What's Your Mama's Name

What's Your Mama's Name is the second studio album by American country music singer Tanya Tucker. It was released on May 21, 1973, by Columbia Records. The album was produced by Billy Sherrill and includes Tucker's first two number one country singles, "What's Your Mama's Name" and "Blood Red and Goin' Down". It was certified Gold by the RIAA in 1995 for sales of more than 500,000 copies.

What's Your Mama's Name
Studio album by Tanya Tucker
Released	May 21, 1973
Recorded	January 5, 1973–March 22, 1973
Studio	Columbia Recording Studio (Nashville)
Genre	Country
Length	29:11
Label	Columbia
Producer	Billy Sherrill
Tanya Tucker chronology
Delta Dawn (1972) What's Your Mama's Name (1973) Would You Lay with Me (In a Field of Stone) (1974)
Singles from What's Your Mama's Name
"What's Your Mama's Name" Released: March 5, 1973 "Blood Red and Goin' Down" Released: August 13, 1973

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

The review published in the June 2, 1973 issue of Cashbox said, "Blood Red and Goin' Down" opens this album's B-side on a powerful note. Hot mouth harp sizzles under Tanya's dramatic delivery and then the LP takes off, rockin' and sockin' through a list of tunes that draw on rock, blues, gospel and always—back to unmistakable country. Billy Sherrill production is the icing on this cake and, of course, the Jordanaires and the Nashville Edition add oomph. Hours and hours of listening pleasure here."[2]

Commercial performance

The album peaked at No. 4 on the US Billboard Hot Country LP's chart.

The album's first single, "What's Your Mama's Name", was released in March 1973[3] and peaked at No. 1 on the US Billboard Hot Country Singles chart and No. 86 on the US Billboard Hot 100. The single also peaked at No. 1 in Canada on the RPM Country Singles chart. The second single, "Blood Red and Goin' Down", was released in August 1973[4] and peaked at No. 1 on the US Billboard Hot Country Singles chart and No. 74 on the US Billboard Hot 100. It also peaked at No. 1 in Canada on the RPM Country Singles chart.

Track listing

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"What's Your Mama's Name"	Dallas Frazier Earl Montgomery	2:55
2.	"Horseshoe Bend"	Bobby Borchers Mack Vickery	2:35
3.	"The Chokin' Kind"	Harlan Howard	2:35
4.	"California Cotton Fields"	Frazier Montgomery	2:12
5.	"The Teddy Bear Song"	Nick Nixon Don Earl	3:00

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Blood Red and Goin' Down"	Curly Putman	3:00
2.	"Song Man"	Frazier Arthur Leo Owens	2:40
3.	"The Missing Piece of Puzzle"	Mark Sherrill Leon Sherrill	2:23
4.	"Rainy Girl"	Tanya Tucker Codye Hancock	2:29
5.	"Pass Me By (If You're Only Passing Through)"	Hillman Hall	2:22
6.	"Teach Me the Words to Your Song"	Rory Michael Bourke Gayle Barnhill	3:00

Personnel

• Lou Bradley – engineer
• The Jordanaires – background vocals
• Bill McElhiney – string arrangements
• Cam Mullins – string arrangements
• The Nashville Edition – background vocals
• Billy Sherrill – producer
• Tanya Tucker – lead vocals

Charts

Album

Chart (1973)	Peak chart positions
US Hot Country LP's (Billboard)[5]	4

Singles

Title	Year	Peak chart positions
		US Country [6]	US [7]	CAN Country [8]
"What's Your Mama's Name"	1973	1	86	1
"Blood Red and Goin' Down"		1	74	1

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[9]	Gold	500,000^^
^*sales figures based on certification alone ^^shipments figures based on certification alone

References

1. What's Your Mama's Name at AllMusic
2. "Country LP Reviews" (PDF). American Radio History. Cashbox. June 2, 1973. p. 40. Retrieved June 24, 2019.
3. "Radio Action & Pick Singles" (PDF). American Radio History. Billboard. March 10, 1973. p. 53. Retrieved June 6, 2019.
4. "C&W Singles Reviews" (PDF). American Radio History. Cashbox. August 18, 1973. p. 43. Retrieved June 6, 2019.
5. "Tanya Tucker Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved June 5, 2019.
6. "Tanya Tucker Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved June 5, 2019.
7. "Tanya Tucker Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved June 5, 2019.
8. Canada, Library and Archives (July 17, 2013). "Results: RPM Weekly". www.bac-lac.gc.ca. Retrieved June 25, 2019.
9. "American album certifications – Tanya Tucker – What's Your Mama's Name". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH.