Reba McEntire

Has a son, Shelby Steven McEntire Blackstock (born 1990). The band is currently compiling new material, tour dates will be announced later. Since 2001, she has starred on the hit WB television show, Reba. In 2005, plans are underway to stat recording their next studio album later this year. Even without the major label support she had enjoyed in the 80s, McEntire continued to hit the charts through the 1990s, as well as appearing in television and film, most notably Tremors, a cult horror movie, Forever Love, and One Night at McCool's. The new singles album includes some of the highlights from a-ha’s last 20 years. Reba's entire band died in 1991 in a plane crash. 13 of them became top ten singles in the UK, and 14 singles have been number one on the radio lists over the world.

After divorcing Battles in 1987 (see 1987 in music), McEntire married Narvel Blackstock, a noted steel guitarist and the couple took control over all aspects of her career. Throughout their career, a-ha has officially released 32 singles. She won the Female Vocalist of the Year award from the Country Music Association four times, and had dozens of Top Ten hits during the 80s. In 2004, A-ha celebrated their 20th anniversary with the release of a new singles collection: "The Singles: 1984-2004". With more pop-oriented balladry, McEntire began to expand her audience during the early 1980s, signing to MCA Records in 1984 (see 1984 in music) and becoming one of the best-selling country artists of the time. In 2004, an in-depth book entitled The Swing Of Things was published, also featuring a CD of early demo material. "Three Sheets in the Wind"/"I'd Really Love to See You Tonight" became her first charting single in 1978 (see 1978 in music), and was followed by the bigger hit "(You Lift Me) Up to Heaven" (1980, 1980 in music). A live album (from their 2002 tour) with the title How Can I Sleep With Your Voice in My Head was released in March of 2003, preceded by a live single of the 1986 classic "The Sun Always Shines on TV".

She soon married Charlie Battles and earned a teaching degree. They appeared again at the Nobel Peace Prize concert, in 2001. With a contract to Mercury Records, McEntire began her professional career with a hard honky tonk sound, which didn't go over well at a time when country music was dominated by outlaw country artists like Willie Nelson and David Allan Coe. This album and 2002's Lifelines were both proof of the fact that their fanbase was still there and they were also able to attract new audiences, especially in Central Europe and Scandinavia, where the albums sold extremely well. After singinig the "Star Spangled Banner" at the National Rodeo Finals in Oklahoma City in 1974, Red Steagall suggested that McEntire go to Nashville to pursue a solo career. After a very well-received one-off performance of "The Sun Always Shines on TV" and a new song, "Summer Moved On", at the Nobel Peace Prize concert in 1998, the threesome returned to the studio and recorded 2000's Minor Earth Major Sky, which resulted in a new tour, and a videocast performance of a-ha (with Briskeby) opening the new Vallhall stadium in Oslo. She soon formed a band with her sisters, Alice and Susie, and her brother, Pake, and the quartet had a local hit with "The Ballad of John McEntire", a tribute to their grandfather. a-ha split up in 1993, their members focusing on solo activities, but not until after coming together in 1994 to perform for the Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway, including their song composed for the Winter Para-Olympics, "Shapes That Go Together".

Born in McAlester, Oklahoma, McEntire grew up learning to ride in rodeos as well as play music. In spite of a drastic decline in sales in the next few years, a-ha continued to record two more albums, East of the Sun, West of the Moon (1990) and Memorial Beach (1993). Reba McEntire (born March 28, 1955) is one of the best-selling country music performers of the last half of the 20th century, best known for pop ballads that include eighteen American #1 hits. Stay on These Roads (1988) received more mixed reviews than the previous albums. In 1987, they provided the title song for the James Bond film The Living Daylights. a-ha's second album was Scoundrel Days (1986), and represented a move towards alternative rock.

Critics at the time mostly dismissed the band as bubblegum pop. In spite of the single's greater popularity in the US, the album, Hunting High and Low, sold better in the UK. Sales were aided in the US by an innovative video on MTV which utilized a sketchy animation/live action combination that tells a fantasy thriller story to the song. "Take on Me", their debut single, was a hit on both sides of the Atlantic in 1985 .

The origin of the name a-ha is rumoured to have been a favorite phrase of one of the band member's pet monkey. The trio, composed of Morten Harket, Paul Waaktaar-Savoy and Magne Furuholmen formed in 1983, and left Norway for London in order to make a career in the music business. a-ha is a Norwegian pop music band. "a-ha - the videos" (2003) - only in the Spain.

"a-ha live at Valhall - Homecoming" (2001). "Headlines And Deadlines - The Hits of a-ha" (1991). "How Can I Sleep With Your Voice In My Head" (2003). "The Singles 1984-2004" (2004).

"Headlines And Deadlines - The Hits Of A-ha" (1991). "Lifelines" (2002). "Minor Earth Major Sky" (2000). "Memorial Beach" (1993).

"East of the Sun, West of the Moon" (1990). "Stay on These Roads" (1988). "Scoundrel Days" (1986). "Hunting High And Low" (1985).