Tanya Tucker

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," which went to number 6 on the country cha

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," which went to number 6 on the country charts. Tucker released the song at the age of 13; she became the youngest singer to have a major hit song on the Country charts. Since the song's release, Tucker had major hit songs for the next two decades, and into the 1990s. Her chart success has spanned well into the 2000s.

Tanya Tucker was born in Seminole, Texas to Beau and Juanita Tucker. She grew up in Willcox and Phoenix, Arizona, and started singing by the age of six. "Delta Dawn" went to number 6 on the country music charts. (Helen Reddy covered the song and took it to #1 on the U.S. pop charts). By age 15, she had a Grammy nomination, a "Greatest Hits" album and had appeared on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine.