Born:
Martina Schiff, July 29, 1966 in Sharon, Kansas

Family:
Married to John McBride May 15, 1988;
Daughters, Delaney Katharine, Emma Justine, and Ava Rose Kathleen;
Brothers, Steve & Marty; Sister, Gina; Mother, Jeanne; Father, Daryl

Favorite Color:
Blue

Favorite Season:
Fall

Favorite Food:
Home-cooked food like meatloaf, mashed potatoes, roast beef,
fried chicken, tacos and cheeseburgers

Favorite Singers:
Buck Owens, Merle Haggard, Patty Smyth, Lefty Frizzell, K.T. Oslin,
George Strait and Linda Ronstadt

Favorite Holiday:
Christmas

Hobbies:
Going to movies, reading, cooking and working around the house

Decorating Style:
"My house is pretty much decorated by my kids.
Toys on the floor, crayon markings on the refrigerator and that kind of thing."

Height
5 feet 2 ½ inches

Rock ‘n’ Roll Roots:
"Most of what I remember about those days was traveling around in a van with no
money. We’d pool all our money as a band and buy a couple of loaves of bread
and some peanut butter and jelly. We’d live on that for about a week and I’d go
into these little dives and scream my head off singing Pat Benatar."

Moved to Nashville:
1990

First Nashville Job:
Selling t-shirts on Garth Brooks’ 1991 tour so she could join her husband,
who was the sound production director.

Signature Song:
"Independence Day", "I never really thought, ‘Will this be a hit? Will this be a
single?’ I just recorded it because I wanted it to be part of my body of work. I take
pride that I stood up for what I believe in, that I didn’t necessarily play it safe.”

Opry Induction:
November 30, 1995

Albums:
The Time Has Come- 1992
The Way That I Am- 1993
Wild Angels- 1995
Evolution- 1997
White Christmas- 1998
Emotion- 1999
Greatest Hits- 2001
Martina- 2003
My Heart (Hallmark)- 2005
Timeless- 2005
Waking Up Laughing- 2007
White Christmas- 2007
Shine- 2009

Singles:
The Time Has Come
That’s Me
Cheap Whiskey
My Baby Loves Me
Life #9
Independence Day
Heart Trouble
Where I Used To Have A Heart
Safe In The Arms Of Love
Wild Angels
Phones Are Ringin'
Swinging Doors
Cry On The Shoulders Of The Road
Still Holdin’ On (duet with Clint Black)
A Broken Wing
Valentine
Happy Girl
Wrong Again
Whatever You Say
Chances Are (duet with Bob Segar)
I Love You
Love's The Only House
There You Are
It's My Time
When God Fearin' Women Get the Blues
Blessed
Where Would You Be
Concrete Angel
This One's For the Girls
In My Daughter's Eyes
God's Will
Rose Garden
I Still Miss Someone
Anyway
How I Feel
For These Times
Ride
I Just Call You Mine
Wrong Baby Wrong

Videos:
The Time Has Come
That’s Me
Cheap Whiskey
My Baby Loves Me
Life #9
Independence Day
Where I Used To Have A Heart
Safe In The Arms Of Love
Wild Angels
Swinging Doors
Cry On The Shoulder Of The Road
A Broken Wing
Valentine
Whatever You Say
I Love You
Love's The Only House
When God Fearin' Women Get the Blues
Blessed
Where Would You Be
Concrete Angel
This One's For the Girls
How Far
God's Will
Anyway
For These Times
Ride
I Just Call You Mine
Wrong Baby Wrong