Question: What country singer born in 1948 sang "I was Country Before Country was Cool?"

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Rattlesnake Annie: Annie McGowan (born Rosan Gallimore, December 26, 1941 in Puryear, Tennessee, U.S.) is a country singer and songwriter under the stage name Rattlesnake Annie.  She earned her nickname as a child from her respect of snakes.  McGowan began recording music in 1974 and achieved success in Europe.  She became the first female country musician to tour the Eastern Bloc countries in Europe and released an album with a country singer Michal Tučný from Czechoslovakia.  In 1990, she became the first American country performer to sign a recording contract with Sony Music Japan.

I Was Country When Country Wasn't Cool: "I Was Country When Country Wasn't Cool" is a song written by Kye Fleming and Dennis Morgan, recorded by American country music artist Barbara Mandrell.  It was released in April 1981 as lead single from the album "Barbara Mandrell Live".  It featured a guest appearance by country artist George Jones who was not credited on the record charts.  The song reached number one on the U.S. "Billboard" Hot Country Singles chart in July 1981 and peaked at #14 on the Canadian "RPM" Country Tracks chart.  The song was nominated for 1981 Single of the Year by both the CMA and ACM Awards organizations.

Cheikh El Hasnaoui: Cheikh El Hasnaoui (1910–2002) was a Berber singer born in a small town near Tizi Ouzou in Algeria.  He sang Algerian chaabi music, and was, along with Slimane Azem, responsible for laying the foundations of modern popular Kabyle music in the 1950s and 1960s.

Richard Sterban: Richard Anthony Sterban (born April 24, 1943) is an American bass singer born in Camden, New Jersey, who joined the country and gospel quartet The Oak Ridge Boys in 1972.  Prior to joining The Oak Ridge Boys, Sterban toured with J. D. Sumner and the Stamps Quartet, who were singing backup for Elvis Presley at that time.  Sterban ultimately became best known for his "oom-pa-pa-oom-pa-pa-mow-mow" bass solo in the Oak Ridge Boys' 1981 single "Elvira" and sang lead vocals on a select few of the group's songs, including a cover of The Righteous Brothers' hit "Dream On," which itself became a hit.

Bittertown: Bittertown is the fourth album released by country/folk singer Lori McKenna.  The album was first released in 2004 on Signature Sounds.  It was produced by Lorne Entress and features prominently the guitar work of Kevin Barry.  After country singer Faith Hill covered three of Lori McKenna's songs for her album, "Fireflies", Warner Bros. records signed McKenna to their label and re-released it under their name.  All songs were written by McKenna.  "Bible Song" was covered by country singer Sara Evans for her album "Real Fine Place".

Jean-François Michael: Yves Roze better known as Jean-François Michael is a French singer born on 16 April 1946.  Between 1963 and 1968, he sang under his birth name Yves Roze.  In 1968, Michel Berger (under his real name Michel Hamburger) wrote "Adieu jolie Candy" that was a hit for Jean-François Michael.  It sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc.

Barbara Mandrell: Barbara Ann Mandrell (born December 25, 1948) is an American country music singer, musician, and actress.  She is known for a series of top-10 hits and TV shows in the 1970s and 1980s that helped her become one of country's most successful female vocalists of that period.  She was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2009 and is a member of the Grand Ole Opry.

Buenas Noches from a Lonely Room: Buenas Noches from a Lonely Room is the third studio album by country singer Dwight Yoakam.  The album contains Yoakam's first (and, as of 2017, only) two No. 1 Hot Country Singles singles.  The first was "Streets of Bakersfield," a duet with country music veteran Buck Owens, who had originally released a version of the song in 1973.  The second was an original composition of Yoakam's titled "I Sang Dixie."  A third song on the album, "I Got You, also an original composition, peaked at No. 5.  The title song, "Buenas Noches from a Lonely Room (She Wore Red Dresses)," also charted, but only to the No. 46 position.

Diana Trask: Diana Trask (born 23 June 1940) is an Australian country and pop singer born in Melbourne, Australia.  She was a popular country singer during the 1970s in the United States and also was a popular star in her native Australia.  In the U.S., she charted eighteen singles on the country charts, of which the highest was the number 13 "Lean It All on Me" in 1974.

Rainbow (Johnny Cash album): Rainbow is the 70th album by American country singer Johnny Cash, his last for Columbia Records, released in 1985 (see 1985 in country music).  "I'm Leaving Now", which appeared fifteen years later as a track on Cash's "", was released as a single rather unsuccessfully, but the album's signature song is a cover of Kris Kristofferson's "Here Comes That Rainbow Again", which also appeared on Cash's 1995 collaboration with Kristofferson, Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings - known as The Highwaymen - entitled "The Road Goes on Forever", though it was sung solo by Kristofferson on the latter.  Also included is a cover of Creedence Clearwater Revival's "Have You Ever Seen the Rain? ," from "Pendulum".  The album also includes the song "Love Me Like You Used To," which was later recorded by fellow country singer Tanya Tucker, and became a country hit for her.  Following the release of this album and a duet album with Jennings in 1986, Cash moved to Mercury Records as a result of Columbia's fading interest in his music, though he later returned to Columbia for the second Highwaymen album.

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Answer: Barbara Mandrell