50 Fun Facts About Reba

In which state was Reba McEntire born and raised?

She was born in McAlester and grew up on a ranch in Chockie, the third of four children.

What did Reba's father and grandfather both win world championships in?

Her grandfather won in 1934 and her father three times; Reba herself trained as a barrel racer.

Where was Reba singing the Star-Spangled Banner in 1974 when Red Steagall discovered her?

Steagall helped her land a deal with PolyGram/Mercury the following year.

What did Reba study to become at college in Durant?

She kept performing on the side, including bar gigs around Oklahoma City.

Which label did Reba sign with in 1984 after leaving Mercury, launching her breakthrough?

Her second album there, My Kind of Country, produced two No. 1s and won her CMA Female Vocalist of the Year.

Which 1986 title track won Reba a Grammy for Best Female Country Vocal Performance?

It topped the country chart and became her signature ballad of the decade.

Reba's hit 'Fancy' was a cover of a 1969 song by which singer?

It appeared on a 1990 album alongside 'You Lie'.

How many members of Reba's band died in a plane crash in March 1991?

The crash near San Diego followed a private show for IBM; she answered with a grief-stricken album later that year.

Which 1991 album became Reba's best-seller, going four-times platinum in the US?

Its title track and 'Is There Life Out There' both hit No. 1.

With which then-unknown singer did Reba record the duet 'Does He Love You'?

MCA wanted a bigger name; a 2021 remake paired Reba with Dolly Parton instead.

What was Reba's first film role, in 1990?

She played a survivalist alongside Kevin Bacon and Michael Gross.

Which role did Reba play on Broadway in 2001?

The same year, her sitcom Reba premiered on The WB.

How many times in a row did Reba win the CMA's Female Vocalist of the Year, a record at the time?

Miranda Lambert tied it in 2013 and Carrie Underwood matched the four-win total in 2016.

In which year was Reba inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame?

She has placed more than 100 singles on the country chart, 25 of them No. 1s.

Which honour did Reba share in 2018 with Cher, Philip Glass and Wayne Shorter?

That January she had won her first Grammy in more than 20 years, for a gospel album.

On which competition show did Reba serve as a coach from 2023 to 2025?

She coached four seasons before starring in NBC's Happy's Place.

At which Super Bowl did Reba sing the national anthem in 2024?

Deaf actor Daniel Durant accompanied her in American Sign Language.

Which Kelly Clarkson song did Reba remake as a duet with her for the 2007 album Reba: Duets?

The album was her first to top both the country chart and the Billboard 200.

Roughly how many records has Reba sold worldwide?

Hence the nickname 'The Queen of Country'.

Which actor did Reba begin dating in 2020?

They co-starred in the film The Hammer.

On which network did the sitcom Reba premiere in October 2001?

Its sixth and final season aired on The CW after The WB merged with UPN.

In which city is the sitcom Reba set?

Reba Hart's household includes her kids, her ex, his new wife and her son-in-law.

What is Brock Hart's profession on the show?

He leaves Reba for his much younger dental hygienist, Barbra Jean.

Who plays Barbra Jean, the dental hygienist Brock leaves Reba for?

She and Reba performed Dolly Parton's '9 to 5' in the episode 'Driving Miss Kyra'.

What news does daughter Cheyenne deliver in the pilot?

Boyfriend Van gets kicked out by his parents and moves into Reba's house.

What position did Van Montgomery play on his high school football team?

A tailbone injury later reveals spinal stenosis and ends his pro hopes.

Who plays Van?

He went on to Shameless as Kevin Ball.

What is the name of Van and Cheyenne's daughter?

Played by twins Alena and Gabrielle Leberger, she barely speaks until season five.

What is the name of Brock and Barbra Jean's son?

He is a half-brother to Cheyenne, Kyra and Jake.

Which real-life illness limited Scarlett Pomers (Kyra) to two episodes in season five?

Kyra is the sarcastic middle child who loves tormenting Van.

What is the title of the show's theme song, performed by Reba?

Shelby Kennedy and Phillip White wrote it; the TV version was re-recorded faster than the album cut.

How was the sitcom's fate sealed in January 2007?

Rumours had said the network was ordering a full season; instead the show ended in February.

How many seasons did the sitcom Reba run?

It earned Reba a Golden Globe nomination.

Which NBC sitcom grew out of a pitch Reba and Reba producer Kevin Abbott developed?

She also owns an actual restaurant called Reba's Place in Atoka, Oklahoma.

How many Billboard country No. 1 singles has Reba had?

'Consider Me Gone' in 2009 made her one of the oldest women to top the chart, at 54.

What was Reba's first No. 1 country single, in 1983?

She got the news while her tour bus was broken down.

Which two of Reba's siblings played in her band by 1980?

Their mother had taught the kids to sing harmony on drives to their father's rodeo dates.

Which Young Sheldon character did Reba play?

She also had a main role in season three of Big Sky.

What was Reba's 1990 hit album that included 'You Lie'?

It mixed ballads with pop-leaning uptempo tracks.

What was the name of Reba's first husband?

Their divorce coloured the song choices on My Kind of Country; she later married and split from manager Narvel Blackstock.

Reba gave a 2016 Golden Buzzer to contortionist Sofie Dossi as a guest judge on what show?

The pair reunited on the show in 2023, with Reba singing one of her early No. 1 hits while Dossi performed aerial and hand-balancing routines.

On October 19, 1985, Reba sang the national anthem at game one of which event?

It came months after her album Have I Got a Deal for You, her first with a co-production credit of her own.

In 2018, Reba became the first woman to play which fast-food mascot in TV commercials?

The KFC campaign ran from January through the end of April 2018, the same year she collected a Kennedy Center Honor.

Which actor plays Brock Hart, Reba's vain, tanning-addicted ex-husband on the sitcom?

Brock leaves Reba for his hygienist, yet the two households keep colliding under one roof for all six seasons.

Reba's 2012 ABC sitcom about a divorced mom restarting her music career was called what?

Its debut drew the biggest audience of any new comedy that season, but ABC still cancelled it after 18 episodes.

James Cameron cast Reba in Titanic as which real passenger before her tour got in the way?

Her concert dates could not stretch to fit the film's ballooning schedule, so the part went to Kathy Bates, who earned an Oscar nomination for it.

Reba married manager Narvel Blackstock in 1989 in a private ceremony held where?

Together they built Starstruck Entertainment to run her career. They split in 2015 after 26 years of marriage.

Which Vince Gill duet gave Reba a No. 1 country hit in 1993?

It came from It's Your Call, her first album to crack the top 10 of the Billboard 200. Gill also helped rebuild her band after the 1991 plane crash.

Reba's 2023 Lifetime film The Hammer was inspired by a traveling judge in which state?

She played Judge Kim Wheeler. Her real-life partner Rex Linn played Bart Crawford, a mysterious cowboy with unknown motives.

In 2008 Reba left MCA after 25 years and signed with which Big Machine imprint?

The move reunited her with label boss Scott Borchetta. Her first single there, 'Strange', gave her the highest chart debut of her career.