''What Do I Do with Me'' is the nineteenth studio album by American
country music
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singer
Tanya Tucker
Tanya Denise Tucker (born October 10, 1958) is an American country music singer and songwriter who had her first hit, "Delta Dawn", in 1972 at the age of 13. Over the succeeding decades, Tucker became one of the few child performers to mature int ...
, released on July 2, 1991. It was her highest-placing on the
Billboard
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charts reaching #6 in the Country albums and #48 on the Pop albums categories. The album produced four Top Five hits on the
Hot Country Songs
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charts: "(Without You) What Do I Do with Me" and "Down to My Last Teardrop" both at number two, "Some Kind of Trouble" at number three, and "If Your Heart Ain't Busy Tonight" at number four. The track "Everything That You Want" was later covered by
Reba McEntire
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for her 1994 album, ''
Read My Mind.''
Track listing
Personnel
As listed in liner notes.
*Tanya Tucker - vocals
*
Eddie Bayers
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- drums
*Mark Casstevens - acoustic guitar
*
Beth Nielsen Chapman
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- backing vocals
*
Paul Davis - backing vocals
*Sonny Garrish -
steel guitar
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*Steve Gibson - acoustic guitar, electric guitar
*Greg Gordon - backing vocals
*Rob Hajacos - fiddle
*
Jim Horn
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Biography
Horn was born in Los Angeles, and after replacing saxophonist Steve Douglas in 1959, he toured with member Duane Eddy for f ...
- saxophone
*Mitch Humphries - keyboards
*
David Innis - synthesizer
*Mike Lawler - synthesizer
*
Paul Leim
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- drums
*Liana Manis - backing vocals
*Donna McElroy - backing vocals
*
Terry McMillan
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Early life
McMillan was born in Port Huron, Michigan. She received a B.A. in journalism in 1977 from ...
- harmonica
*Wayland Patton - backing vocals
*
Brent Rowan
Brent Rowan (born May 28, 1956 in Waxahachie, Texas) is an American session musician and record producer who works primarily in country music. Active since the 1970s, Rowan began working with John Conlee through the recommendation of record produce ...
- electric guitar
*Bob Wray - bass guitar
*Curtis Young - backing vocals
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
References
Tanya Tucker on CMA awards database* ''The Billboard Book of Top 40 Country Hits'' by
Joel Whitburn
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Early life
Joel Carver Whitburn was born in Wau ...
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1991 albums
Tanya Tucker albums
Capitol Records albums
Albums produced by Jerry Crutchfield