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March 28, 1955 |
 Reba Nell McEntire is born into a family that lives on a cattle ranch in Chockie, a town with a population of 18 in the misty, rocky hills of southeastern Oklahoma.
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1970 |
 While in high school, Reba sings with her siblings in a family group - the Singing McEntires - performing at football games, pep rallies and country music festivals. Her older brother, Pake, is lead singer.
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1972 |
Reba enrolls in Southeastern Oklahoma State University in Durant, about 45 miles from home.
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1974 |
 The 19-year-old who loves barrel racing is discovered by recording artist Red Steagall when she sings the National Anthem at a rodeo in Oklahoma City.
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1976 |
 One of Reba's first singles, "I Don't Want to be a One Night Stand" reaches No. 88 on the country music charts; she marries 31-year-old cattle roper Charlie Battles at a Baptist church in Stringtown, Oklahoma.
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1977 |
 Reba's album, "Reba McEntire," is released, and she makes her debut at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville.
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1982 |
McEntire's "Can't Even Get the Blues No More" goes to No. 1 on the country charts.
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1984 |
 Her hit album, "My Kind of Country," makes McEntire a bona fide star; she earns best female vocalist honors from the Country Music Association.
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1989 |
 After a divorce from Battles, McEntire marries Narvel Blackstock, who had joined her band as steel guitarist nine years earlier and become her tour manager. They have a son, Shelby, the next year.
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1990 |
 McEntire makes her acting debut in the sci-fi thriller, "Tremors."
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1991 |
 Eight members of Reba's band are killed when their chartered plane crashes after a show in San Diego. Reba had stayed behind after the show.
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1999 |
Reba releases "So Good Together," her eighth album of the 1990s, which included her Greatest Hits Volume Two, which went quadruple platinum.
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2001 |
 McEntire has hit sitcom, "Reba," on the WB, and stars as cowgirl Annie Oakley in the revival "Annie Get Your Gun" on Broadway.
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Melissa Etheridge
