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Zachary Walker Hanson is an American musician, and member of the popular band Hanson. He was born in Arlington, Virginia, on October 22, 1985 into a family of four (his parents Walker and Diana Hanson, and brothers Isaac and Taylor). Zac was followed by his sisters Jessica, Avery and Zoe and brother Mackenzie. Early in Zac's life, because of his father's job as an oil worker in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the family moved to places such as Ecuador, Venezuela and Trinidad and Tobago before moving back to Tulsa.

Zac, Taylor, and Isaac were raised on music from the 1950s and 1960s and grew to love it. The boys started singing together almost as soon as Zac could talk. In 1992, the boys' parents realized their children had a special talent and helped them to make their first independent album, Boomerang. The album was sold at live shows the boys held which were basically just them singing a cappella versions of the old songs they were raised on. As the boys and their talents grew, so did their interest in the pursuit of a musical career. Isaac, who had always idolized Chuck Berry, took up guitar. Taylor (who along with Isaac had taken classical piano lessons) went to the keyboards and Zac got a set of drums from a friend's attic. The boys released a second independent record called MMMBop.

After approaching Christopher Sabec at the annual South by Southwest music conference and festival in Austin, Texas and doing an on the spot audition, he agreed to manage them and eventually was able to get them signed by Mercury Records. In May of 1997, the boys' first professional album, Middle of Nowhere was released. The boys also released an album called Snowed In, in 1997, which contains Christmas songs and a live album called Live From Albertane, in 1998, which contained songs from the Albertane Tour in the summer of 1998. They then released another called This Time Around in 2000.

In 2004, after breaking ties with their former record label, Hanson started their own label, 3CG Records and released Underneath.

In the summer of 2005, on a television show in Mexico, Zac announced that he was engaged. It is widely believed that his fiancée is long-time girlfriend, Kate Tucker, although that has not been officially confirmed. Kate is also the best friend of Taylor's wife, Natalie Bryant. Zac and Kate's wedding is believed to be scheduled for the summer of 2006.

References

• Lyndsey Parker. Yahooligans! Music: Hanson. URL accessed on December 20, 2005.

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