Dana McVicker
{{short description|American singer-songwriter}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Dana McVicker
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| origin = Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1963}}
| birth_place = Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
| instrument = Vocals
| genre = Country
| occupation = Singer
| years_active = 1988–1993
2011–present
| label = Capitol Nashville
| website = {{url|www.danamcvicker.com/}}
}}
Dana McVicker is an American country music artist. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1963, she recorded for Capitol Records 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 Academy of Country Music awards, losing to K. T. Oslin.{{cite web |title=Nominations for country awards announced |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=PI&s_site=philly&p_multi=PI&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB29E2CAD9BA042&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |date=1988-02-24 |work=The Philadelphia Inquirer |accessdate=4 July 2009}} She also appeared on the song "Young Country" from Hank Williams, Jr.'s Born to Boogie album.
After exiting Capitol, McVicker sang backing vocals on Travis Tritt'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 Sawyer Brown's 1993 album Outskirts of Town.{{cite web |title=Band affirms it's no longer on the outskirts of country music |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=MH&s_site=miami&p_multi=MH&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB4CE618B24BB4E&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |date=1993-09-23 |work=Miami Herald |accessdate=4 July 2009}}
McVicker's husband, Michael Thomas, played guitar for Reba McEntire'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 San Diego, California, killing all on board.{{cite magazine|url=http://americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/90s/1991/BB-1991-03-30.pdf|title=After Crash, Fund Set Up for Families of McEntire Troupe|magazine=Billboard|date=1991-03-30|accessdate=2015-04-06}}
Discography
=Albums=
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| scope="row"| Dana McVicker
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| scope="row"| Back
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=Singles=
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| rowspan="2"| Year
! rowspan="2" style="width:18em;"| Single ! Peak ! rowspan="2"| Album |
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! width="65"| US Country |
| rowspan="2"| 1987
! scope="row"| "I'd Rather Be Crazy" | 64 | {{n/a}} |
| scope="row"| "Call Me a Fool"
| 64 | align="left" rowspan="3"| Dana McVicker |
| rowspan="2"| 1988
! scope="row"| "Rock-a-Bye Heart" | 65 |
| scope="row"| "I'm Loving the Wrong Man Again"
| 88 |
=Music videos=
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! Year ! style="width:18em;"| Video ! Director |
| 1988
! scope="row"| "I'm Loving the Wrong Man Again"{{cite magazine|url=http://americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/80s/1988/BB-1988-10-22.pdf|title=New Videoclips|magazine=Billboard|date=October 22, 1988}} | M.B. Kleber |
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Category:American country singer-songwriters
Category:American women country singers
Category:Country musicians from Maryland
Category:Capitol Records artists
Category:21st-century American women