Tanya Tucker

Country icon Tanya Tucker engraved her name in country music history when she was just thirteen with the single Delta Dawn in 1972. In the succeeding decade, Tucker became one of the few child performers to transition into adulthood and maintain her fan base. During the course of her career, shes notched a remarkable streak of hits including the chart-topping Whats Your Mamas Name, Blood Red and Goin Down, and Would You Lay with Me (In a Field of Stone). Along with Jessi Colter, Tucker was one of very few women adopted by the outlaw country movement during the 70s and 80s. As a recording artist shes placed nine titles on the Top Country Albums charts, nine singles in the Hot 100, and more than a dozen at Top Country Songs. Ubiquitous during her first two decades, Tucker achieved high-profile professional successes that were balanced by some lows and personal scandals, but she never stayed down for long. Between 1988 and 1997, she charted a comeback that netted three gold albums. In ...