4. She passed on a No. 1 hit for George Strait.

George Strait's No. 1 hit from 1984 could have gone to McEntire, but the singer says she passed on "Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind" because it made a reference to beer. The song ended up as the title track on Strait's fourth album, and McEntire notched her own No. 1 hit that year with "How Blue."

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