| Greatest Hits | ||||
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| Released | December 2, 1974 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 28:42 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Producer | Billy Sherrill | |||
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Greatest Hits is the first compilation album by American country music artist Tanya Tucker. It was released on December 2, 1974 via Columbia Records. [1]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Delta Dawn" | Larry Collins, Alex Harvey | 2:56 |
| 2. | "Blood Red and Goin' Down" | Curly Putman | 3:02 |
| 3. | "The Jamestown Ferry" | Bobby Borchers, Mack Vickery | 2:53 |
| 4. | "What's Your Mama's Name" | Dallas Frazier, Earl Montgomery | 2:55 |
| 5. | "I Believe the South Is Gonna Rise Again" | Bobby Braddock | 3:01 |
| 6. | "Would You Lay with Me (In a Field of Stone)" | David Allan Coe | 2:23 |
| 7. | "Love's the Answer" | Emily Mitchell, Norro Wilson | 2:34 |
| 8. | "Rainy Girl" | Tanya Tucker, Codye Hancock | 2:29 |
| 9. | "No Man's Land" | Don Wayne | 3:37 |
| 10. | "The Man That Turned My Mama On" | Ed Bruce | 2:54 |
| Chart (1974) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| US Billboard 200 [2] | 201 |
| US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [3] | 18 |
Tanya Denise Tucker is an American country music singer and songwriter who had her first hit, "Delta Dawn", in 1972 at the age of 13. Over the succeeding decades, Tucker became one of the few child performers to mature into adulthood without losing her audience, and during the course of her career, she notched a streak of top-10 and top-40 hits. She has had several successful albums, several Country Music Association award nominations, and hit songs such as 1973's "What's Your Mama's Name?" and "Blood Red and Goin' Down", 1975's "Lizzie and the Rainman", 1988's "Strong Enough to Bend", and 1992's "Two Sparrows in a Hurricane". 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's documentary The Return of Tanya Tucker Featuring Brandi Carlile was released to theaters Fall 2022.
Girls Like Me is the fifteenth studio album by American country music singer Tanya Tucker, released on March 3, 1986 by Capitol Records. It included the number one country hit "Just Another Love". "I'll Come Back as Another Woman" and "One Love at a Time" would do almost as well at No. 2 and No. 3, respectively. Rounding out the Top 10 hits was the No. 8 "It's Only Over for You". The album peaked at No. 20 on the Country Albums chart.
What Do I Do with Me is the nineteenth studio album by American country music singer Tanya Tucker, released on July 2, 1991. It was her highest-placing on the Billboard charts reaching #6 in the Country albums and #48 on the Pop albums categories. The album produced four Top Five hits on the Hot Country Songs charts: "(Without You) What Do I Do with Me" and "Down to My Last Teardrop" both at number two, "Some Kind of Trouble" at number three, and "If Your Heart Ain't Busy Tonight" at number four. The track "Everything That You Want" was later covered by Reba McEntire for her 1994 album, Read My Mind.
Soon is the twenty-first studio album by American country music artist Tanya Tucker. It was released on October 11, 1993 via Liberty Records. The top hits from Soon were the title song, "Soon" at #2, "Hangin' In" at #4. and "We Don't Have to Do This" at #11 on the Billboard Top Country Singles charts. "You Just Watch Me" rose to #20. The album rose to #18 on the Country Albums chart.
Delta Dawn is the debut studio album by American country music singer Tanya Tucker. It was released on September 11, 1972, by Columbia Records. The album was produced by Billy Sherrill and includes two top ten singles, "Delta Dawn" and "Love's the Answer"/"The Jamestown Ferry".
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Ridin' Rainbows is the seventh studio album by American country music singer Tanya Tucker. It was released on February 14, 1977, by MCA Records. The album was produced by Jerry Crutchfield and includes three top 20 hits; "Ridin' Rainbows", "It's a Cowboy Lovin' Night" and "Dancing the Night Away".
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"I'll Come Back as Another Woman" is a song written by Kent Robbins and Richard E. Carpenter, and recorded by American country music artist Tanya Tucker. It was released in November 1986 as the third single from the album Girls Like Me. The song reached #2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.
"It's Only Over for You" is a song written by Mike Reid and Rory Bourke, and recorded by American country music artist Tammy Wynette for her 1985 album Sometimes When We Touch. In 1986, the song was recorded by Michael Johnson for his album Wings and Tanya Tucker for her album Girls Like Me. Tucker's version was released in March 1987 as the fourth single from Girls Like Me. It reached number eight on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.
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The albums discography of American country artist Tanya Tucker consists of 25 studio albums, three live albums, 30 compilation albums, nine video albums and one box set. At age 13, Tucker released her debut album via Columbia Records entitled Delta Dawn (1972). It peaked at number 32 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart. The following year she released What's Your Mama's Name, followed by Would You Lay with Me . Both studio albums certified gold by the RIAA. Tucker switched to MCA Records in 1975 and released a self-titled album the same year. It peaked at number 8 on the Top Country Albums chart and number 113 on the Billboard 200 records chart. Between 1976 and 1977 she issued four studio albums before the release of her 1978's TNT, which was marketed towards a rock audience. It also certified gold from the RIAA.
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