La Costa

For other uses, see La Costa (disambiguation).

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 charts, including the number-three "Get on My Love Train".

LaCosta Tucker
Tucker in 1974
Background information
Birth name	LaCosta Tucker
Born	(1951-12-12) December 12, 1951 (age 73)
Origin	Seminole, Texas, United States
Genres	Country
Occupations	Singer
Instruments	Vocals
Years active	1974–present
Labels	Capitol

Biography

Born in Seminole, Texas, 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. 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. LaCosta chose to move to Las Vegas, to be near her; in 1974, Beau Tucker helped LaCosta get a recording contract with Capitol Records. Going only by LaCosta, she soon had a hit record with "I Wanta Get To You", which landed at number 25 on the country charts, followed by "Get on My Love Train" at number three, and "He Took Me for a Ride" at number 10.^[1] She charted 10 more singles for Capitol and recorded five albums for the label. In 1982, she moved to Elektra Records, and she charted with "Love Take It Easy on Me" under her full name of LaCosta Tucker.^[1]

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.^[2]

Discography

Studio albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
		US Country [3]
Get on My Love Train	Released: October 21, 1974 Label: Capitol Format: LP	6
With All My Love	Released: April 21, 1975 Label: Capitol Format: LP	33
Lovin' Somebody	Released: September 27, 1976 Label: Capitol Format: LP	31
La Costa	Released: October 17, 1977 Label: Capitol Format: LP	—
Changin' All the Time	Released: July 14, 1980 Label: Capitol Format: LP	—

Singles

Title	Year	Peak chart positions		Album
		US Country [4]	CAN Country
"I Wanta Get to You"	1974	25	—	Get on My Love Train
"Get on My Love Train"		3	6
"He Took Me for a Ride"	1975	10	21
"This House Runs on Sunshine"		19	15	With All My Love
"Western Man"		11	10	Non-album single
"I Just Got a Feeling"	1976	28	—	With All My Love
"Lovin' Somebody on a Rainy Night"		23	17	Lovin' Somebody
"What'll I Do"		37	28
"We're All Alone"	1977	75	—	Non-album single
"Jessie and the Light"		100	—	LaCosta
"Even Cowgirls Get the Blues"	1978	79	—
"#1 with a Heartache"		94	—
"Changing All the Time"	1980	68	—	Changin' All the Time
"It Was Time"		—	—
"Love Take It Easy on Me"	1982	48	—	Non-album single