Kelsea Ballerini celebrated the 100th anniversary of the Grand Ole Opry with a moving cover of Barbara Mandrell’s 1981 tune “I Was Country When Country Wasn’t Cool.” Ballerini took the Nashville venue ...

Country Music Hall of Famer and Grand Ole Opry member Barbara Mandrell retired from the stage before turning 50. However, she and her family spent four entertaining and groundbreaking decades onstage.

Thanks to a string of hit singles and a popular television variety series, vocalist Barbara Mandrell was arguably the biggest female star in country music in the late ’70s and early ’80s. Born the ...