Tanya Tucker, Happy Birthday, Your Country Music Fact Of The Day
As we get ready to see Tanya Tucker at Papa Joes Banjobque on Saturday, it’s fitting that we say, Happy Birthday Tanya Tucker. On this date in 1958 in Seminole,…
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As we get ready to see Tanya Tucker at Papa Joes Banjobque on Saturday, it's fitting that we say, Happy Birthday Tanya Tucker.
On this date in 1958 in Seminole, Texas a country legend was born. In 1972 at the age of just 13, Tanya already had a record company and they introduced us all to her very first song, Delta Dawn. The song peaked at number 6 on the US Country chart. Not bad for a 13-year-old, Right?
Her record label didn't want to make a big deal about Tanya being only 13, they wanted to focus on her music. Word spread pretty fast about the child sensation. She's one of the few child artists who was able to maintain stardom even today.
The Music
She released 89 single records. 25 studio albums of her own. 3 live albums. 30 compilation albums (greatest hits). 13 number songs. Sold over 25 million records to date and the list can go on and on!
Awards
3 ACM Awards. 2 CMA Awards. 2 Grammy Awards, and nominated many times over for her work
Personal Life
Tanya had relationships with various entertainers, most notably with Glen Campbell from 1971 to 1981. She also dated Merle Haggard, Andy Gibb, and Don Johnson. Tanya later had a relationship with actor Ben Reed, with whom she had daughter Presley Tanita and son Beau "Grayson.
Tucker has had an off and on relationship with Jerry Laseter, a Nashville musician. They were engaged for the first time in 1997 and again in 1999. Just days before their 1999 wedding, Tanya canceled the ceremony when she discovered she was pregnant with her third child, Laseter's daughter Layla LaCosta , saying she did not want to walk down the aisle pregnant in her wedding dress.
A Female Outlaw
Tanya is one of the few and best-known female country singers to be classified as an "Outlaw" in Country music.. As Tanya matured by the end of the 1970s, her Outlaw image was growing also. she was hanging in there with the likes of the other Outlaw artists (Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, Waylon Jennings, Jessi Colter, Emmylou Harris, David Allan Coe, Hank Williams Jr.), She ranked number nine on CMT Greatest Outlaws: The Dirty Dozen, the only woman to appear on that list.
Happy Birthday Tanya, Lets Take A Look Back at Tanya's career!
