{{short description|American singer-songwriter}} {{for multi|the Australian born peace activist|Barbara Grace Tucker|the church vocalist from Texas|Barbara Johnson Tucker}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Barbara Tucker | image = | alt = | caption = | image_size = | birth_name = Barbara Tucker | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1967|3|19}} | alias = | death_date = | origin = [[Brooklyn]], [[New York City|New York]], U.S. | instrument = | genre = [[House music|House]], [[Soul music|soul]] | occupation = | years_active = 1985–present | label = [[Defected Records]]<br>[[Positiva Records|Positiva]]/EMI<br>[[Strictly Rhythm]] | website = }}
'''Barbara Tucker''' (born March 19, 1967), is an American [[House music|house]] and [[Soul music|soul]] [[singing|singer]], [[songwriter]] and [[choreographer]] born in [[Brooklyn|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.<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums"/>
==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 (funk musician)|George Clinton]]. She has collaborated with [[David Guetta]] and [[Blaze (group)|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".<ref name="LarkinDM">{{cite book|title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Virgin Encyclopedia of Dance Music]]|editor=[[Colin Larkin (writer)|Colin Larkin]]|publisher=[[Virgin Books]]|date=1998|edition=First|isbn=0-7535-0252-6|page=347}}</ref>
Tucker is the only recording artist to have had a yearly residency at Europe's clubbing mecca, [[Ibiza]].{{citation needed|date=July 2014}} In December 2016, ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Billboard (magazine)|magazine]] ranked her as the 63rd most successful dance artist of all-time.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/greatest-top-dance-club-artists | title=Greatest of All Time Top Dance Club Artists : Page 1|website=Billboard.com}}</ref>
==Discography== * 1994: "[[Beautiful People (Barbara Tucker song)|Beautiful People]]" - No. 1 [[United States|US]] [[Hot Dance Club Songs]]; No. 20 US [[Hot Dance Singles Sales|Hot Dance Music Maxi]]; No. 23 [[UK Singles Chart|UK]] * 1994: "[[I Get Lifted]]" - No. 1 US Hot Dance Club Songs; No. 33 UK * 1995: "[[Stay Together (Barbara Tucker song)|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 (band)|Blaze]] presents [[U.D.A.U.F.L.|Uda]] featuring Barbara Tucker) - No. 44 UK * 2006: "Most Precious Love" ([[Blaze (band)|Blaze]] featuring Barbara Tucker) ([[Freemasons (band)|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"<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">{{cite book| first= David| last= Roberts| year= 2006| title= British Hit Singles & Albums| edition= 19th| publisher= Guinness World Records Limited | location= London| isbn= 1-904994-10-5| page= 568}}</ref> * 2013: "I Wanna Dance with Somebody" (with The Cube Guys) * 2015: "Live Your Life" (DJ Federico Scavo) * 2015: "Boogie" ([[Ben Liebrand]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.iconicgroove.com|title=Iconic Groove|website=Iconicgroove.com|access-date=January 15, 2023}}</ref> * 2017: "[[Think (About It)]]" – No. 1 Hot Dance Club Songs<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/barbara-tucker/chart-history/dsi/|title=Barbara Tucker Chart History: Dance Club Play Songs|website=Billboard.com|access-date=January 9, 2018}}</ref>
==See also== *[[List of number-one dance hits (United States)]] *[[List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart]]
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://www.defected.com Tucker's label home and features her own site] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070202231923/http://www.defected.com/ |date=2007-02-02 }} *[http://www.bluesandsoul.com/feature/307/barbara_tuckertuckers_luck/ Tucker interview by Pete Lewis, ''Blues & Soul'', July 2008]
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