Barbara Tucker (born March 19, 1967), is an American house and

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and choreographer 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 The Persuasions are an American a cappella group that began singing together in Brooklyn, New York in the mid-1960s. The Persuasions were formed in Brooklyn in 1962, singing a cappella under corner streetlights and in subway corridors. Their ...

. 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

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, Soul System, Jay Williams, and

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. 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

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and Blaze. She was signed to the production team

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and

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), 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, ''

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'' ranked her as the 63rd most successful dance artist of all-time.

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 "I Get Lifted" is a song recorded by American singer Barbara Tucker, who co-wrote it with producer Little Louie Vega. The song was released in 1994 and became Tucker's second of seven number-one singles on the US ''Billboard'' Hot Dance Club Pla ...

" - 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) "Everybody Dance" ("Everybody Dance (The Horn Song)" in international releases) is a 1998 house song recorded by American singer Barbara Tucker, who co-wrote the track with LaVette Gordon, and produced by DJ Pierre, which was based on an instrumen ...

" - No. 1 US Hot Dance Club Songs; No. 37 US Hot Dance Singles Sales; No. 28 UK * 2000: "

Stop Playing With My Mind "Stop Playing With My Mind" is a 2000 house song recorded by American singer Barbara Tucker (billed as "Ms. Barbara Tucker") featuring singer Darryl D'Bonneau, written and produced by D.J. Freddy Turner and Jason "Whiplash" Hernandez. The track sa ...

" (Barbara Tucker featuring

Darryl D'Bonneau Darryl D'Bonneau is a Dance/House/ R&B artist from Charleston, South Carolina. Biography Although he calls New York City home, D'Bonneau mostly spends his time living and traveling across Europe, where he had more success. D'Bonneau's musical roo ...

) - 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 "Most Precious Love" is a 2004 house song produced, written and recorded by the American duo Blaze, featuring the musical collective ensemble U.D.A.U.F.L. (the acronym for Underground Dance Artists United For Life), with vocals performed by singe ...

" ( 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 "Love Vibrations" is a 2007 song written, produced and recorded by American singer Barbara Tucker, and her first single to be released from her first full-length album of the same name. This was Tucker's seventh number-one single she placed on the ...

" - No. 1 Hot Dance Club Songs * 2008: "One" with (

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) * 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: "

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" – No. 1 Hot Dance Club Songs

References

External links

Tucker's label home and features her own siteTucker interview by Pete Lewis, ''Blues & Soul'', July 2008
{{DEFAULTSORT:Tucker, Barbara 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

Biography

Discography

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