Nearly 50 years after her country music debut, Tanya Tucker was having a moment — or, should we say, another moment. The two-time winner at the 2020 Grammy Awards thrilled her longtime fans, and make a new generation of them, with her 2019 album Bring My Flowers Now.
Many country singers would give anything to have a hit like Tucker did with ”Delta Dawn.” The song kicked off the star’s career when she was barely a teenager — and then she repeated that success over and over again. She’s released more than two dozen albums and scored dozens of crossover hits.
Throughout Tucker’s career, she’s been the subject of many a tabloid report, thanks to a series of high-profile romances and some personal struggles, but there’s still plenty that fans both new and old don’t know about her. Keep reading for 10 must-learn facts about Tucker: