Barbara Tucker
Barbara Tucker (born March 19, 1967), is an American house and soul singer, songwriter and choreographer born in Brooklyn, New York. Tucker had six No. 1 hits on the U.S. Hot Dance Club Songs chart in the 1990s and into the 2000s, and several hits in the UK.
Barbara Tucker
- Name
- Barbara Tucker
- Born
- 19 March 1967
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- musician · singer · singer-songwriter · composer
- Fields
- music composing
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Barbara Tucker (born March 19, 1967), is an American house and soul singer, songwriter and choreographer born in Brooklyn, New York. Tucker had six No. 1 hits on the U.S. Hot Dance Club Songs chart in the 1990s and into the 2000s, and several hits in the UK.
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Barbara Tucker (born 1967) is an American composer, musician and singer, among other activities. The composer was born in Brooklyn. Barbara Tucker is active in music composing. Genres include contemporary R&B, house music and soul.
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• Name — Barbara Tucker • Birth Name — Barbara Tucker • Born — 19 March 1967 • Origin — Brooklyn, New York, U.S. • Genre — House, soul • Years Active — 1985–present • Label — Defected Records Positiva/EMI Strictly Rhythm
Biography
Biography
Raised in Brooklyn, New York, Tucker started singing through her entertainer father, Jayotis Washington of the group the Persuasions. As an actress, Tucker has performed in off-Broadway plays and received the T.O.R. award through the American Theater. She has choreographed and danced for artists such as C&C Music Factory, Soul System, Jay Williams, and Deee-Lite. She also choreographed the first Club Music Award show and is choreographer for the Underground Network dancers. She has been managed by celebrity and sports manager Glenn Toby. Tucker has recorded with and sang background vocals for Deee-Lite and George Clinton. She has collaborated with David Guetta and Blaze. She was signed to the production team Masters At Work (Little Louie Vega and Kenny "Dope" Gonzalez), who produced "Deep Inside", "Beautiful People", "I Get Lifted", "Stay Together" and "Stop Playing With My Mind". Tucker is the only recording artist to have had a yearly residency at Europe's clubbing mecca, Ibiza. In December 2016, Billboard magazine ranked her as the 63rd most successful dance artist of all-time.
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Barbara Tucker is recorded with the occupation singer-songwriter. Classed in the genre contemporary R&B. Barbara Tucker is classed in the genre house music. Classed in the genre soul. Recorded as musician, singer, singer-songwriter and composer.
Discography
• 1994: "Beautiful People" - No. 1 US Hot Dance Club Songs; No. 20 US Hot Dance Music Maxi; No. 23 UK • 1994: "I Get Lifted" - No. 1 US Hot Dance Club Songs; No. 33 UK • 1995: "Stay Together" - No. 1 US Hot Dance Club Songs; No. 9 US Hot Dance Singles Sales; No. 46 UK • 1996: "Keep on Lovin'You" • 1996: "Hot Shot" • 1997: "Bring You Love" • 1998: "Everybody Dance (The Horn Song)" - No. 1 US Hot Dance Club Songs; No. 37 US Hot Dance Singles Sales; No. 28 UK • 2000: "Stop Playing With My Mind" (Barbara Tucker featuring Darryl D'Bonneau) - No. 1 US Hot Dance Club Songs; No. 25 US Hot Dance Singles Sales; No. 17 UK • 2001: "Love's On Time" • 2003: "Let Me Be" • 2005: "You Want Me Back" • 2005: "Most Precious Love" (Blaze presents Uda featuring Barbara Tucker) - No. 44 UK • 2006: "Most Precious Love" (Blaze featuring Barbara Tucker) (Freemasons Remix) - No. 17 UK • 2007: "Love Vibrations" - No. 1 Hot Dance Club Songs • 2008: "One" with (Peter Luts) • 2009: "Care Free" • 2009: "Feelin' like a Superstar" • 2013: "I Wanna Dance with Somebody" (with The Cube Guys) • 2015: "Live Your Life" (DJ Federico Scavo) • 2015: "Boogie" (Ben Liebrand) • 2017: "Think (About It)" – No. 1 Hot Dance Club Songs
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- 1.Colin Larkin. The Virgin Encyclopedia of Dance Music. Virgin Books. 347. 1998. 0-7535-0252-6.
- 2.Greatest of All Time Top Dance Club Artists : Page 1. Billboard.com.
- 3.Roberts, David. British Hit Singles & Albums. Guinness World Records Limited. 568. 2006. 1-904994-10-5.
- 4.Iconic Groove. Iconicgroove.com.
- 5.Barbara Tucker Chart History: Dance Club Play Songs. Billboard.com.
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