{{short description|American country music artist (born 1951)}} {{Other uses}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2020}} {{BLP sources|date=September 2008}} {{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians --> | name = LaCosta Tucker | image = La Costa (1974).jpg | caption = Tucker in 1974 | image_size = | landscape = | background = solo_singer | birth_name = LaCosta Tucker | birth_place = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1951|12|12}} | origin = Seminole, Texas, United States | instruments = Vocals | genre = Country | occupations = Singer | years_active = 1974–present | label = Capitol }}
'''LaCosta Tucker''' (born December 12, 1951) is an American country music artist who recorded in the 1970s and 1980s as '''La Costa'''. The sister of country singer Tanya Tucker, LaCosta charted several singles of her own in the 1970s on the ''Billboard'' country singles chart, including the number three hit "Get on My Love Train".
==Biography== Born in Seminole, Texas,<ref name="LarkinCountry">{{cite book|title=The Guinness Who's Who of Country Music|editor=Colin Larkin|publisher=Guinness Publishing|date=1993|edition=First|isbn=0-85112-726-6|page=225}}</ref> Tucker moved around frequently, as her father Beau Tucker was a construction worker. Tucker had two siblings, Donald, and younger sister, Tanya Tucker. Beau felt LaCosta had the talent to be a star, and Tucker won her first talent contest at age four. Between entering beauty pageants and talent shows, she performed with Tanya in a band called the Country Westerners.<ref name="LarkinCountry"/> She graduated from Cochise College in Douglas, Arizona, and began working as a medical records technician as she sang in clubs and became Miss Country Music, Phoenix.
LaCosta met and married airline pilot Darrell Sorensen, who fathered her children and also managed her career. Around this time, Tanya was becoming a country music star.<ref name="LarkinCountry"/> LaCosta chose to move to Las Vegas, to be near her; in 1974, Beau Tucker helped LaCosta get a recording contract with Capitol Records.<ref name="LarkinCountry"/> Going only by the name LaCosta, she soon had a hit record with "I Wanta Get To You", which landed at number 25 on the country chart, followed by "Get on My Love Train" at number three, and "He Took Me for a Ride" at number 10.<ref name="Whitburn">{{cite book|last=Whitburn|first=Joel|title=Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008|publisher=Record Research, Inc|year=2008|page=229|isbn=978-0-89820-177-2}}</ref> She charted 10 more singles for Capitol and recorded five albums for the label. In 1982, she moved to Elektra Records,<ref name="LarkinCountry"/> and she charted with "Love Take It Easy on Me" under her full name of LaCosta Tucker.<ref name="Whitburn"/>
In 1989, LaCosta toured with Tanya, and by the 1990s, was serving as president of Tanya's fan club. She raised two children, and for a time, made gourmet candy for sale on her sister's website.
Many of LaCosta Tucker's recordings are out of print, but a 2000 release, ''Sisters: An Anthology'', contains some of her hits packaged together with Tanya's material.<ref>[https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00004TWT7/ ''Sisters: An Anthology''], ''Amazon.com''</ref>
==Discography== ===Studio albums=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |- ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;"| Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:18em;"| Album details ! scope="col" colspan="1"| Peak<br>chart<br>positions |- ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| US<br>Country<br><ref>[https://www.billboard.com/music/la-costa/chart-history/country-albums] {{dead link|date=December 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> |- ! scope = "row" | ''Get on My Love Train'' | *Released: October 21, 1974 *Label: Capitol *Format: LP | 6 |- ! scope = "row" | ''With All My Love'' | *Released: April 21, 1975 *Label: Capitol *Format: LP | 33 |- ! scope = "row" | ''Lovin' Somebody'' | *Released: September 27, 1976 *Label: Capitol *Format: LP | 31 |- ! scope = "row" | ''La Costa'' | *Released: October 17, 1977 *Label: Capitol *Format: LP | — |- ! scope = "row" | ''Changin' All the Time'' | *Released: July 14, 1980 *Label: Capitol *Format: LP | — |- |}
===Singles=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |- ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Year ! scope="col" colspan="2"| Peak chart<br>positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Album |- ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| US<br>Country<br><ref>[https://www.billboard.com/music/la-costa/chart-history/country-songs] {{dead link|date=December 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| CAN<br>Country |- ! scope = "row" | "I Wanta Get to You" |rowspan=2|1974 |25 |— |rowspan=3|''Get on My Love Train'' |- ! scope = "row" | "Get on My Love Train" |3 |6 |- ! scope = "row" | "He Took Me for a Ride" |rowspan=3|1975 |10 |21 |- ! scope = "row" | "This House Runs on Sunshine" |19 |15 |''With All My Love'' |- ! scope = "row" | "Western Man" |11 |10 | {{n/a|Non-album single}} |- ! scope = "row" | "I Just Got a Feeling" |rowspan=3|1976 |28 |— |''With All My Love'' |- ! scope = "row" | "Lovin' Somebody on a Rainy Night" |23 |17 |rowspan=2|''Lovin' Somebody'' |- ! scope = "row" | "What'll I Do" |37 |28 |- ! scope = "row" | "We're All Alone" |rowspan=2|1977 |75 |— | {{n/a|Non-album single}} |- ! scope = "row" | "Jessie and the Light" |100 |— |rowspan=3|''LaCosta'' |- ! scope = "row" | "Even Cowgirls Get the Blues" |rowspan=2|1978 |79 |— |- ! scope = "row" | "#1 with a Heartache" |94 |— |- ! scope = "row" | "Changing All the Time" | rowspan = "2" |1980 |68 |— | rowspan = "2" |''Changin' All the Time'' |- ! scope = "row" | "It Was Time" |— |— |- ! scope = "row" | "Love Take It Easy on Me" |1982 |48 |— | {{n/a|Non-album single}} |- |}
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{{Tanya Tucker}}
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