Tanya Tucker is a famous American country music artist, songwriter, and actress who started to work as a music artist at the age of 13. She rose to fame form her first hit, "Delta Dawn".She is best known for her singles like "Blood Red and Goin' Down," "Lizzie and the Rainman," and "Strong Enough to Bend." She has had several successful albums, several Country Music Association award nominations. 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.
Tucker is famous as an American country music artist hugely famed for her songs like "What's Your Mama's name?", "Lizzie and the Rainman" and "Strong Enough to Bend".
Tanya Tucker was born as Tanya Dennise Tucker on 10th October 1958 in Seminole, Texas, USA. Her nationality is American and her ethnicity is White. Her zodiac sign is Libra and her religion is not known. She was born as the youngest child to Jesse Tucker(father) who was a heavy equipment operator and Juanita Tucker. She has two brothers, Don Tucker and Robert Tucker and a sister, La Costa. One of Tucker's two brothers, Robert, died in September 2017 from pneumonia. She spent her childhood in Willcox, Arizona was only radio stations in town, KHIL, played country music. This led her tender mind wanted to dive into music. At the age of eight, Tanya told her father that she also wanted to be a country singer. Tucker also used to attend several concerts of country stars such as "Ernest Tubb" and "Mel Tillis" before. There is no information regarding her education history.
Tanya began her professional musical career in 1972, at the tender age of 13, signing with "Columbia Records".She released her first single, "Delta Dawn", which was an instant hit. By the age of fifteen, she had already released her Grammy Award-nominated song which made her the first country music artist to flaunt on the cover of 'Rolling Stones Magazine.' In 1975, she signed with MCA Records, where she had a string of hit singles that ran into the late 1970s. Tucker's hit music albums during at the end of the 1970s include the songs like "Blood Red and Goin' Down", "Lizzie and the Rainman", "Strong Enough to Bend", "What's Your Mama's Name", "Love's The Answer", "Texas", "I'm The Singer, You're The Song", and many others. Her music sales and career success declined in the early '80s. she made her comeback with "One Love at a Time" which reached number three in 1986 singing under capitol records.
She then revitalized her career with 1986's Girls Like Me,1988's three number-one country singles: "I Won't Take Less Than Your Love", "If It Don't Come Easy", and "Strong Enough to Bend"Her several albums including Greatest Hits 1990-1992 reached eighteen on Top Country Albums chart and between 1988 and 1989, most of her albums achieved "Gold" certifications by the RIAA. She became the 'Country Music Association's Female Vocalist' of the Year in 1991 and Hall Of Fame in 1992. In 2002, Tucker founded Tuckertime Records and released her first album in five years which ranked her on number 20. In 2005, she released an album "Live at Billy Bob's Texas", and the book "100 Ways to Beat the Blues on Fireside". In 2009, Tucker signed a one-time deal with Saguaro Road Records, and released her first cover album "My Turn", along with her hit single "Love's Gonna Live Here". In June 2017, Tucker was featured in Rolling Stone as one of the 100 Greatest Country Artists of All Time. As of now, Tucker is set to release a new album via Fantasy Records on June 5, 2019.
Tucker is still not married. Tucker had relationships with several guys so far. She dated Glen Campbell from 1980 to 1981 some other entertainers, Merle Haggard, Andy Gibb, and Don Johnson before having a relationship with actor Ben Reed, with whom she had daughter Presley Tanita (born July 5, 1989) and son Beau "Grayson" (born October 2, 1991). Besides that, she also had an on and off 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, Tucker canceled the ceremony when she discovered she was pregnant with her third child, Laseter's daughter Layla LaCosta (born June 25, 1999), saying she did not want to walk down the aisle pregnant in her wedding dress. Laseter was co-producer of Tucker's albums in 2002. In 2020, Tucker found love with singer/songwriter Craig Dillingham in the summer of 2019, and she still is holding a stance on not getting married.
The famous singer, Tanya Tucker has an estimated net worth of $60 million as of 2020. Her major source of income is her income generated by selling her music albums and her several music festivals and events. She also added to her earnings from her autobiography and as a TV personality. She garnered this huge sum of money from her long way journey of a musical career beginning back in 1973 until now. Further information regarding her cars, real states and businesses are currently under review.
The actress and country singer, Tanya Tucker has a well-maintained body figure even in her 60s. As of 2020, she is 61 years old. She stands the tall height of 5ft. 7inch.(1.7m). She has a body weight of 62kg(137lbs). Similarly, She has a fair complexion skin color with blonde hair and brown eyes. Her body measures 37-29-35 inches. She has a straight sexual orientation. Information about her dress and shoe size are currently under review.