Tanya Tucker
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| Tanya Tucker | ||
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 Promotional picture 1997.
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| Background information | ||
| Birth name | Tanya Denise Tucker | |
| Born | October 10, 1958 | |
| Origin | Seminole, Texas | |
| Genre(s) | Country | |
| Years active | 1972–Present | |
| Label(s) | Tuckertime Records/Capitol Records Tuckertime Records/Capitol Records (1997-present) Liberty Records (1992—1995) Capitol Records (1986—1991) Arista Records (1983) MCA Records (1975-1983) Columbia Records (1972-1975) |
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| Website | Tanya Tucker Offical Website | |
Tanya Denise Tucker (born October 10, 1958) is an American country music singer. She may be best remembered for her debut single and trademark song "Delta Dawn," which went to number 6 on the country charts. Tucker released the song at the age of 13; she became the youngest singer to have a major hit song on the Country charts. Since the song's release, Tucker had major hit songs for the next two decades, and into the 1990s. Her chart success has spanned well into the 2000s.
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[edit] Biography
Tanya Tucker was born in Seminole, Texas to Beau and Juanita Tucker. She grew up in Willcox and Phoenix, Arizona, and started singing by the age of six. "Delta Dawn" went to number 6 on the country music charts. (Helen Reddy covered the song and took it to #1 on the U.S. pop charts). By age 15, she had a Grammy nomination, a "Greatest Hits" album and had appeared on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine.
Tucker's other No. 1 hits include: "Blood Red and Goin' Down" and "What's Your Mama's Name" (both 1973) "Would You Lay with Me (In a Field of Stone" (1974), "Lizzie and the Rainman" and "San Antonio Stroll" (both 1975), "Here's Some Love" (1976), "Just Another Love" (1986), "I Won't Take Less Than Your Love" (a trio with Paul Davis and Paul Overstreet), "If It Don't Come Easy" and "Strong Enough to Bend" (all 1988), and "Two Sparrows in a Hurricane" (1992).
Tucker received the Top New Female Vocalist award from the Academy of Country Music in 1972 and the Female Vocalist of the Year award from the Country Music Association in 1991.
She has three children, Presley Tanita, Beau Grayson and Layla Lacosta, and is an avid competitor in cutting horse competitions. Tanya has a brother, Donald, and an older sister, LaCosta Tucker, who had several hits on the country charts in the 1970s and early 1980s, and toured with Tucker in 1989.
Tanya Tucker starred in her own reality show, "Tuckerville", on The Learning Channel in 2005.
[edit] Popular culture
Gretchen Wilson makes reference to Tucker in her hit song "Redneck Woman."
[edit] Selected Discography
- Delta Dawn (1972)
- What's Your Mama's Name (1973)
- Would You Lay with Me (1974)
- Tanya Tucker (1975)
- Lovin' and Learnin' (1976)
- Here's Some Love (1976)
- Ridin' Rainbows (1977)
- You Are So Beautiful (1977)
- TNT (1978)
- Tear Me Apart (1979)
- Dreamlovers (1980)
- Should I Do It (1981)
- Live (1982)
- Changes (1983)
- Girls Like Me (1986)
- Love Me Like You Used To (1987)
- Strong Enough to Bend (1988)
- Tennessee Woman (1990)
- Greatest Hits Encore (1990)
- What Do I Do with Me (1991)
- Can't Run from Yourself (1992)
- Soon (1993)
- Fire to Fire (1995)
- Complicated (1997)
- Tanya (2002)
- Live at Billy Bob's Texas (2005)
[edit] Singles
| Year | Song | US Country | Album |
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| 1972 | Delta Dawn | #6 | Delta Dawn |
| 1972 | Love's The Answer | #5 | Delta Dawn |
| 1973 | What's Your Mama's Name | #1 | What's Your Mama's Name |
| 1973 | Blood Red and Goin' Down | #1 | What's Your Mama's Name |
| 1974 | Would You Lay With Me (In A Field Of Stone) | #1 | Would You Lay With Me (In A Field Of Stone) |
| 1974 | The Man That Turned My Mama On | #4 | Would You Lay With Me (In A Field Of Stone) |
| 1975 | I Believe The South Is Gonna Rise Again | #18 | Would You Lay With Me (In A Field Of Stone) |
| 1975 | Lizzie And The Rainman | #1 | Tanya Tucker |
| 1975 | Spring | #18 | You Are So Beautiful |
| 1975 | San Antonio Stroll | #1 | Tanya Tucker |
| 1975 | Greener Than The Grass (We Laid On) | #23 | Greatest Hits(Columbia) |
| 1976 | Don't Believe My Heart Can Stand Another You | #4 | Lovin' And Leavin' |
| 1976 | You've Got Me To Hold On To | #3 | Lovin' And Leavin' |
| 1976 | Here's Some Love | #1 | Here's Some Love |
| 1977 | Ridin' Rainbows | #12 | Ridin' Rainbows |
| 1977 | It's A Cowboy Lovin' Night | #7 | Ridin' Rainbows |
| 1977 | You Are So Beautiful | #40 | You Are So Beautiful |
| 1977 | Dancing The Night Away | #16 | Ridin' Rainbows |
| 1978 | Save Me | #86 | Best Of Tanya Tucker(MCA) |
| 1978 | Texas (When I Die) | #5 | T.N.T. |
| 1979 | I'm The Singer, You're The Song | #18 | T.N.T. |
| 1980 | Pecos Promenade | #10 | Smokey & The Bandit 2 |
| 1980 | Dream Lover (Tanya Tucker & Glen Campbell) | #59 | Dream Lovers |
| 1981 | Can I See You Tonight | #4 | Dream Lovers |
| 1981 | Why Don't We Just Sleep On It Tonight (Tanya Tucker & Glen Campbell) | #85 | It's The World Gone Crazy(Glen Campbell album) |
| 1981 | Love Knows We Tried | #40 | Dream Lovers |
| 1981 | Should I Do It | #50 | Should I Do It |
| 1981 | Rodeo Girls | #83 | Should I Do It |
| 1982 | Feel Right | #10 | Changes |
| 1982 | Cry | #77 | Changes |
| 1983 | Changes | #41 | Changes |
| 1983 | Baby I'm Yours | #22 | Changes |
| 1986 | One Love At A Time | #3 | Girls Like Me |
| 1986 | Just Another Love | #1 (1 wk) | Girls Like Me |
| 1987 | I'll Come Back As Another Woman | #2 | Girls Like Me |
| 1987 | It's Only Over For You | #8 | Girls Like Me |
| 1987 | Love Me Like You Used To | #2 | Love Me Like You Used To |
| 1988 | I Won't Take Less Than Your Love | #1 | Love Me Like You Used To |
| 1988 | If It Don't Come Easy | #1 | Love Me Like You Used To |
| 1988 | Strong Enough To Bend | #1 | Strong Enough To Bend |
| 1989 | Highway Robbery | #2 | Strong Enough To Bend |
| 1989 | Call On Me | #4 | Strong Enough To Bend |
| 1989 | Daddy and Home | #27 | Strong Enough To Bend |
| 1989 | My Arms Stay Open All Night | #2 | Greatest Hits |
| 1990 | Walking Shoes | #2 | Tennessee Woman |
| 1990 | Don't Go Out With Him (With T. Graham Brown) | #3 | Tennessee Woman |
| 1991 | It Won't Be Me | #6 | Tennessee Woman |
| 1991 | Oh What It Did To Me | #12 | Tennessee Woman |
| 1991 | Down To My Last Teardrop | #2 | What Do I Do With Me |
| 1992 | (Without You) What Do I Do With Me | #2 | What Do I Do With Me |
| 1992 | If Your Heart Ain't Busy Tonight | #4 | What Do I Do With Me |
| 1991 | Some Kind Of Trouble | #3 | What Do I do With Me |
| 1992 | Two Sparrows In A Hurricane | #2 | Can't Run From Yourself |
| 1993 | It's A Little Too Late | #2 | Can't Run From Yourself |
| 1993 | Tell Me About It (with Delbert McClinton) | #4 | Can't Run From Yourself |
| 1993 | Soon | #2 | Soon |
| 1993 | Already Gone | #75 | Common Thread: The Songs of the Eagles |
| 1994 | We Don't Have To Do This | #11 | Soon |
| 1994 | Hangin' On | #4 | Soon |
| 1994 | You Just Watch Me | #20 | Soon |
| 1995 | Between The Two Of Them | #27 | Fire To Fire |
| 1995 | Find Out What's Happenin' | #40 | Fire To Fire |
| 1997 | Little Things | #9 | Complicated |
| 1997 | Ridin' Out The Heartache | #45 | Complicated |
| 2002 | A Memory Like I'm Gonna Be | #34 | Tanya |
| 2003 | Old Weakness (Coming On Strong) | #49 | Tanya |
[edit] External links
- Official Tanya Tucker Website
- Tanya Tucker Online - Unofficial Fansite
- Tanya Tucker at the Internet Movie Database
- Tanya Tucker Photo Galleries 75 images from Tanya Tucker's 1973 Hee Haw appearance
- http://tanya.flickguy.com/tstuff.htm
