Country Music Memories: Reba McEntire Earns Her First No. 1 Hit
Unlimited, which was released on Mercury Records. "Can't Even Get the Blues," which was written by Tom Damphier and Rick Carnes, was one of the first uptempo songs that McEntire released as a single -- and she had to fight to even record it. The tune was being considered for Jacky Ward, another artist on Mercury, and McEntire argued with her producer, Jerry Kennedy, over the right to include the track on her own new record. "Can't Even Get the Blues" was the last song that McEntire recorded for Unlimited. Although Kennedy maintained that McEntire's voice was better suited for ballads, he...
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