Ira Tucker nasceu o 17 de maio de 1925 em Carolina do Sul, EUA. Foi casado com Louise Eleanor Archie. Morreu o 24 de junho de 2008 em Filadélfia, Pensilvânia, EUA.
He eschewed the traditional gospel performance style of standing in one place on stage. He jumped off the stage, ran up and down the aisles, and sang on his knees.
I was blessed. I never did hurt myself doing it. [commenting on his physically active performance style, in an interview with the Salt Lake Tribune in 2004]
