Background
Born in Seminole, Texas, Tucker moved around frequently, as her father Beau Tucker was a construction worker
Born in Seminole, Texas, Tucker moved around frequently, as her father Beau Tucker was a construction worker
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. 3 "Get on My Love Train."
In-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 Mission Country Music, Phoenix.
Tanya became a country music star.
Louisiana Costa moved to Las Vegas, to be near Tanya, and Beau Tucker helped her get a recording contract with Capitol Records in 1974. Going only by Louisiana Costa, she soon had a hit record with "I Wanna Get To You", which landed at 25 on the country charts, followed by "Get On My Love Train" at number 3 and "He Took Maine for a Ride" at number 10.
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 lieutenant Easy On Maine", under her full name of Louisiana Costa Tucker.
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, had some of her hits packaged together with Tanya"s material.