Tammy Graham

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Tammy Graham
Birth name Tammy Wynette Graham
Born February 7, 1968 (1968-02-07) (age 40)
Origin Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
Genre(s) Country
Occupation(s) Singer
Instrument(s) Vocals
Piano
Years active 1997
Label(s) Career/Arista Nashville
Associated acts Joe Diffie

Tammy Graham (born February 7, 1968 in Little Rock, Arkansas[1]) is an American country 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 to Nashville, where she was signed to a recording contract with a division of Arista 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".

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[edit] Biography

Tammy Wynette Graham was born on February 7, 1968 in Little Rock, Arkansas.[1] She taught herself how to play the piano at an early age, developing a style which has been described as "rocking boogie-woogie... like Jerry Lee Lewis".[1] 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.[1]

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.[1] While still in her late teenage years, Graham found work at Caesars Palace, where she soon became a regular;[1][2] eventually, she was discovered by Danny Morrison, who served as a manager for country singer Joe Diffie at the time. Morrison then recommended Graham to the head of Career Records, a now-defunct division of the Arista Nashville record label.[2]

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 the Bubbling 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.

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

Year Album US Country US Heat
1997 Tammy Graham 47 41

[edit] Singles

Year Single US Country US Hot 100 Album
1996 "Tell Me Again" 63 Tammy Graham
1997 "A Dozen Red Roses" 37 108
"Cool Water" 59

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. Tammy Graham biography. All Music Guide. Retrieved on 2008-03-14.
  2. ^ a b Tammy Graham biography. Oldies.com. Retrieved on 2008-03-14.