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Post by ion on Oct 18, 2009 19:16:27 GMT -6
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Post by ion on Oct 30, 2009 21:46:25 GMT -6
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Post by ion on Nov 8, 2009 22:21:50 GMT -6
and just for fun-------
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Post by ion on Dec 15, 2009 14:47:21 GMT -6
I found this bit of info and I was surprised at Tanya's age when she became a hit. What got me started was the album cover with a picture of a very young girl and 16 hits written on it. I thought d*mn how old was she when she got started? would you believe 13. Looking at the You Tube selections I posted I would think the "What your Momma's Name" was taken when she was 14. Hell of a lot of talent and she is still going strong. Found this one done when she was 14 so sez the poster en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanya_Tucker ------------------------------------c/p---------------------------- 1972 – 1979: Teen country star Sherrill initially planned to have Tucker record "The Happiest Girl In the Whole USA," but she passed on the tune to Donna Fargo, choosing "Delta Dawn" — a song she heard Bette Midler sing on The Tonight Show — instead. Released in the spring of 1972, the song became a hit, peaking at number six on the country charts and scraping the bottom of the pop charts. At first, Columbia Records tried to downplay Tucker's age, but soon word leaked out and she became a sensation.[7] A year later, Australian singer Helen Reddy would score a #1 U.S. pop hit with her version of "Delta Dawn." Her second single, "Love's the Answer," also became a Top Ten hit later in 1972. Tucker's third single, "What's Your Mama's Name," became her first number one hit in the spring of 1973. Two other number ones — "Blood Red and Goin' Down" and "Would You Lay with Me (In a Field of Stone)" followed, establishing Tucker as a major star.[8] At the time, Tucker was one of the youngest stars ever to enter Country music. However, there had been other previous teen Country stars before her, including Brenda Lee and her contemporary, Marie Osmond. LeAnn Rimes would later have success at an early age as well. In 1975, she signed with MCA Records, where she had a string of hit singles that ran into the late '70s.[7] Among these hits was "Lizzie and the Rainman," which became a #1 Country hit and also became Tucker's only Top 40 Pop music hit, peaking at #37. It also peaked among the Top 10 on the Adult Contemporary charts at the time. Tucker has a string of Top 10 Country hits under MCA between 1975 and 1978, including "San Antonio Stroll", "Here's Some Love", and "It's a Cowboy-Lovin Night". In 1978, she decided to radically change her image and cross over to rock with her TNT album. Despite the controversy over the record and its sexy cover, it went gold the following year.[7] Two songs from the album became hits, "Texas (When I Die)" and "I'm a Singer, You're the Song." The biggest hit from the album was "Texas (When I Die)" which reached #5 on the Country charts, and also peaking in the bottom of the Pop charts at #70.
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