Barbara Tucker (born March 19, 1967), is an American
house
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and
soul singer,
songwriter and
choreographer
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born in Brooklyn, New York, US. Tucker had six No. 1 hits on the US Hot Dance Club Songs chart in the 1990s and into the 2000s, and several hits in the UK.
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 various dance artists, such as
C&C Music Factory,
Soul System
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, 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 such tunes as "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.
Discography
* 1994: "
Beautiful People
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* ''Beautiful Peopl ...
" - No. 1
US Hot Dance Club Songs
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; 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
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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)
* 2017: "
Think (About It)" – No. 1 Hot Dance Club Songs
See also
*
List of number-one dance hits (United States)
*
List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart
References
External links
Tucker's label home and features her own siteTucker interview by Pete Lewis, ''Blues & Soul'', July 2008
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1967 births
Living people
African-American women singer-songwriters
American soul singers
American contemporary R&B singers
American dance musicians
American house musicians
Musicians from Brooklyn
Singer-songwriters from New York (state)
21st-century African-American women singers
Positiva Records artists
20th-century African-American women singers