Dana McVicker is an American

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artist. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1963, she recorded for

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Nashville in 1988, releasing a self-titled album and charting four singles on the U.S. country charts. McVicker was also nominated for Best New Female Artist at the 1988

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awards, losing to K. T. Oslin. She also appeared on the song " Young Country" from

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's ''

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'' album. After exiting Capitol, McVicker sang backing vocals on

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's first five studio albums (counting his Christmas album), and was one of several guest vocalists on his 1992 single " Lord Have Mercy on the Working Man". She was also featured on the track "Drive Away" on

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's 1993 album '' Outskirts of Town''. McVicker's husband, Michael Thomas, played guitar for

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's road band until an airplane, carrying Thomas, six other members of McEntire's band, and her road manager, crashed into a nearby mountain after taking off from an airport in

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, killing all on board.

Discography

Albums

Singles

Music videos

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:McVicker, Dana American country singer-songwriters American women country singers Country musicians from Maryland Capitol Records artists Living people 21st-century American women Singer-songwriters from Maryland 1963 births