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	During the 2005 CMT 100 Greatest Duets special, it was mentioned that the original duet for "The Heart Won't Lie" was to be with Kenny Rogers, not Vince Gill. When that fell through, Reba planned the song as a solo. It was only later that Vince was added. The things Reba will do for the perfect picture! For the photo shoot for her 1996 album, What If It's You, Reba sat and stood on a swing that was suspended over the water by a crane! Reba's brother, Pake, once had a Nashville record deal. In the 1980's, Pake had his own record deal on RCA Records and toured as Reba's opening act. He would do a fifteen-minute show of his own, then come back out and play in Reba's band. Today, Pake spends most of his time steer roping and selling insurance. He lives in Oklahoma. Reba changed the first line of her single "You're Gonna Be" to "six pounds and nine ounces", because both her son Shelby and her granddaughter Chelsea weighed that much at birth. Reba got her first bus in 1982. Before that she had been traveling in trucks, vans, and cars with horsetrailers full of equipment. Reba and her sisters and brother would often sing three part harmony, taught by their mother, while on trips to her father's roping competitions. Reba sang for the first time behind a microphone in first grade. She sang "Away in the Manger" during a Christmas program in the high school gymnasium. Reba started gathering cattle on her dad's ranch at the age of six, and competed in rodeos by the time she was eleven. After she graduated high school, Reba competed in about fifty rodeos a year. Reba was named after her grandmother, Reba Estelle Brassfield. Reba first sang professionally at the age of four in Cheyenne , Wyoming on a rodeo trip. In a large crowd in the Edwards Hotel lobby, someone offered to pay her brother Pake to sing. Not wanting to be left out Reba sang "Jesus Love Me" for a nickel. When Reba was a child, she, her sisters and brother would sell permits for $1 so deer hunters could hunt on her dad's ranch. This was how the children got the Christmas money. Reba once held the record for the 75 yard dash in the Pittsburg County conference for track. She also cheered and played basketball. She even went to the basketball state finals. Reba was in the Kiowa High Schools first and only cowboy band with her brother Pake and sister Susie. They played local Honky-Tonks and dance halls as The Singing McEntire's Reba once had a race horse named after her high school mascot, Kiowa cowboy. Reba's first number one, "Can't Even Get the Blues," almost didn't make it onto the Unlimited album, and it was the last single released. Reba debuted at Carnegie Hall on October 28, 1987. It marked the first time she wore a dress by her stylist Sandi Spika. The show was a sellout. Reba had been to the Grand Ole Opry for the first time when she was seven years old. It was a memorable trip for her because she got sick during the show and left the building, she ran outside and threw up on the front steps. When Reba finally met Meryl Streep, one of her favorite actresses at an LA movie premier, Meryl hugged Reba and said she had always wanted to thank her for filling in for her during the 1991 Oscars. Reba performed the Oscar nominated song, "Checkin' Out," from Streep's movie, Postcards From the Edge. Reba's niece, Garett Beck, played the character Tillie in Reba's CBS movie Secret of Giving. Garett also had a small part in Reba's movie Forever Love. The 1997 Reba/Brooks & Dunn Tour was the largest grossing tour in Country Music history. In addition to a successful tour, Reba recorded the award winning duet "If You See Him" with her pals Brooks & Dunn. They performed the song together in concert. Reba ended a busy few days of European promotion in June 1999 with a live in-store performance and signing session at London 's Virgin Megastore. Over 1,000 fans attended Reba's in-store, making it the biggest ever for a country entertainer. Some of the dancers who have toured with Reba have gone on to perform in a couple of Broadway's hottest plays. Shaun Earl, who many of you may have seen in the “Fame” television series, was on Broadway last year in the hit play “Rent.” He also traveled with the Broadway road production around the country. And Bob Gaynor, who was on the same Reba tour as Shaun Earl, was in the Broadway production of “Aida.” Reba wrote much of her best selling book Comfort From A Country Quilt while on the road. Her ever-present laptop came in very handy backstage before and after her concerts, and while travelling from city to city and country to country on tour. Michael Higgins, the dance captain for Reba's "Singer's Diary" tour, has toured with Reba three times. He was part of her orginal dance crew in 1995 and 1996, and the Singer's Diary in 2000. In 1996 Reba's tour was the largest arena tour to go on the road (of all genres). In 1995-1996 Reba played to over 2 million people. Reba debuted at the Grand Ole Opry on September 17, 1977. She almost wasn't let in because the guard at the Opry gate didn't see Reba's name on the list. Reba found a nearby phone and called her booking agent, Dick Blake, and he fixed the problem, and she was allowed in the building. That was a good thing because Reba's mom, dad and sister Alice had driven 1400 miles round trip for Reba's 3 minute performance. Her act was cut from 2 songs to 1 because of a surprise appearance by Dolly Parton. When Reba toured Australia in 1998 she opened shows for Kenny Rogers. A year later, she sold out her own shows during a 12-city tour. Before finding success in the music business, Reba was a barrel-racer who competed in many rodeos. In fact, it was at the National Finals Rodeo in 1974 that Reba's musical career got its start when she was discovered singing the National Anthem by Red Stegall
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