Tanya Tucker, whose career began at age 13 in 1972, is a Grammy-winning American country music icon and Country Music Hall of Fame inductee whose five-decade career has made her one of the most enduring and influential female voices in the genre's history. Born in Seminole, Texas, in 1958, she was signed to Columbia Records as a teenager after her father tirelessly championed her talent, and became country music's youngest star at the time when her debut single "Delta Dawn" made her a national sensation at just 13 years old.

Her breakthrough on Delta Dawn (1972) launched a run of early-career hits including "What's Your Mama's Name," "Blood Red and Goin' Down," and the boundary-pushing "Would You Lay With Me (In a Field of Stone)" — mature material that challenged expectations for a teenage artist and helped redefine what women in country music could sing about. She quickly established herself as one of the most fearless voices of the outlaw country era.