Reba Nell McEntire (born on March 28, 1955 - Kiowa, Oklahoma, USA) is a Gra… Read Full Bio ↴Reba Nell McEntire (born on March 28, 1955 - Kiowa, Oklahoma, USA) is a Grammy Award-winning singer and one of the best-selling country music performers of all time, known for her pop-tinged ballads that include 24 #1 hits. She has issued 28 studio albums and 13 compilations, with more than 50 million records sold as of 2007.

With a contract to Mercury Records (1975), McEntire began her professional career singing heavily pop-influenced ballads, a far cry from the neotraditionalist movement she would help lead a few years later.

"I Don't Want To Be A One Night Stand" became her first charting single in 1976. Her first Top 10 hit "(You Lift Me) Up to Heaven" followed four years later, and in 1982 she scored her first #1 hit with "Can't Even Get The Blues."

Frustrated at her limited commercial success, McEntire left Mercury and signed with MCA Records in 1984. 1984's "Just A Little Love" wasn't much different form her Mercury material and was only moderately successful. However, another album followed later that same year, titled "My Kind of Country." This was a return-to-roots record, complete with fiddles and steel. It was comprised largely of covers of classic country songs, as well as original songs such as "How Blue" and the Harlan Howard-penned "Somebody Should Leave", both of which reached #1 on the Billboard country singles chart.

In the early 1990s McEntire expanded her audience by adopting a softer, more pop-oriented sound. She became one of the best-selling country artists of all time, releasing three volumes of greatest hits collections.

Since that first #1 hit in 1982, she's forked out 21 more chartbusters, which are all recapped on "Reba #1s" released on November 22nd, 2005. The 2-disc compilation features all 22 number one singles (according to Billboard magazine) in chronological order, including two new tracks "You're Gonna Be" and "Love Needs A Holiday." "Reba #1s" also contains 11 singles that reached the #1 spot in publications other than Billboard.

She won the Female Vocalist of the Year award from the Country Music Association four times in a row (a record she holds with Martina McBride), and had dozens of Top Ten hits during the 80s. For her contribution to the recording industry, Reba McEntire has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7000 Hollywood Blvd. In 1995, she was inducted into the Western Performers Hall of Fame at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

She is one of only six solo women (others include Shania Twain, Barbara Mandrell, Dolly Parton, Loretta Lynn, and Taylor Swift), to win the Country Music Association's highest honor, "Entertainer Of The Year". McEntire continued to hit the charts through the 2000s, as well as appearing in television and film, most notably Tremors, a cult horror movie series, Forever Love, and One Night at McCool's. She also starred as Annie Oakley in Annie Get Your Gun on Broadway, receiving critical acclaim.

From 2001 to 2007, Reba starred in the hit WB television show, Reba (with Texan actor Christopher Rich as her philandering ex-husband), even getting a visit from fellow country star Dolly Parton who played Reba's character's supervisor at a real estate firm.

A Cowboy Like You
Reba McEntire Lyrics

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Well there's a jukebox in my ear
Playing so loud I can hardly hear
And it's telling a story
About a boy like you

And each selection that I make
Tells me how my heart will break
Falling in love with a cowboy like you

When it's just an old machine
Without a heart but oh so mean
Says I'll probably spend my whole life feeling blue
So I'll just put in one more dime
And play that same song one more time
Cause I want to hear about a cowboy like you

Repeat Verse number three
I guess that I should go on home
But I can't stand to be alone
Cause I'll only dream about
A cowboy like you

Yeah I'll only dream about
A cowboy like you

Overall Meaning

In Reba McEntire's song "A Cowboy Like You," the lyrics describe a woman sitting in a bar listening to a jukebox playing songs about falling in love with a cowboy like the man she desires. The jukebox is so loud that she can hardly hear, but the songs it's playing are telling a story about a boy like him. Each selection she makes tells her how her heart will break if she falls in love with someone like him, who is likely to leave her feeling blue. However, she can't resist playing that same song one more time, dreaming about a cowboy like him.

The song describes the allure of the cowboy archetype and the sense of adventure and freedom that it represents. Despite the heartache that may come with loving someone like that, the woman cannot resist the temptation to dream of a life with a cowboy like the man she desires. The repetition of the chorus and the return to it after the second verse create a sense of longing and a desire for something that may not be attainable or sustainable.

Overall, the lyrics of "A Cowboy Like You" poetically capture the bittersweet experiences of falling in love with someone who embodies the cowboy archetype. The woman in the song cannot help but be drawn to the man despite the potential heartache, sparking a sense of longing and romanticism.

A Cowboy Like YouReba McEntire Lyrics

A Cowboy Like You
Reba McEntire Lyrics