- Tammy Graham
Infobox Musical artist
Name = Tammy Graham
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Background = solo_singer
Birth_name = Tammy Wynette Graham
Born = birth date and age|1968|02|07
Origin =Little Rock, Arkansas ,USA
Instrument = VocalsPiano
Genre = Country
Occupation =Singer
Years_active = 1997
Label = Career/Arista Nashville
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Associated_acts =Joe Diffie Tammy Graham (born
February 7 ,1968 inLittle Rock, Arkansas cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:jifixqlhldse~T1 |title=Tammy Graham biography |accessdate=2008-03-14 |last=Erlewine |first=Stephen Thomas |authorlink=Stephen Thomas Erlewine |work=Allmusic ] ) is an Americancountry music artist. Active as a singer and self-taught pianist since childhood, she first gained attention in her hometown before moving to Las Vegas and subsequently toNashville , where she was signed to a recording contract with a division ofArista Nashville in 1997, releasing a studio album and charting three singles on the "Billboard" country music charts that year, including the #37-peaking "A Dozen Red Roses".Biography
Tammy Wynette Graham was born on
February 7 ,1968 inLittle Rock, Arkansas . She taught herself how to play thepiano at an early age, developing a style which has been described as "rocking boogie-woogie... likeJerry Lee Lewis ". In addition to winning several local talent competitions (some while she was nine years old), she demonstrated piano playing at a music store located in a Little Rock shopping mall.By age fourteen, Graham began billing herself as "Little Miss Jerry Lee Lewis". She had also formed a backing band, with whom she toured in both
Nashville and Las Vegas; although she recorded several demos while in Nashville, she did not attract the attention of any record labels at the time. While still in her late teenage years, Graham found work atCaesars Palace , where she soon became a regular;cite web |url=http://www.oldies.com/artist-biography/Tammy-Graham.html |title=Tammy Graham biography |accessdate=2008-03-14 |work=Oldies.com] eventually, she was discovered by Danny Morrison, who served as a manager for country singerJoe Diffie at the time. Morrison then recommended Graham to the head of Career Records, a now-defunct division of theArista Nashville record label.Graham was signed to a recording contract with Career in 1996, with her debut single "Tell Me Again" being released that year; it peaked at #63 on the "Billboard" Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now
Hot Country Songs ) charts. Her second single, "A Dozen Red Roses", became her first and only Top 40 hit, reaching #37 on the country charts, as well as #8 on theBubbling Under Hot 100 ; after its release, her self-titled debut album was issued. "Cool Water", the third and final single, reached its high point at #59 on the country charts. She was later dropped from Career when the label was merged into Arista Nashville's main division, and has not recorded since.Discography
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