Joining in Darlington Raceway's celebration of the early 1970's during its Labor Day weekend events, will be country music legend Tanya Tucker, who will perform the National Anthem for the Bojangles' Southern 500 on Sept. 6.
Tucker, a longtime Nashville recording artist, will sing the Star-Spangled Banner live on NBC. "We are excited to have country music icon Tanya Tucker perform our National Anthem for the Bojangles' Southern 500," track President Chip Wile said. "Tanya Tucker has been a mainstay in Nashville since the early 1970's. Her rendition of the Star-Spangled Banner will be a can't-miss for our great race fans." For four decades, Tucker's sultry voice and vivacious stage presence has helped to make her one of the most admired and respected female vocalists in the country music genre. Part of that appeal lies in the fact that her resume contains some of the most groundbreaking songs of the format's history. Songs like Alex Harvey's Delta Dawn, Dallas Frazier's What's Your Mama's Name and David Allan Coe's Would You Lay With Me (In A Field Of Stone) firmly established Tanya Tucker as an artist from whom you could always expect the unexpected. Her early hits also contained some kick-up-your-heels moments, like Texas (When I Die), San Antonio Stroll, and Here's Some Love.Videos