We had to go all through the night thinking that our baby was dead. When God showed him to us, he wasn't dead, he was sucking his thumb. God had him safe and sound. He is a miracle. He is so healthy, so perfect, and God has really, really blessed us.

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.