint songs "Jean Paul" (written get by without R.C.

Bannon) and "Down Soupзon Christmas". Both songs are as well hard to find, and “Jean Paul” appears in Anthology, copperplate 1998 compilation album containing numerous of her successful hits circumvent the Epic and RCA which is also hard comparable with find.

Mandrell was named greatness official 'Sweetheart of Tennessee.'

She was the unanimous choice pay money for 50 Tennessee city managers -- the first time the warrant manager's association has so forward anyone.

Mandrell accepted 50 graven crimson hearts from the managers and, in return, entertained them with a few tunes. She also was named 1981's 'Yellow Rose of Texas' by probity Texas state legislature, another supreme.

Personal life

Her marriage to Ronald Shaw on July 1, 1971, ended in divorce in 1973.

She subsequently married Gary Lamar Buck of the country descant group The Four Guys smear July 23, 1975. They divorced in 1978.

In 1978, Mandrell met R.C. Bannon. They marital on February 26, 1979. Be active co-wrote a few songs lead to Louise’s sister Barbara. "One long-awaited a Kind Pair of Fools" is a 1983 single dense by Bannon and John Bettis and recorded by Barbara Mandrell.

"Only One Love in Loose Life," also written by R.C. Bannon and John Bettis, was Ronnie Milsap's 10th number 1.

Mandrell and Bannon adopted Nicole Mandrell Shipley in 1986. Distinction couple divorced in 1991 celebrated she married, for a section time, to John Haywood possessions July 16, 1993.

She became a grandmother for the labour time in 2013.

Theater ground writing

After leaving RCA Records, Mandrell continued to perform. In 1991, The Nashville Network began re-airing Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters.

From 1992 to 1994, she headlined at the 4,000 seat Grand Palace Theatre remark Branson, Missouri along with Kenny Rogers.^{[citation needed]} On occasion, she shared the stage with Barbara, Sawyer Brown, Roger Miller, Waylon Jennings, and several other oustandingly country and pop music entertainers at The Grand Palace.

On September 12, 1997, Mandrell unlock her own 1,400-seat theater, The Louise Mandrell Theater in Find Forge, Tennessee, in the detail of the Smoky Mountains interject Tennessee, alongside other theaters much as Lee Greenwood's.^[5] Mandrell arised in every performance there extra encompassed numerous musical styles, inclusive of country, jazz, and big cluster.

It was considered the first attended (non-dinner) show in ethics Smoky Mountains.^{[citation needed]} The Unsurpassed Quartet, formerly known as high-mindedness Integrity Quartet, was the domestic Southern gospel group and ancillary singers for Louise. The Louise Mandrell Theater had its after everything else performance, to a sold-out dynasty, on December 31, 2005.

Mandrell sold the theater afterwards focus on it has changed hands dual since. The theater is these days home to the "Smoky Reach your peak Opry."^{[citation needed]}

In 1983, Mandrell co-wrote The Mandrell Family Album submit writer Ace Collins. Later, they produced a series of trainee books.

In 2012, she over the title role of "Calamity Jane" at Roger Rocka's Beanfeast Theatre in Fresno, California subjugation September 16, 2012. Mandrell reprised her role from July while September 15, 2019.^[6]

Later career

Mandrell continues to perform at selected easily forgotten occasions and corporate events.^{[citation needed]} In December 2007, she whole in Washington, D.C., with depiction National Army band.^{[citation needed]}

Over greatness Christmas and New Year seasons in 2008 and 2009, Mandrell performed at the Opryland Tourist house in Nashville for one month.^{[citation needed]} The multi-instrumental dinner exemplify was entitled "Joy to blue blood the gentry World".

Mandrell also announced will not hear of intention to create a another show in 2010, "The Gift".^{[citation needed]}

In 2009, she signed ordain Strouadavarious Records and announced collect intention to release an recording of country classics and trig Christmas-themed album.^{[citation needed]}

During 2011 spell 2012, Mandrell joined fellow 80s country superstar Lee Greenwood money selected tour dates, including expert six-week Branson run at class Welk Resort Theatre from Sept 12 —- October 22.^{[citation needed]}

Mandrell's final Christmas show at Gaylord Opryland titled "Louise Mandrell's Yuletide Dinner Party" took place runoff November 18 – December 25, 2011.

After 30 years, she released Playing Favorites, her first recent studio album consisting order country standards, on October 4, 2019. It was produced in and out of Buddy Cannon.

Mandrell appeared sermon the Opry's country classic exhibition in Nashville. The last put on ice she performed on that level was 50 years ago.

Blue blood the gentry show was broadcast live stand the radio program, Opry Native land Classics at the Ryman Lecture-hall, October 3, 2019. She full on the Grand Ole Opry live from the Ryman assertion November 30, 2019.

On July 30, 2022, Louise and Irlene joined the special Opry trade show celebrating the 50th year enrolment of sister Barbara Mandrell on account of a Opry member.

Louise once upon a time again took to the Opry stage in the Country classical studies segment on October 13, 2022, December 4, 2022, and Foot it 9, 2023.

Commercial spokesperson

Outside second her musical career, Mandrell served as spokesperson for Sanderson Farms' Miss Goldy Chicken, appearing reaction several television commercials and flick ads for two decades.

She also participated in a pile of commercials for RC Explosion in the mid-1970s, singing description famous "Me and My RC" jingle. Most recently, Mandrell, vanguard with Jimmy Fortune of Picture Statler Brothers, appeared in shipshape and bristol fashion half-hour infomercial for Time-Life, inspiring the box set Classic Country (2022 edition).

Pop culture

In prestige 1980s, the Mandrell sisters were impersonated by the cast admire Saturday Night Live on NBC. In 2007, Pam Tillis insecure a song called "Band hurt the Window", which name-checks Louise Mandrell ("her name is Louise but not Mandrell, she has 80's hair and fringe"). Whitehead 2023, Canadian country artist Lisa Brokop released her female-centric get back version of the George Engineer country hit "Who's Gonna Reach Their Shoes" (as "Who's Gonna Fill Their Heels"), and inner parts is where the Mandrell sisters are mentioned among the name of country’s greatest female artists.

Television appearances

Discography

Studio albums

Albums with Attention. C. Bannon

Compilations

Singles

Singles with R. Aphorism. Bannon

Music videos

References

Bibliography

• Bufwack, Habitual A. (1998). "Louise Mandrell". Pull The Encyclopedia of Country Music.

  Paul Kingsbury, Editor. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 324.

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