Tanya Tucker | |
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 Tucker performing at Graceland in 2020. | |
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| Birth name | Tanya Denise Tucker |
| Born | October 10, 1958[1] Seminole, Texas, U.S. |
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| Years active | 1971–present |
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| Website | tanyatucker |
Tanya Denise Tucker (born October 10, 1958)[2] is an American country music singer and songwriter who had her first hit, "Delta Dawn", in 1972 at the age of 13. During her career Tucker became one of the few child performers to mature into adulthood without losing her audience; she had a streak of top-10 and top-40 hits.[3] She has had several successful albums, several Country Music Association award nominations, and hit songs including 1973's "What's Your Mama's Name?" and "Blood Red and Goin' Down", 1975's "Lizzie and the Rainman", 1988's "Strong Enough to Bend", and 1992's "Two Sparrows in a Hurricane". Tucker's 2019 album While I'm Livin' won the Grammy Award for Best Country Album, and "Bring My Flowers Now" from that same album won Tucker a shared songwriting Grammy for Best Country Song.[4]
Tucker’s latest album is a 2023 critically acclaimed collaboration with Brandi Carlile called Sweet Western Sound. Tucker was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame on October 22, 2023.[5]
- ^ "Tanya Tucker Celebrates Birthday in Downtown Nashville". Cmt.com. Archived from the original on 2 January 2018. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
- ^ Colin Larkin, ed. (1993). The Guinness Who's Who of Country Music (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. pp. 420/1. ISBN 0-85112-726-6.
- ^ Tanya Tucker biography at Allmusic
- ^ Grammy Winners List 2020 by Zoe Haylock, Vulture.com, January 27, 2020.
- ^ Betts, Stephen L. (April 3, 2023). "Tanya Tucker, Patty Loveless Lead Country Music Hall of Fame's 2023 Inductees". Rolling Stone.