Nashville, Tenn. – November 6, 2007 – Barbara Mandrell was presented with a star on the Music City Walk of Fame yesterday, November 5. Her daughter, Jaime Dudney, introduced Mandrell in the ceremony held at Hall of Fame Park in downtown Nashville. Almost 10 years to the day of her retirement, Mandrell now has a permanent fixture on Nashville's Music Mile. "I have traveled all over the world and chose Nashville as my home. I couldn't be happier to have my star residing in the best city in the world," says Mandrell. Rodney Crowell, Bob DiPiero, Vince Gill, Jimi Hendrix and Buddy Killen were among the walk’s third class of inductees.

Mandrell stepped out of the spotlight in 1997 after an entertainment career spanning nearly four decades. She earned over 75 major awards, including two consecutive CMA Entertainer of the Year awards (1980 & 1981, making her the first artist ever to win two years in a row), CMA Female Vocalist of the Year (1979 and 1981), ACM Top Female Country Music Vocalist (1980 and 1986), NARAS Grammy Award for the Best Inspirational Performance (1983), Grammy Award for Best Soul Gospel Performance (1984), Dove Award for Gospel Album of the Year (1983) and nine People’s Choice Awards (1983-1987). She is one of only six artists to have received the “Triple Crown” by winning all three of the most coveted awards, Top New Female, Top Female and Entertainer of the Year. Her NBC variety show, "Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters" drew nearly 40 million viewers weekly and introduced a nation to country music. Her autobiography, "Get to the Heart: My Story" debuted on The New York Times Best Sellers list and remained there for six months. In the year 2000, the Academy of Country Music honored Barbara with their most prestigious award, The Pioneer Award. Last year, country music greats Randy Owen of Alabama, Sara Evans, Kenny Chesney, Reba McEntire, Brad Paisley, Lorrie Morgan, Willie Nelson, Shelby Lynne, Dierks Bentley, Terri Clark, LeAnn Rimes, Blaine Larsen, and CeCe Winans came together to honor Barbara with the BNA Records album, "She Was Country When Country Wasn’t Cool: A Tribute to Barbara Mandrell." Mandrell’s career was nothing short of stellar and is still making an impact on country music today.

About the Music City Walk of Fame:

Created in the fall of 2006, the Music City Walk of Fame, on Nashville’s Music Mile, will be a landmark tribute to those from all genres of music who have made significant contributions to preserving the musical heritage of Nashville and have contributed to the world through song or other industry collaboration. With the induction of this new class of honorees, there are 18 total stars along the Walk of Fame. Permanent sidewalk medallions will be installed in the sidewalk along the Music Mile, the roughly one-mile stretch of Demonbreun Street from 4th Avenue South to the Buddy Killen Circle at 16th Avenue South. The plaques for this class of inductees are inlaid in Hall of Fame Park on Demonbreun, between 4th and 5th Avenues South.

The Music City Walk of Fame is an official project of Music City, Inc., the charitable foundation of the Nashville Convention & Visitors Bureau (NCVB), and is produced with the support of presenting sponsor Gibson Guitar and sponsors GAC, the City of Nashville and Metro Parks.