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Today's "legend" is Kathy Mattea.  Kathy began recording in 1983.  To date, she's recorded seventeen albums and has had more than thirty singles on Billboard's Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts. One of her most famous tunes, Eighteen Wheels and a Dozen Roses is from the 1987 album, "Untasted Honey."  It went number one in the both the U.S. and Canada in 1988.

When it comes to cool country legends, Eddie Rabbitt is right up there with the best of them.  He had the look, the swagger, the charm, and some of the best music out there popularizing the '80s and early '90s.

Reba McEntire signed her first record contract in 1975.  She continues to sing, record, act, and attract record breaking crowds to her live shows to this day. Her 14th studio album, Sweet Sixteen was released in 1989 and contained a cover of The Everly Brothers, Cathy's Clown. Her version would go to #1 on the Billboard Country charts.

My Country congratulations to Jason Aldean and Taylor Swift!  They each have a number one single, and split the Country charts, this week. Jason is on top of Billboard's Country Singles chart with, Don't You Wanna Stay, his hot duet with inaugural American Idol champion, Kelly Clarkson.  This marks Jason's sixth number one.  On the other side, we have Taylor Swift on the Mediabase Country Singles

CMT.com reports that on the heels of the success he achieved with his Top 10 country single, 'Smile,' Uncle Kracker is back in Nashville to begin work on his fifth studio album, the follow-up to 2009's 'Happy Hour.' Reportedly, he has already written more than 20 songs for the upcoming project.

Taylor Swift can afford to keep up her Starbucks habit. The 21-year old, currently circling the globe on her Speak Now World Tour, is making more money than all of her country peers, according to Billboard.