{"id":1307205,"date":"2019-03-28T09:25:31","date_gmt":"2019-03-28T15:25:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/?p=1804462"},"modified":"2019-03-28T09:25:31","modified_gmt":"2019-03-28T15:25:31","slug":"revisiting-the-realness-on-rebas-for-my-broken-heart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/music-news\/revisiting-the-realness-on-rebas-for-my-broken-heart\/","title":{"rendered":"Revisiting the Realness on Reba\u2019s For My Broken Heart"},"content":{"rendered":"
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by Edward Morris<\/a><\/span> 14m ago<\/span><\/span> <\/p>\n

By the mid-1980s, Reba McEntire<\/a> had become simply \u201cReba,\u201d joining that pantheon of entertainers for whom one name was ample identification: Elvis, Dolly, Tammy, Loretta, Cher.<\/p>\n

Her success was slow coming, though. She first charted in 1976, but it wasn\u2019t until 1980 that she had a Top 10 and until 1982 that she scored a No. 1. After that, however, the spunky redhead \u2014 who celebrates her 64th birthday today (March 28) \u2014 came on like a runaway train. She snagged the CMA female vocalist award in 1984, 1985, 1986 and 1987. Also in 1986, she won the CMA entertainer of the year prize and a best female vocalist Grammy.<\/p>\n

She was one of the first to turn her music videos into full-fledged mini-movies rather than settle for the usual tarted up performance clips. Occasionally, she drafted well-known actors to serve as her co-stars. Video versions of \u201cWhoever\u2019s In New England,\u201d \u201cWhat Am I Gonna Do About You,\u201d \u201cSunday Kind of Love,\u201d \u201cCathy\u2019s Clown\u201d and \u201cFancy\u201d all served to spread her visibility beyond the country audience.<\/p>\n

In 1990, she appeared in her first movie, Tremors<\/em>, with Kevin Bacon.<\/p>\n

Then, on March 19, 1991, eight of her band members were killed in a plane crash following a concert. Reba gave vent to her sorrow in the album that followed, For My Broken Heart<\/em>. Co-produced by Reba and Tony Brown and released Oct. 1, 1991, For My Broken Heart<\/em> is possibly the saddest album in country music and certainly one of the best ones.<\/p>\n

\u201cI ached singing every song,\u201d she told this reporter. \u201cI remember the musicians praying for an upbeat, happy song every time we said, \u2018Okay, we\u2019re gonna do this one next.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Here are the 10 songs that emerged from her heartbreak:<\/p>\n