Comments on: 100 Greatest Women, #6: Reba McEntire

By: Wayne

Wayne — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 14:48:31 +0000

I love Reba but I think Dolly and Loretta nbr 1 and 2 could not have been better placed. i prefer Reba pre late 1990′s work

By: Code

Code — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 09:54:29 +0000

Barbara mandrell in front of reba?!!?!? Really….NO, i agree with most of this list, dolly parton definitely deserves to be at the top but i think shania shouldve been higher.

By: Travis

Travis — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 21:32:23 +0000

it’s so funny to read comments in here as if ppl honestly think they are giving professional criticism. Did Reba choose music that would sell versus EMMYLOU versions of songs,, YES, DUH, that’s the point, to survive, to make money, and last…. Emmylou has not lived in the music world so long because of her solo efforts, it’s her backup, harmony on other ppl’s albums that have given her the money to survive this long…….. Reba is not the first to do BIG shows or take control of her career,,, even REBA gives credit to Barbara Mandrell for that….. until Barbara came along there had not been a female act that was in CONTROL of what they sang, what shows they did, what and how things were conducted.. Barbara was not only a singer, but a musician, actress, spokesperson, and business woman…. Reba took note of that and patterned her career after Barbara’s to be more of a business, and it worked…

I love much of Reba’s work, but I can only listen to so much of her voice before I have to change my music…….I loved the show Reba and found her acting to be very funny, skilled, and well timed for it being her first take at a weekly comedy show. Reba was very expressive with her face, very reminiscent of Lucille Ball, and I give her kudos on that. I catch the show as often as I can. It was great to see Reba do a cameo in her tv daughters new show recently as a wedding planner who stills of the dates for her own wedding…

Reba deserves to be in the top ten by all means, as with Dolly and Barbara before her, she took the rains of her career, jumped into television and movies and it has landed her in the top for such reasons…….

but I still stand behind my opinion that Barbara Mandrell deserves to be in the top 5 at least for not only sheer talent and the quality of her shows at the time… was the 80′s for everyone NO, and it gets panned much of the time for being to glitzy and what not but that was the TIME and ppl take 80′s country out of context as if it’s NOW.

I think even Reba would tell you that Barbara deserves higher on these lists….

By: daniel r drown

daniel r drown — Sun, 31 May 2009 05:41:30 +0000

The irony: With all those #1 country hits and millions of albums, her signature career hit is the #8 country cover of Bobbie Gentry’s'Fancy’.( Bobbie went #31pop,#26 country and #18ac with her original) She has even borowed huge chunks of Bobbie Gentry’s’ famous headlining Vegas act of the 1970′s.( In 1973 I saw Bobbie Gentry comming down from the ceiling at ‘ The Desert Inn’ singing a rousing performance of ‘ Fancy’ that brought down the house too.) The next question is will Reba be involved when ‘ Fancy’ is optioned into a major motion picture? Songwriter Bobbie Gentry( who is a huge Reba fan) holds all then cards.

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By: Rainbow

Rainbow — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 16:10:32 +0000

Reba is my favorite artist, but I think #6 is an appropriate rating for her.

By: Michael

Michael — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 13:24:18 +0000

Reba is the QUEEN of Country Music in my opinion! I love her as an entertainer and like someone else wrote, who has been around for thirty years like her and is still going strong (besides George Strait) anyway thank you Reba for giving us so much joy, laughter and entertainment over the years. You truly are a Country Music ICON!

By: jackie simpson

jackie simpson — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 15:10:45 +0000

I’m sure that I do have favorites, but I find that my favorites change daily. It depends on my mood. Some days I like Reba’s older music, and on other days I like her newer music. There is one thing I know for sure, Reba will always have a place in my heart. For me Reba made country music what it is today. It doesn’t matter if it’s Reba’s music, TV sitcom,movies,or on stage, I love who she is. I think Reba is a very special lady.

By: J.R. Journey

J.R. Journey — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 21:05:22 +0000

Well said, Tom. The fact that Reba took charge of her career and started picking her own material at a time when no other female in the business was doing it was a major turning point for women in the music business – country or otherwise. The fact that Reba really broke through when she she selected her own material is a testament to another of her talents and that’s consistently picking great material. While some credit Jimmy Bowen for allowing Ms. McEntire the privilege of visiting the publishing companies herself, the fact remains that it was the songs Reba chose for herself that broke her as an artist.

And I am surprised that no one has mentioned Reba’s innovating approach to the music video. Her music videos are what drew me to Reba as a fan and then country music as a genre. Not before or since has an artist pushed the envelope to create such characters and vignettes that forever live in our minds as a visual backdrop for the impressive catalog of hits she amassed along the way. I remember seeing the video for ‘Take It Back’ around Christmas 1992 and I was hooked right then and there on Ms. Reba McEntire. She was also the first recipient of the Johnny Cash Video Visionary Award and for good reason. Reba truly revolutionized the way Nashville – and the entire music industry – approached music videos.