Tanya Tucker is a well-known American country music vocalist. Tanya Tucker’s tracks “Blood Red and Goin’ Down,” “Lizzie and the Rainman,” and “Strong Enough to Bend” are among her most well-known.
Quick Facts
Real Name | Tanya Denise Tucker |
Stage Name | Tanya Tucker |
Male/Female | Female |
Main Profession | American country music artist |
Nationality | American |
Birthplace | Seminole, Texas, United States |
Birthdate | 10-Oct-1958 |
Age | 65 years old |
Height | 1.70 m |
Height(s) Feet | 5 feet and 6 inches |
Height(s) cm | 170 cm |
Weight | 62 kg |
Weight(s) in pound | 136 pounds |
Dating History | To be Updated |
Marital Status | Married |
Spouse | Jerry Laseter |
Children | Yes (Beau Grayson Tucker,Presley Tanita Tucker,Layla LaCosta Laseter) |
Earning | —- |
Net Worths | $65 million |
Tanya Tucker Biography
Tanya Denise Tucker, better known by her stage as Tanya Tucker, was born in Seminole, Texas, on October 10, 1958. This vocalist is currently 65 years old and of American nationality. Her zodiac sign is Libra, and her ethnicity is unknown.
She is also the youngest of Jesse Tucker’s (father) and Juanita Tucker’s (mother) children (mother). Don, Robert, and La Costa are the names of her three brothers and sisters. She grew up in Wilcox, Arizona, with her sibling. When it comes to Tanya’s academic background, little is known regarding her qualifications. Furthermore, we might assume that she has completed her education at a prestigious American university.
Tanya Tucker Height, Weight
This country vocalist stands 5’7″ tall and weighs approximately 62 kg. She also has blonde hair and brown eyes, and her body measurements are 37-29-35 inches.
Tanya Tucker Career
Tanya Tucker began her professional musical career when she signed with “Columbia Records” at the age of 13 and released her first single, “Delta Dawn,” for which she gained international acclaim. Furthermore, at the age of fifteen, she had already recorded her Grammy Award-nominated song, making her the first country music singer to appear on the cover of ‘Rolling Stones Magazine.’
“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 are among the songs on her CDs. Despite dwindling album sales and professional success in the early 1980s, she made a comeback with “One Love at a Time,” which reached number three.
Apart from that, many of her albums, including Greatest Hits 1990-1992, debuted at number eighteen on the Top Country Albums chart, and the Recording Industry Association of America awarded the majority of her albums “Gold” between 1988 and 1989. In 2002, she founded Tuckertime Records and released her first album in five years, which debuted at number 20 on the Billboard 200 chart.
In 2005, she released “Live at Billy Bob’s Texas” and “100 Ways to Beat the Blues on Fireside.” In 2009, she signed a one-time deal with Saguaro Road Records and released “My Turn,” her debut cover album, which included the hit single “Love’s Gonna Live Here.”
Tany was named one of Rolling Stone’s 100 Greatest Country Artists of All Time in June 2017. Her new album, Fantasy Records, was released on June 5, 2019. At Loretta Lynn’s all-star 87th birthday extravaganza at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena, Carlile sang “Bring My Flowers Now” with Carlile on piano. On June 28, the album’s first single, “Hard Luck,” was released alongside a music video.
She will release a live album called Live from the Troubadour on October 16, 2020. In a 2021 interview with Rolling Stone, she said that she was working on a follow-up to While I’m Livin’ alongside Carlile and Jennings. During her 2022 Stagecoach Festival set, she announced the completion of her new album.
Tanya Tucker’s Net Worth
Her net worth is estimated to be more than $60 million as of March 2024, yet there is no additional information on her salary or income.
Tanya Tucker Husband, Marriage
Tanya Tucker married Jerry Laseter in 1999. Jerry and Tanya had an on-again, off-again relationship. The couple’s daughter is Layla LaCosta. Jerry co-produced Tucker’s albums Tanya, Live at Billy Bob’s Texas, and My Turn. She has had relationships with a variety of performers in the past.
She had brief romances with Merle Haggard, Andy Gibb, and Don Johnson after dating Glen Campbell for a year. She then married actor Ben Reed and has two children with him, Presley Tanita and Beau “Grayson.” Their romance, on the other hand, did not survive long. This singer is currently free of scandal and speculations, focusing on her personal and professional life.