Tanya Tucker

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Tanya Denise Tucker (born October 10, 1958 in Seminole , Texas ) is an American country singer who was one of the ten most successful singers of her genre in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. Since 1972 she has had nearly 70 hits in the country charts, including ten number one hits. This includes Lizzie and the Rainman , her only top 40 hit on the American pop charts. In 1991 she was honored as "Singer of the Year" with the most important distinction on the country scene, the CMA Award . The music magazine Rolling Stone named Tucker 67th among the 100 greatest country singers of all time.

Beginnings

Tucker was enthusiastic about music from an early age. She and her father attended country concerts whenever the opportunity arose. A few times she even got on stage to sing a duet with the star. Together with her sister La Costa Tucker , who later also became a successful country singer, she formed a band, the Country Westeners. In 1969 the family moved to Las Vegas . Tucker recorded a demo tape that ended up in the hands of Billy Sherrill , the influential CBS manager. In 1972, at the age of thirteen, she was signed to the Columbia label.

Career

The first single, Delta Dawn , made it into the country top 10 in 1972. The album of the same name was also successful. Love Is The Answer almost reached the top spot in 1973. In the same year she had her first number 1 hit with What's Your Mama's Name , and the Academy of Country Music named her “Newcomer of the Year”. Country music had a child star. In the same year she had her second top hit with Blood Red And Going Down , followed in 1974 by the controversial Would You Lay With Me (In a Field of Stone) .

In 1975 Tucker switched to the MCA label, where she was able to build on past successes. By the end of the decade, it had had three number 1 hits and several top 10 finishes. A few times it even made it into the pop hit parades. Occasionally she took on minor film roles. In 1978 an image change was carried out: the child star became a sexy twenties. An affair with Glen Campbell and the sexy cover of her new album TNT were an expression of change. It received another gold record, but the sales figures plummeted over the next few years. Even a change of label was unable to stop the downward trend. There were also alcohol and drug problems.

After rehab at the Betty Ford Center , Tucker tried a fresh start with the Capitol label in 1986. The first single reached number three on the country charts. Their next song, Just Another Love , even made it to the top. After ten years she had another number 1 hit. Her streak of success continued over the next few years. The album What Do I Do With Me went platinum. In 1991 she won the coveted CMA Award "Country Singer of the Year". It wasn't until the end of the decade that sales began to decline. Tanya Tucker is still active.

After a long break, the album My Turn was released in 2009 . It only contains cover versions of well-known country classics that were originally recorded by men. Star guests include Rhonda Vincent and Jim Lauderdale .

In August 2017, she released Forever Loving You, a tribute single to Glen Campbell, who had recently died of complications from Alzheimer's disease. In a press release, Tucker stated that while their relationship and subsequent breakup were difficult, they later reconciled. The death of Campbell is very close to her.

In August 2019, Tucker's 25th studio album, While I'm Livin ' , was released. It was produced by Brandi Carlile and Shooter Jennings . It includes a cover version of the Miranda Lambert hit The House That Built Me . The Rolling Stone chose it in its Balance Sheet as "best country and Americana album in 2019". The entertainment magazine Variety also counted it among the best country albums of the year and even ranked it among the best of the decade. Tucker also received her first award for Country Album of the Year for the album at the 2020 Grammy Awards , after ten nominations in the previous decades . The song Bring Me Flowers Now was also voted Country Song of the Year . Tucker performed the song live with Brandi Carlile at the award ceremony.

Discography

Albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
year	title	US	Country	Remarks
1972	Delta Dawn	-	Country32 (14 weeks) Country
1973	What's your mama's name	US- gold US	Country4 (29 weeks) Country
1974	Would You Lay with Me (In a Field of Stone)	US159 gold (6 weeks)US	Country4 (23 weeks) Country
1975	Tanya Tucker	US113 (7 weeks) US	Country8 (12 weeks) Country
1976	Lovin 'and learnin'	-	Country3 (18 weeks) Country
1976	Here's some love	-	Country1 (20 weeks) Country
1977	Ridin 'Rainbows	-	Country16 (16 weeks) Country
1978	TNT	US54 gold (22 weeks)US	Country2 (38 weeks) Country
1979	Tear Me Apart	US122 (8 weeks) US	Country33 (4 weeks) Country
1980	Dreamlovers	-	Country41 (27 weeks) Country
1981	Should I Do It	US180 (3 weeks) US	Country49 (20 weeks) Country
1982	Changes	-	Country47 (15 weeks) Country
1986	Girls Like Me	-	Country20 (63 weeks) Country
1987	Love Me Like You Used To	US- gold US	Country12 (53 weeks) Country
1988	Strong enough to bend	US- gold US	Country9 (51 weeks) Country
1990	Tennessee Woman	US- gold US	Country18 (55 weeks) Country
1991	What Do I Do with Me	US48 platinum (70 weeks)US	Country6 (89 weeks) Country
1992	Can't run from yourself	US51 platinum (39 weeks)US	Country12 (54 weeks) Country
1993	Soon	US87 gold (19 weeks)US	Country18 (51 weeks) Country
1995	Fire to Fire	US169 (5 weeks) US	Country29 (15 weeks) Country
1997	Complicated	US124 (12 weeks) US	Country15 (25 weeks) Country
2002	Tanya	-	Country39 (14 weeks) Country
2009	My turn	US183 (1 week) US	Country27 (13 weeks) Country
2019	While I'm Livin '	US68 (1 week) US	Country8 (2 weeks) Country

More albums

1990: Greatest Hits Encore

Live albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
year	title	US	Country	Remarks
1982	live	-	Country67 (4 weeks) Country

More live albums

2005: Live at Billy Bob's Texas

Compilations

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
year	title	US	Country	Remarks
1974	Greatest hits	US- platinum US	Country18 (33 weeks) Country
1977	You are so beautiful	-	Country44 (5 weeks) Country
1989	Greatest hits	US- gold US	Country20 (33 weeks) Country
1993	Greatest Hits 1990–1992	US65 platinum (15 weeks)US	Country15 (53 weeks) Country

More compilations

1978: Tanya Tucker's Greatest Hits
1982: The Best of Tanya Tucker
1994: Tanya Tucker
1996: Love Songs
2000: 20 greatest hits
2000: 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection
2006: 16 biggest hits
2014: Icon

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
year	Title album	US	Country	Remarks
1972	Delta Dawn Delta Dawn	US72 (7 weeks) US	Country6 (17 weeks) Country
1972	Love's the Answer Delta Dawn	-	Country5 (13 weeks) Country
1973	What's Your Mama's Name What’s Your Mama's Name	US86 (4 weeks) US	Country1 (17 weeks) Country
	Blood Red and Goin 'Down What’s Your Mama's Name	US74 (9 weeks) US	Country1 (16 weeks) Country
	Would You Lay with Me Would You Lay with Me (In a Field of Stone)	US46 (10 weeks) US	Country1 (17 weeks) Country
1974	The Man That Turned My Mama On Would You Lay with Me (In a Field of Stone)	US86 (4 weeks) US	Country4 (14 weeks) Country
1974	I Believe the South Is Gonna Rise Again Would You Lay with Me (In a Field of Stone)	-	Country18 (11 weeks) Country
1975	Lizzie and the Rainman Tanya Tucker	US37 (9 weeks) US	Country1 (15 weeks) Country
	Spring You Are So Beautiful	-	Country18 (15 weeks) Country
	San Antonio Stroll Tanya Tucker	-	Country1 (15 weeks) Country
	Greener Than the Grass (We Laid On)	-	Country23 (10 weeks) Country
	Don't Believe My Heart Can Stand Another You Lovin 'and Learnin'	-	Country4 (15 weeks) Country
1976	You've Got Me to Hold On To Lovin 'and Learnin'	-	Country3 (14 weeks) Country
	Here's Some Love Here’s Some Love	US82 (5 weeks) US	Country1 (15 weeks) Country
	Ridin 'Rainbows Ridin' Rainbows	-	Country12 (12 weeks) Country
1977	It's a Cowboy Lovin 'Night Ridin' Rainbows	-	Country7 (14 weeks) Country
	You Are So Beautiful You Are So Beautiful	-	Country40 (8 weeks) Country
	Dancing the Night Away Ridin 'Rainbows	-	Country16 (11 weeks) Country
1978	Save me	-	Country86 (3 weeks) Country
	Not Fade Away TNT	US70 (4 weeks) US	-
	Texas (When I Die) TNT	-	Country5 (15 weeks) Country
1979	I'm the Singer, You're the Song TNT	-	Country18 (13 weeks) Country
1980	Pecos Promenade Smokey and the Bandit II EAST	-	Country10 (14 weeks) Country
	Dream Lover Dreamlovers	-	Country59 (6 weeks) Country	with Glen Campbell
	Can I See You Tonight Dreamlovers	-	Country4 (15 weeks) Country
1981	Love Knows We Tried Dreamlovers	-	Country40 (8 weeks) Country
	Should I Do It, Should I Do It	-	Country50 (7 weeks) Country
	Rodeo Girl Should I Do It	-	Country83 (4 weeks) Country
1982	Cry changes	-	Country77 (4 weeks) Country
1982	Feel right changes	-	Country10 (23 weeks) Country
1983	Changes Changes	-	Country41 (12 weeks) Country
1983	Baby I'm Yours Changes	-	Country22 (15 weeks) Country
1986	One Love at a Time Girls Like Me	-	Country3 (25 weeks) Country
	Just Another Love Girls Like Me	-	Country1 (24 weeks) Country
	I'll Come Back as Another Woman Girls Like Me	-	Country2 (23 weeks) Country
1987	It's Only Over for You Girls Like Me	-	Country8 (25 weeks) Country
	Love Me Like You Used To Love Me Like You Used To	-	Country2 (25 weeks) Country
	I Won't Take Less Than Your Love Love Me Like You Used To	-	Country1 (24 weeks) Country	with Paul Davis & Paul Overstreet
1988	If It Don't Come Easy Girls Like Me	-	Country1 (20 weeks) Country
	Strong enough to bend Strong enough to bend	-	Country1 (23 weeks) Country
	Highway Robbery Strong Enough to Bend	-	Country2 (19 weeks) Country
1989	Call on Me Strong Enough to Bend	-	Country4 (19 weeks) Country
	Daddy and Home Strong Enough to Bend	-	Country27 (15 weeks) Country
	My Arms Stay Open All Night Greatest Hits	-	Country2 (26 weeks) Country
1990	Walking Shoes Tennessee Woman	-	Country3 (23 weeks) Country
	Don't Go Out Tennessee Woman	-	Country6 (21 weeks) Country	with T. Graham Brown
	It Won't Be Me Tennessee Woman	-	Country6 (20 weeks) Country
1991	Oh What It Did to Me Tennessee Woman	-	Country12 (20 weeks) Country
	Down to My Last Teardrop What Do I Do with Me	-	Country2 (20 weeks) Country
	(Without You) What Do I Do with Me What Do I Do with Me	-	Country2 (20 weeks) Country
1992	Some Kind of Trouble What Do I Do with Me	-	Country3 (20 weeks) Country
	If Your Heart Ain't Busy Tonight What Do I Do with Me	-	Country4 (20 weeks) Country
	Two Sparrows in a Hurricane Can't Run from Yourself	-	Country2 (20 weeks) Country
1993	It's a Little Too Late Can't Run from Yourself	-	Country2 (20 weeks) Country
	Tell Me About It Can't Run From Yourself	-	Country4 (20 weeks) Country	with Delbert McClinton
	Already Gone Common Thread: The Songs of the Eagles	-	Country75 (2 weeks) Country
	Soon Soon	-	Country2 (20 weeks) Country
1994	We Don't Have to Do This Soon	-	Country11 (20 weeks) Country
	Hangin 'In Soon	-	Country4 (20 weeks) Country
	You Just Watch Me Soon	-	Country20 (19 weeks) Country
1995	Between the Two of Them Fire to Fire	-	Country27 (15 weeks) Country
1995	Find Out What's Happenin ' Fire to Fire	-	Country40 (11 weeks) Country
1997	Little Things Complicated	-	Country9 (20 weeks) Country
1997	Ridin 'Out the Heartache Complicated	-	Country45 (11 weeks) Country
2002	A Memory Like I'm Gonna Be Tanya	-	Country34 (22 weeks) Country
2003	Old Weakness (Coming on Strong) Tanya	-	Country49 (9 weeks) Country
2019	Bring My Flowers Now While I'm Livin '	-	Country47 (1 week) Country

More singles

1975: Traveling Salesman
1976: Ain't That a Shame
1976: Pride of Franklin County
1976: Hello, Mr. Sunshine
1976: short cut
1977: A Rock 'n' Roll Girl from Alaska
1979: Lover Goodbye
1979: Lay Back in the Arms of Someone
1980: Better Late Than Never
1982: Somebody Buy This Cowgirl a Beer
2009: Love's Gonna Live Here (with Jim Lauderdale )
2011: Merry Christmas Wherever You Are
2017: Forever Loving You
2019: The Wheels of Laredo
2019: Hard Luck
2019: The House That Built Me
2019: The Winner's Game

Guest Posts

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
year	Title album	US	Country	Remarks
1981	Why Don't We Just Sleep on It Tonight It's the World Gone Crazy	-	Country85 (4 weeks) Country	with Glen Campbell
1985	One big family	-	Country61 (9 weeks) Country	as part of Heart of Nashville
1993	Romeo Slow Dancing with the Moon	US50 (14 weeks) US	Country27 (20 weeks) Country	as part of Dolly Parton & Friends

Video albums

1990: Tanya Tucker Live
1991: Tanya Tucker
1992: Video hits
1993: Country Workout
2002: Video Hits and More
2005: Live at Billy Bob's Texas
2008: In Concert

Web links

Official website (English)

Individual evidence

^ Joel Whitburn: Top Country Songs 1944-2005 , 2005, pp. 390-1 + 585, ISBN 0-89820-165-9
↑ David Browne, Jon Dolan, Jon Freeman, Chris Parton, Stephen L. Betts, Andrew Leahey, Joseph Hudak, Kory Grow, Marissa R. Moss, Maura Johnston, Joe Levy, Will Hermes, David Cantwell, Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone: 100 Greatest Country Artists of All Time. In: Rolling Stone. June 15, 2017, Retrieved January 28, 2020 (American English).
^ Gunther Matejka: Tanya Tucker - My Turn. July 9, 2009, accessed on January 28, 2020 (German).
^ My Turn - Tanya Tucker | Songs, reviews, credits. Retrieved January 28, 2020 (American English).
↑ Jem Aswad, Jem Aswad: Tanya Tucker Releases Tribute Song for Former Partner Glen Campbell. In: Variety. August 10, 2017, accessed on January 28, 2020 .
↑ Jonathan Bernstein, David Cantwell, Jon Dolan, Jon Freeman, Joseph Hudak, Brittney McKenna, Marissa R. Moss, Joseph Hudak: 40 Best Country and Americana Albums of 2019. In: Rolling Stone. December 9, 2019, accessed January 30, 2020 (American English).
↑ Chris Willman, Chris Willman: The Best Country Albums of 2019 ... and of the Decade. In: Variety. January 2, 2020, accessed on January 30, 2020 .
↑ Michele Amabile Angermiller, Michele Amabile Angermiller: Tanya Tucker Wins First Grammys, 47 Years After First Nomination. In: Variety. January 26, 2020, accessed on January 28, 2020 .
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Chart sources: US
↑ ^a ^b ^c Music Sales Awards: US

personal data
SURNAME	Tucker, Tanya
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Tucker, Tanya Denise (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American country singer
DATE OF BIRTH	October 10, 1958
PLACE OF BIRTH	Seminole , Texas

[1] Joel Whitburn: Top Country Songs 1944-2005 , 2005, pp. 390-1 + 585, ISBN 0-89820-165-9

[2] David Browne, Jon Dolan, Jon Freeman, Chris Parton, Stephen L. Betts, Andrew Leahey, Joseph Hudak, Kory Grow, Marissa R. Moss, Maura Johnston, Joe Levy, Will Hermes, David Cantwell, Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone: 100 Greatest Country Artists of All Time. In: Rolling Stone. June 15, 2017, Retrieved January 28, 2020 (American English).

[3] Gunther Matejka: Tanya Tucker - My Turn. July 9, 2009, accessed on January 28, 2020 (German).

[4] My Turn - Tanya Tucker | Songs, reviews, credits. Retrieved January 28, 2020 (American English).

[5] Jem Aswad, Jem Aswad: Tanya Tucker Releases Tribute Song for Former Partner Glen Campbell. In: Variety. August 10, 2017, accessed on January 28, 2020 .

[6] Jonathan Bernstein, David Cantwell, Jon Dolan, Jon Freeman, Joseph Hudak, Brittney McKenna, Marissa R. Moss, Joseph Hudak: 40 Best Country and Americana Albums of 2019. In: Rolling Stone. December 9, 2019, accessed January 30, 2020 (American English).

[7] Chris Willman, Chris Willman: The Best Country Albums of 2019 ... and of the Decade. In: Variety. January 2, 2020, accessed on January 30, 2020 .

[8] Michele Amabile Angermiller, Michele Amabile Angermiller: Tanya Tucker Wins First Grammys, 47 Years After First Nomination. In: Variety. January 26, 2020, accessed on January 28, 2020 .

[charts-9] Chart sources: US

[ausz-10] Music Sales Awards: US