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 = Vocals
Piano
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 in Little Rock, Arkansascite 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 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".

Biography

Tammy Wynette Graham was born on February 7, 1968 in Little Rock, Arkansas. 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". 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 at Caesars 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 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.

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.

Discography

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