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Harrah's Laughlin presents country artist Tanya Tucker on Saturday, April 14, 2007. She’s been called one of the finest song stylists in any genre, a singer who owns the patent on any song she sings. Tanya Tucker’s inimitable vocal styling and soulful performances have resulted in a string of hit albums and singles, garnered hundreds of honors and awards and made her a country music legend.
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Tanya Tucker's third album accomplished two things. First, it cemented her position in country music as a young singer of power, taste, and artistic excellence. Secondly, thanks to the title cut, she brought ...Read full review
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In 1975, after her switch to MCA Records, Tucker released an album of new material, titled simply Tanya Tucker. It featured the #1 country hit "Lizzie and the Rainman," which ... crossed over into the Adult Contemporary charts and became a hit there, getting Tucker's name noticed in other places besides country music. She had another #1 hit that year called "San Antonio Stroll." By now, Tucker was a huge country star, and was one of country music's most successful and popular female vocalists.
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In 2002, Tucker was ranked #20 on CMT's 40 Greatest Women of Country Music in 2002. She has ... continued to release albums. In 2005, she released an album called Live at Billy Bob's Texas. That same year, she contributed two songs to a tribute album to Bob Wills, called A Tribute to Bob Wills 100th Anniversary. The year continued to make Tucker busy, now with a new book called 100 Ways to Beat the Blues on Fireside, which included tips on pulling yourself out of the dumps, from some of Tucker's good friends, like Willie Nelson, Brenda Lee, Little Richard, and Burt Reynolds.
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In addition to her own albums, Tanya Tucker has contributed her talents to a number of tribute projects in the last few years. She is constantly in demand for guest appearances: She performed at the World Cup Opening Ceremonies in 1994 (to a worldwide television audience of two billion viewers), did the half-time show at the Super Bowl in that same year and in 1996, and CBS chose her to sing the theme song for their NASCAR racing broadcast.
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Tanya is ... releasing a new album titled Lonesome Town, most likely to be released in 2008, and a new Live concert recorded at the Renissance Centre, back in December, will be released as well. Tanya will sing a duet with country music icon Billy Joe Shaver on his latest album, Everybody's Brother, to be released on September 25, 2007. Tanya has stated she is going into the studio to do a duet with country legend George Jones, for a new Jones album, due out in 2008.
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