Liz Anderson

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Liz Anderson (born January 13, 1927 in Roseau , Minnesota as Elizabeth Jane Haaby , † October 31, 2011 in Nashville , Tennessee ) was an American country singer and songwriter .

Life

Anderson grew up in Minnesota near the Canadian border. At the age of 16 she married Casey Anderson, shortly afterwards their daughter Lynn was born. Besides working as a secretary, she started writing songs. She and her husband made a name for themselves with titles such as The Fugitive or (My Friends Are Gonna Be) Strangers , which, interpreted by Merle Haggard , became hits.

In 1965 she received a BMI Award for Strangers . She traveled with her daughter to Nashville to receive it, and on that occasion she received a record deal , as did her daughter Lynn Anderson , who had a world hit with Rose Garden in the early 1970s . Liz Anderson wrote numerous songs for her daughter, some of which appeared on the album The Songs My Mother Wrote .

Discography

Albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
Country Country
1967 The Game of Triangles Country18 (8 weeks)
Country
Liz Anderson Sings Country20 (13 weeks)
Country
Cookin 'up hits Country18 (10 weeks)
Country
1968 Liz Anderson Sings Her Favorites Country16 (14 weeks)
Country
Like a Merry-Go Round Country22 (5 weeks)
Country
1970 Husband hunting Country36 (7 weeks)
Country

more publishments

  • 1966: (My Friends Are Gonna Be) Strangers
  • 1969: Country Style
  • 1969: If the Creek Don't Rise
  • 1983: My Last Rose
  • 1999: The Cowgirl Way

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
Country Country
1966 Go Now, Pay Later
(My Friends Are Gonna Be) Strangers 		Country23 (10 weeks)
Country
So Much for Me, So Much for You
Liz Anderson Sings 		Country45 (4 weeks)
Country
Wife of the Party
Game of Triangles 		Country22 (12 weeks)
Country
with Bobby Bare and Norma Jean
Game of Triangles
Game of Triangles 		Country5 (15 weeks)
Country
with Bobby Bare and Norma Jean
1967 Mama Spank
Liz Anderson Sings 		Country5 (17 weeks)
Country
Tiny Tears
Cookin 'Up Hits 		Country24 (13 weeks)
Country
Thanks a Lot for Tryin 'Anyway
Liz Anderson Sings Her Favorites 		Country40 (12 weeks)
Country
1968 Mother May I
Liz Anderson Sings 		Country21 (12 weeks)
Country
Like a Merry-Go Round
Like a Merry-Go Round 		Country43 (9 weeks)
Country
Me Me Me Me Me
Like a Merry-Go Round 		Country65 (7 weeks)
Country
Cry, Cry Again
Like a Merry-Go Round 		Country58 (4 weeks)
Country
Love Is Ending
Like a Merry-Go Round 		Country51 (5 weeks)
Country
1970 Husband Hunting
Husband Hunting 		Country26 (8 weeks)
Country
All day sucker
 Country64 (6 weeks)
Country
When I'm Not Looking
 Country75 (2 weeks)
Country
1971 It Don't Do No Good to Be a Good Girl
 Country69 (3 weeks)
Country
1972 I'll Never Fall in Love Again
 Country56 (87 weeks)
Country
Astrology
 Country67 (8 weeks)
Country
1973 Time to Love Again
 Country72 (8 weeks)
Country

Individual evidence

  1. ^ In Memory of Elizabeth J Anderson
  2. ^ Songwriter-singer Liz Anderson, Mother of Lynn Anderson, Dies at 84
  3. ↑ a b Chart sources: [1]

literature

  • Shestack, Melvin: The Country Music Encyclopaedia . London: Omnibus Press, 1977, p. 8.
  • Dellar, Fred / Thompson, Roy: The Illustrated Encyclopedia Of Country Music . Foreword by Roy Acuff . 2nd edition London: Salamander Books, 1979, p. 12.
  • Fuchs, Walter: History of Country Music. Centers, styles, resumes . Bergisch Gladbach: Gustav Lübbe Verlag, 1980, p. 188.
personal data
SURNAME Anderson, Liz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Haaby, Elizabeth Jane
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American country singer and songwriter
DATE OF BIRTH January 13, 1927
PLACE OF BIRTH Roseau , Minnesota
DATE OF DEATH October 31, 2011
Place of death Nashville , Tennessee