Tammy Cochran (born January 30, 1972) is an American

country music Country (also called country and western) is a genre of popular music that originated in the Southern and Southwestern United States in the early 1920s. It primarily derives from blues, church music such as Southern gospel and spirituals, ...

artist. Signed to

Epic Records Epic Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America Sony Corporation of America (SONAM, also known as SCA), is the American arm of the Japanese conglomerate Sony Group ...

Nashville in 2000, she released her self titled debut album that year, followed a year later by '' Life Happened''. These two albums produced a total of six chart singles for her on the ''

Billboard A billboard (also called a hoarding in the UK and many other parts of the world) is a large outdoor advertising structure (a billing board), typically found in high-traffic areas such as alongside busy roads. Billboards present large advertise ...

'' country charts between 2000 and 2003, of which the highest-charting was " Angels in Waiting" at No. 9. A third album, ''Where I Am'', followed in 2007.

Biography

Tammy was born and raised in a small rural town called Austinburg, OhioDillon, Charlotte
Tammy Cochran Biography
,

Allmusic AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on musicians and bands. Initiated in 1991, the databas ...

, retrieved July 23, 2011 She was born in 1972 to Mabel and Delmar Cochran and was the third of three children. Growing up, she listened to recordings from

Loretta Lynn Loretta Lynn (; April 14, 1932 – October 4, 2022) was an American country music singer and songwriter. In a career spanning six decades, Lynn released multiple gold albums. She had numerous hits such as " You Ain't Woman Enough (To Take My M ...

and

Barbara Mandrell Barbara Ann Mandrell (born December 25, 1948) is an American country music singer and musician. She is also credited as an actress and author. During the late 1970s and early 1980s, she was considered among country's most successful music artist ...

. Tammy sang at her family's local church, and then she entered a talent show contest and won. She joined a couple of bands before making her own band called "TC Country" that played at fairs and weddings. Cochran finished high school and took vocational training to become a secretary. She then moved to

Nashville Nashville is the capital city of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the seat of Davidson County. With a population of 689,447 at the 2020 U.S. census, Nashville is the most populous city in the state, 21st most-populous city in the U.S., and the ...

, Tennessee, in 1991.Evans Price, Deborah (2002)
Tammy Cochran Stays True to 'Life' on Her Second Epic Album
, ''

'', October 19, 2002, p. 9, retrieved July 23, 2011 She married in 1996 but divorced soon afterward.

Musical career

In 1998, Cochran met Shane Decker, a songwriter for

Warner Bros. Records Warner Records Inc. (formerly Warner Bros. Records Inc.) is an American record label. A subsidiary of the Warner Music Group, it is headquartered in Los Angeles, California. It was founded on March 19, 1958, as the recorded music division of the ...

. He offered his help on making demos to send to record companies after seeing Cochran. He also helped her get a job as a songwriter for Warner Chappell. Her demo tapes were sent to

. She released her first single that same year called "If You Can", followed by "So What". Although neither single made Top 40 on the country charts, the third single (" Angels in Waiting", written about her brothers) peaked at No. 9, and its success led to the release of her self-titled debut album. The video for "Angels in Waiting" won a Christian Country Music Award for 'Video of the Year'.Stark, Phyllis (2001)
Fox Brothers named Entertainer of the Year at CCMA Awards
, ''

'', November 10, 2001, p. 36, retrieved July 23, 2011 This album's fourth single, "I Cry", reached Top 20 as well. Cochran's second album for Epic, '' Life Happened'', was released a year later. The lead-off single reached Top 20, while "Love Won't Let Me", the follow-up, peaked at No. 31 and Cochran was dropped from Epic in 2003. Her third album, ''Where I Am'', was issued on the independent

Shanachie Records Shanachie Records is an American, New Jersey-based record label, founded in 1975 by Richard Nevins and Dan Collins. The label is named for the Gaelic word ''seanchaí'' (anglicised as shanachie), an Irish storyteller. It was previously distribu ...

in 2007. In 2014 she starred in a musical show titled "One" at the Alabama Theatre in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.

Discography

Studio albums

Singles

;Notes

Music videos

References

External links

* Tammy Cochran Discography at Allmusic
CMT.com: Tammy Cochran
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cochran, Tammy 1972 births Living people American women country singers American country singer-songwriters People from Austinburg, Ohio Singer-songwriters from Ohio Epic Records artists 21st-century American singers 21st-century American women singers Country musicians from Ohio