| Birth Name | Tanya Denise Tucker |
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| Birth | Born on 1958-10-10 at Seminole, Texas United States |
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| Sex | F |
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| Nationality | American |
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| Profession | Singer |
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| Education | High School: Nevada (dropped out) |
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| Relationships | Jerry Laseter (engaged) Ben Reed Andy Gibb Merle Haggard Glen Campbell (1980-81) Don Johnson (1978) |
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| Father | Beau Tucker (construction worker) |
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| Mother | Juanita Cunningham (homemaker) |
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| Sisters | LaCosta |
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| Brothers | Robert Lewis Mitchell (d., pneumonia), Don |
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| Sons | Beau Grayson (b. 2-Oct-1991) |
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| Daughters | Presley Tanita (b. 5-Jul-1989, with Ben), Layla LaCosta Laseter (b. 25-Jun-1999, with Jerry) |
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Tanya Denise Tucker (born October 10, 1958) is an American country music singer. She may be best remembered for her debut single and trademark song "Delta Dawn". She has also acted on television and in a few movies and wrote her autobiography Nickel Dreams. Tanya Tucker was born in Seminole, Texas, to Beau and Juanita Tucker. She grew up in Willcox, and Phoenix, Arizona, and started singi ..
Tanya Tucker's Biography |
| Quote: "It's a lonely business being ballsy." More Quotes | | Trivia: Was the second country singer to have a No. 1 country single as a teen-ager with "What's Your Mama's Name" (1973); at age 19, Jean Sheppard was the first in 1953.At 13, scored her first charted single on Billboard magazine's country singles chart with "Delta Dawn" (1972).Daughter Presley Tanita (born June 1989); son Beau Grayson (born 1991, same day she won a CMA award). More Trivia | | Awards: Betty Ford Center Feb-1988 More Awards | | Tanya Tucker Photo Gallery | | Contact Tanya Tucker |
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