And they just saw me on that and - from the time I was 11 until I was 12, I guess. And then when I had just turned 13, they asked me if I wanted to tour with Johnny Cash back East.

She was the only female to do so until Taylor Swift equaled her. Each broadcast also closed with a gospel song and in 1982 Mandrell released her own inspirational album He Set My Life to Music. 1984: Motor vehicle accident
While Mandrell was at the peak of her popularity Barbara Mandrell had a major setback when Barbara Mandrell was involved in a serious automobile accident on September 11 1984.

In 1980 "Years" also reached No. "I Was Country When Country Wasn't Cool" (her signature song) then "'Till You're Gone" and "One of a Kind Pair of Fools"—all hit number one between 1981 and 1983 a period during which Mandrell also received numerous industry awards and accolades.