Reba McEntire performs new song ‘One Night in Tulsa’
The country singer debuted the song at her restaurant in Atoka, Oklahoma.
- Reba McEntire is celebrating her 50-year music career by releasing monthly music capsules.
- The first release, “One Night in Tulsa,” focuses on songs about her home state of Oklahoma.
- This initial capsule features a new song also titled “One Night in Tulsa,” which is a return to her 1990s ballad style.
Oklahoma entertainment icon Reba McEntire is celebrating her 50-year music career with a series of thematically curated music capsules and playlists that include new recordings — and the first one is taking her back to the beginning in her home state.
The Sooner State native, 71, who hails from Chockie, will start releasing monthly music capsules including songs from throughout her career matched with new recordings that spotlight the road ahead for the Country Music Hall of Famer.
The first release, “One Night in Tulsa,” focuses on songs about Oklahoma and will be released Friday, April 17, via MCA. It is available to pre-save at https://link.fans/onenightintulsa.
The centerpiece of the initial release will be Reba’s new song “One Night in Tulsa,” which the flame-haired hitmaker previewed April 9 during a special, intimate performance for about 200 fans at her Reba’s Place restaurant, gift shop and music venue in downtown Atoka.
Reba grew up in Atoka County on her family’s cattle ranch in Chockie, an unincorporated community just north of Atoka.
What can fans expect from Reba McEntire’s new song ‘One Night in Tulsa?’
The title track of Reba’s first monthly music capsule is billed as marking a return to the 1990s country ballads that cemented the multitalented Oklahoman’s place as one of the genre’s most definitive voices of heartbreak.
“One Night In Tulsa” is written by Neal Coty, Kylie Frey and Thom McHugh.
The new song boasts the opening line: “Well the thing about leaving / is that somebody stays / And the problem with goodbye / is it only goes one way.”
The “One Night in Tulsa” track listing is:
- “One Night In Tulsa”
- “Tulsa Time”
- “Oklahoma Swing”
- “Does The Wind Still Blow In Oklahoma”
- “No U In Oklahoma”
After performing it at her April 9 Reba’s Place show, Reba teased “One Night in Tulsa” on her social media. She also followed up her intimate Atoka performance by accompanying her fiance and fellow Oklahoman Rex Linn as he hosted the 65th annual Western Heritage Awards April 11 at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City.
Along with the new song, the capsule includes Reba’s rendition Don Williams’ enduring chart-topper “Tulsa Time,” a bonus track from the recently released 30th anniversary edition of her 1995 covers collection “Starting Over,” as well as the Western swing tune “No U in Oklahoma,” from her 2019 album “Stronger Than the Truth.”
Also included are two duets: “Oklahoma Swing,” her 1989 collaboration with fellow Sooner State native Vince Gill from his breakthrough album “”When I Call Your Name,” and “Does The Wind Still Blow In Oklahoma,” her collaboration with former Tulsan Ronnie Dunn from her 2007 collection “Reba Duets.”
What can fans expect from the first 50th anniversary playlist from Reba?
Honoring Reba’s renowned five-decade career, each digital music capsule pairs a newly recorded song with carefully selected tracks that trace the evolution of one of country music’s most enduring and influential voices.
In tandem with each music capsule, tailored playlists will launch to further illuminate the defining eras of Reba’s legendary career.
Beginning May 1 with “The Making of Reba,” the first playlist captures a young Reba finding her voice through classic country music heartbreak, laying the foundation for the iconic catalog to come. The playlists serve as a companion piece, offering fans a deeper, more expansive look at the moments, milestones and music that shaped the Oklahoma native’s half-century legacy as a multimedia entertainment mogul.
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