Tammy Cochran (born January 30, 1972 in Austinburg, Ohio) is an American Country Music Singer. She came to fame in 2001 after being signed with Sony Music, when that same year she had a Country Top Ten hit called "Angels In Waiting".
Tammy Cochran was a Country singer born and raised in a small rural town called Austinburg, Ohio, which according to Tammy was a perfect place to write a country song. There was also enough tragedy in Cochran's life to write a country song.
She was born in 1972 to Mabel and Delmar Cochran and was the third of three children. Tammy's two older brothers, Shawn and Alan were both born with the disease Cystic Fibrosis. Shawn died from the disease in 1980, at only 14 years of age. Alan died in 1991 at age 23. Her brothers lives and illness touched Tammy in a way that she expresses in her music. Her father taught Tammy the words to her first song "Heartaches By the Number". She soon became accustomed to listening to and singing the songs of Loretta Lynn and Barbara Mandrell. Encouraged and inspired by her brothers, Tammy realized that she preferred singing in front of an audience. For the next few years, Tammy sang at her family's local church, and then she entered a talent show contest and won. The next step for Tammy was to join a band. She joined a couple before making her own band called "TC Country" that played at fairs and weddings.
She knew that it could be impossible to enter the music business, so Cochran finished high school with a diploma and took vocational training to become a secretary. She then moved to Nashville, Tennessee in 1991. For a couple years she tried to make it as a country artist, trying to make a name for herself down there but having no real luck. In 1996, she married and gave up her dreams. However, the marriage didn't last long and ended in divorce.
However, everything turned around in 1998, when she met a man named Shane Decker. Decker worked as a songwriter for Warner Bros. Records. He offered his help on making demos to send to record companies after seeing Cochran's talent. He also helped her get a job as a songwriter for Warner Bros.-Chappell. After years of hard work, everything seemed to come very quickly for Cochran. Her demo tapes were being sent to almost every record company in Nashville. In 2000, she finally signed on with a record company called Sony Music. That same year, Cochran released her debut album on the Sony Music label called simply Tammy Cochran. She released her first single that same year called "If You Can", followed by "So What". Although both singles charted, they failed to even make the Country Top 40. It took until the next year that Cochran would get a hit.
In May 2001, Cochran released another single called "Angels In Waiting". The song was co-written by Cochran herself. The song struck a chord with Country audiences, making the Country Top Ten that year, making Cochran a star overnight. Soon Tammy was on the road touring all over the country, proving she could make it in the music business. That same year, Cochran released another single called "I Cry", that gave her a Top 20 hit that same year. The next year, Cochran released another album called Life Happened, along with two other singles. The title track was another Top 20 hit for Cochran and the other single "Love Won't Let Me" only made the Top 40. Cochran has yet to release another single.
Year
Album
Top Country Albums
Billboard 200
Tammy Cochran
#27
Life Happened
#11
#95
Where I Am
Year
Title
Chart Positions
Album
US Country
"If You Can"
41
Tammy Cochran
"So What"
51
"Angels In Waiting"A
9
"I Cry"
18
"Life Happened"
20
Life Happened
"Love Won't Let Me"
31
A"Angels in Waiting" also reached #73 on the US Hot 100.
