{"id":15152,"date":"2019-05-14T23:00:47","date_gmt":"2019-05-15T05:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/?p=1806685"},"modified":"2019-05-14T23:00:47","modified_gmt":"2019-05-15T05:00:47","slug":"now-78-k-t-oslin-was-45-when-80s-ladies-made-her-a-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/music-news\/now-78-k-t-oslin-was-45-when-80s-ladies-made-her-a-star\/","title":{"rendered":"Now 78, K.T. Oslin Was 45 When \u201c80\u2019s Ladies\u201d Made Her a Star"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Edward Morris<\/a><\/span> 13m ago<\/span><\/span> <\/p>\n

Nashville in the late 1980s: It was the best of times in the best of towns. TNN (The Nashville Network) and CMT through their virtual around-the-clock programming were taking country music to a constantly widening and increasingly enthusiastic audience.<\/p>\n

The Opryland USA theme park was luring an average of 2.5 million ticket-buyers a year and entertaining them with a lineup of live shows staffed by talented young musicians, many of whom would later become stars.<\/p>\n

Although women artists were then (as now) a minority on the country charts, such performers as Reba McEntire, the Judds, Rosanne Cash, Dolly Parton, Tanya Tucker, Kathy Mattea and Patty Loveless were routinely scoring No. 1 hits.<\/p>\n

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