Lynn Anderson

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Lynn Anderson (2009)

Lynn Rene Anderson (* 26. September 1947 in Grand Forks , North Dakota ; † thirtieth July 2015 in Nashville , Tennessee ) was an American with the Grammy excellent Country singer, the 1970 worldwide hit by the Rose Garden was known. In addition, her 60 hits in the American country charts. Along with Dolly Parton , Loretta Lynn and Tammy Wynette , she was one of the most successful country singers of the 1970s.

Career

As the daughter of the well-known songwriter Liz Anderson , she came into contact with country music at an early age. She was discovered in 1965 when she accompanied her mother to Nashville , who received a BMI Award there . In the same year, Lynn got a record deal with the smaller Chart label . In 1966 her first solo single was released , followed by an appearance in the Grand Ole Opry . From 1967 to 1969 she had four top ten hits in the country charts with If I Kiss You (Will You Go Away) , Promises, Promises , No Another Time and That's a No No , and nine other singles reached the top 20 there .

In 1969, Anderson moved to Columbia Records . Here, shortly afterwards, she achieved one of the greatest country hits of all time with Rose Garden . The title was also able to place high in the international pop charts and earned her a Grammy and other awards. The single reached number 3 in the USA, as well as in Great Britain. The record came in at number 1 in Germany and was able to last for four weeks. Numerous other successes followed, including number 1 hits in the US country charts: You're My Man , How Can I Unlove You (1971), Keep Me in Mind (1973) and What a Man, My Man Is (1974). In the pop hit lists, however, she did not have another top 40 hit.

From the mid-1970s, Anderson's success slowly waned, but she tirelessly released more albums and continued to hit the charts with her singles. Her last Top 10 success came in 1983 in a duet with Gary Morris : You're Welcome to Tonight . In addition, she worked occasionally as an actress (including 1977 as country singer Sue Ann Grainger in the episode "Back then in Pittsville" of the TV crime series Starsky & Hutch ) and earned a reputation as a passionate rider and horse breeder . She has also won numerous awards in this area. Anderson remained connected to country music and continued to release albums at multi-year intervals, most recently Cowgirl (2006), Cowgirl II (2010) and Bridges (2015). She received her last Grammy nomination in 2014 for the album The Bluegrass Sessions . Their last hit on the country charts was in 1989.

Private

Lynn Anderson was married to country musician Glenn Sutton from 1968 to 1977 . From this marriage a child was born. Two other children come from the marriage to Harold Stream III. This marriage lasted from 1978 to 1982.

After vacationing in Italy, she was admitted to a hospital in Nashville with pneumonia . There she died of a heart attack on July 30, 2015 .

Discography

Albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)			Remarks
year	title	UK	US	Country	Remarks
1967	Ride, ride, ride	-	-	Country25 (7 weeks) Country
1967	Promises, promises	-	-	Country1 (48 weeks) Country
1968	Big Girls Don't Cry	-	-	Country11 (18 weeks) Country
1969	With Love, from Lynn	-	US197 (2 weeks) US	Country22 (11 weeks) Country
	At Home with Lynn	-	-	Country19 (17 weeks) Country
	Songs That Made Country Girls Famous	-	-	Country9 (16 weeks) Country
1970	Uptown Country Girl	-	-	Country29 (9 weeks) Country
	Stay There 'Til I Get There	-	-	Country28 (17 weeks) Country
	No love at all	-	-	Country22 (11 weeks) Country
	Rose Garden	UK45 (1 week) UK	US19th platinum (33 weeks)US	Country1 (77 weeks) Country	Backing vocals: The Jordanaires and The Nashville Edition
1971	You're my man	-	US99 (14 weeks) US	Country1 (31 weeks) Country	Backing vocals: The Jordanaires
1971	How Can I Unlove You	-	US132 (5 weeks) US	Country2 (23 weeks) Country	appeared with bonus single including Frank Jones Interview with Lynn Anderson
1972	Cry	-	US114 (9 weeks) US	Country2 (29 weeks) Country
1972	Listen to a Country Song	-	US160 (7 weeks) US	Country3 (16 weeks) Country
1973	Keep Me In Mind	-	-	Country7 (12 weeks) Country
1973	Top of the World	-	US179 (3 weeks) US	Country7 (28 weeks) Country	Background vocals: The Nashville Edition
1974	Smile for Me	-	-	Country14 (11 weeks) Country
1974	What a Man My Man Is	-	-	Country18 (7 weeks) Country
1975	I've Never Loved Anyone More	-	-	Country20 (10 weeks) Country
1976	All the Kings Horses	-	-	Country28 (7 weeks) Country
1977	Wrap Your Love All Around Your Man	-	-	Country28 (8 weeks) Country
1977	I Love What Love Is Doing to Me / He Ain't You	-	-	Country48 (7 weeks) Country
1979	Outlaw Is Just a State of Mind	-	-	Country29 (11 weeks) Country
1980	Even Cowgirls Get the Blues	-	-	Country37 (11 weeks) Country
1983	Back	-	-	Country61 (7 weeks) Country

more publishments

1971: The Christmas Album
1978: From the Inside
1988: What She Does Best
1992: Cowboy's Sweetheart
1998: Latest and Greatest
1999: Home for the Holidays
2005: The Bluegrass Sessions
2008: Cowgirl
2010: Cowgirl II
2015: Bridges

Compilations

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
year	title	US	Country	Remarks
1968	The Best of Lynn Anderson	US180 (3 weeks) US	Country29 (15 weeks) Country
1971	The World of Lynn Anderson	US174 (4 weeks) US	Country13 (23 weeks) Country
1972	Lynn Anderson's Greatest Hits	US129 gold (14 weeks)US	Country3 (29 weeks) Country
1976	Lynn Anderson's Greatest Hits, Volume 2	-	Country41 (5 weeks) Country

more publishments

1970: Songs My Mother Wrote
1971: Lynn Anderson's Greatest Hits, Vol. 1
1971: Lynn Anderson with Strings
1971: Lynn Anderson
1981: Encore
1982: The Best of Lynn Anderson: Memories and Desires
1996: The Best of Lynn Anderson
1999: Anthology: The Columbia Years
1999: Anthology: The Chart Years
2005: Greatest Hits
2006: 16 biggest hits
2012: Country: Lynn Anderson
2014: The Essential Lynn Anderson

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks / months, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks / months, awards, notes)						Remarks
year	Title album	DE	AT	CH	UK	US	Country	Remarks
1966	Ride, ride, ride, ride, ride, ride	-	-	-	-	-	Country36 (17 weeks) Country
1967	If I Kiss You (Will You Go Away) Ride, Ride, Ride	-	-	-	-	-	Country5 (19 weeks) Country
	Too Much of You Ride, Ride, Ride	-	-	-	-	-	Country28 (13 weeks) Country
	Promises, Promises Promises, Promises	-	-	-	-	-	Country4 (18 weeks) Country
	Keeping Up Appearances	-	-	-	-	-	Country49 (6 weeks) Country
1968	No Another Time Promises, Promises	-	-	-	-	-	Country8 (14 weeks) Country
	Big Girls Don't Cry Big Girls Don't Cry	-	-	-	-	-	Country12 (14 weeks) Country
	Flattery Will Get You Everywhere With Love, from Lynn	-	-	-	-	-	Country11 (14 weeks) Country
1969	Our House Is Not a Home With Love, from Lynn	-	-	-	-	-	Country18 (12 weeks) Country
	That's a No No At Home with Lynn	-	-	-	-	-	Country2 (15 weeks) Country
	He'd Still Love Me Uptown Country Girl	-	-	-	-	-	Country15 (12 weeks) Country
1970	I've Been Everywhere Uptown Country Girl	-	-	-	-	-	Country16 (10 weeks) Country
	Stay There 'Til I Get There Stay There' Til I Get There	-	-	-	-	-	Country7 (16 weeks) Country
	No love at all, no love at all	-	-	-	-	-	Country15 (12 weeks) Country
	Rose Garden Rose Garden	DE1 (6½ months) DE	AT4 (1 month) AT	CH1 (16 weeks) CH	UK3 (20 weeks) UK	US3 gold (17 weeks)US	Country1 (20 weeks) Country
	I'm Alright Songs That Made Country Girls Famous	-	-	-	-	-	Country20 (11 weeks) Country
	It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels Songs That Made Country Girls Famous	-	-	-	-	-	Country20 (13 weeks) Country
1971	You're My Man You're My Man	-	-	-	-	US63 (6 weeks) US	Country1 (15 weeks) Country
	How Can I Unlove You How Can I Unlove You	-	-	-	-	US63 (7 weeks) US	Country1 (16 weeks) Country
	He Even Woke Me Up To Say Goodbye How Can I Unlove You	-	-	-	-	-	Country54 (5 weeks) Country
	Jim Dandy How Can I Unlove You	-	-	-	-	-	Country74 (3 weeks) Country
1972	Cry Cry	-	-	-	-	US71 (5 weeks) US	Country3 (16 weeks) Country
	Listen to a Country Song Listen to a Country Song	-	-	-	-	-	Country4 (13 weeks) Country
	Fool Me Listen to a Country Song	-	-	-	-	-	Country4 (14 weeks) Country
1973	Keep Me in Mind Keep Me in Mind	-	-	-	-	-	Country1 (16 weeks) Country
	Top of the World Top of the World	-	-	-	-	US74 (10 weeks) US	Country2 (15 weeks) Country	Original: Carpenters
	Sing About Love Top of the World	-	-	-	-	-	Country3 (17 weeks) Country
1974	Smile for Me Smile for Me	-	-	-	-	-	Country15 (13 weeks) Country
	Talkin 'to the Wall Smile for Me	-	-	-	-	-	Country7 (14 weeks) Country
	What a Man My Man Is What a Man My Man Is	-	-	-	-	US93 (3 weeks) US	Country1 (13 weeks) Country
1975	He Turns It into Love Again I've Never Loved Anyone More	-	-	-	-	-	Country13 (12 weeks) Country
	I've Never Loved Anyone More I've Never Loved Anyone More	-	-	-	-	-	Country14 (14 weeks) Country
	Paradise All the King's Horses	-	-	-	-	-	Country26 (11 weeks) Country
1976	All the King's Horses All the King's Horses	-	-	-	-	-	Country20 (14 weeks) Country
	Rodeo Cowboy All the King's Horses	-	-	-	-	-	Country62 (3 weeks) Country
	Sweet Talkin 'Man Wrap Your Love All Around Your Man	-	-	-	-	-	Country23 (11 weeks) Country
1977	Wrap Your Love All Around Your Man Wrap Your Love All Around Your Man	-	-	-	-	-	Country12 (14 weeks) Country
	I Love What Love Is Doing to Me I Love What Love Is Doing to Me / He Ain't You	-	-	-	-	-	Country22 (10 weeks) Country
	He Ain't You I Love What Love Is Doing to Me / He Ain't You	-	-	-	-	-	Country19 (12 weeks) Country
	We Got Love I Love What Love Is Doing to Me / He Ain't You	-	-	-	-	-	Country26 (13 weeks) Country
1978	Rising Above It All From the Inside	-	-	-	-	-	Country44 (9 weeks) Country
1978	Last Love of My Life From the Inside	-	-	-	-	-	Country43 (8 weeks) Country
1979	Isn't It Always Love Outlaw Is Just a State of Mind	-	-	-	-	-	Country10 (13 weeks) Country
	I Love How You Love Me Outlaw Is Just a State of Mind	-	-	-	-	-	Country18 (12 weeks) Country
	Sea of Heartbreak Outlaw Is Just a State of Mind	-	-	-	-	-	Country33 (9 weeks) Country
1980	Even Cowgirls Get the Blues. Even Cowgirls Get the Blues	-	-	-	-	-	Country26 (13 weeks) Country
1980	Blue Baby Blue Even Cowgirls Get the Blues	-	-	-	-	-	Country27 (13 weeks) Country
1983	You Can't Lose What You Never Had Back	-	-	-	-	-	Country42 (11 weeks) Country
	What I Learned from Loving You Back	-	-	-	-	-	Country18 (16 weeks) Country
	You're Welcome to Tonight Back	-	-	-	-	-	Country9 (23 weeks) Country	with Gary Morris
1986	Didn't we shine	-	-	-	-	-	Country45 (9 weeks) Country
1987	Read Between the Lines	-	-	-	-	-	Country38 (12 weeks) Country
1988	Under the Boardwalk What She Does Best	-	-	-	-	-	Country24 (17 weeks) Country
1988	What He Does Best What She Does Best	-	-	-	-	-	Country50 (10 weeks) Country
1989	How Many Hearts What She Does Best	-	-	-	-	-	Country69 (6 weeks) Country

gray hatching : no chart data available for this year

More singles

1969: Where's the Playground, Bobby
1982: Midnight Train to Georgia
1984: Heart of the Matter
1992: Don't Fence Me In
2004: Cry
2006: Full Moon in Baghdad
2007: I Won't Leave You Lonely
2007: Just Like Jesse James
2010: Day One
2015: Drift Away Gospel
2015: Get Up Joseph

Guest Posts

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
year	Title album	US	Country	Remarks
1986	Fools For Each Other	-	Country49 (9 weeks) Country	with Ed Bruce

Awards

1970: Grammy Award for the single Rose Garden - Best Female Country Vocal Performance

2015: An asteroid named after her: (13644) Lynnanderson

literature

Shestack, Melvin: The Country Music Encyclopaedia . London: Omnibus Press, 1977, pp. 9f.
Dellar, Fred / Thompson, Roy: The Illustrated Encyclopedia Of Country Music . Foreword by Roy Acuff. 2nd edition London: Salamander Books, 1979, p. 18.
Fuchs, Walter: History of Country Music. Centers, styles, resumes . Bergisch Gladbach: Gustav Lübbe Verlag , 1980, p. 189.
Jeier, Thomas: The new Lexicon of Country Music , Munich: Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, 1992, p. 94f.
Roland, Tom: The Billboard Book Of Number One Country Hits . New York City / New York: Billboard Books; London: Guinness Publishing Ltd., 1991, pp. 48, 53f, 58f, 85, 129f.
Erlewine, Michael: All Music Guide to Country Music . San Francisco, Cal .: Miller Freeman Books, 1997, p. 11.

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↑ ^a ^b Lynn Anderson Dead: Country Singer Dies After Heart Attack At 67
^ Joel Whitburn: Top Country Songs 1944-2005 , 2005, page 27 and 584, ISBN 0-89820-165-9
^ Whitburn, Joel: The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Hits . 7th revised and expanded edition, New York City, New York: Billboard Books, 2005, pp. 26f
^ Whitburn, Joel: Top Pop Singles 1955-1993 . Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Ltd., 1994, p. 15
^ Nugent, Stephen, Anne Fowler, Pete Fowler: Chart Log of American / British Top 20 Hits, 1955–1974 . In: Gillett, Charlie, Simon Frith (Eds.): Rock File 4 . Frogmore, St. Albans: Panther Books, 1976, p. 70
↑ Ehnert, Günter (Ed.): Hit balance sheet. German chart singles 1956-1980 . Hamburg: Taurus Press, 1990, p. 15
↑ https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/lynn-anderson
↑ 'Rose Garden' singer Lynn Anderson dies at 67 on tennessean.com, accessed July 31, 2015
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d Chart sources: UK US
↑ Music Sales Awards: US
↑ (16644) Lynnanderson in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).

Web links

Commons : Lynn Anderson - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

official homepage
Lynn Anderson at Allmusic (English)
Lynn Anderson at Discogs (English)
Lynn Anderson at the Internet Movie Database (English)
Biography on CMT.com

personal data
SURNAME	Anderson, Lynn
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Anderson, Lynn Rene (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American country singer
DATE OF BIRTH	September 26, 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH	Grand Forks , North Dakota , United States
DATE OF DEATH	July 30, 2015
Place of death	Nashville , Tennessee

[dead-1] Lynn Anderson Dead: Country Singer Dies After Heart Attack At 67

[2] Joel Whitburn: Top Country Songs 1944-2005 , 2005, page 27 and 584, ISBN 0-89820-165-9

[3] Whitburn, Joel: The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Hits . 7th revised and expanded edition, New York City, New York: Billboard Books, 2005, pp. 26f

[4] Whitburn, Joel: Top Pop Singles 1955-1993 . Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Ltd., 1994, p. 15

[5] Nugent, Stephen, Anne Fowler, Pete Fowler: Chart Log of American / British Top 20 Hits, 1955–1974 . In: Gillett, Charlie, Simon Frith (Eds.): Rock File 4 . Frogmore, St. Albans: Panther Books, 1976, p. 70

[6] Ehnert, Günter (Ed.): Hit balance sheet. German chart singles 1956-1980 . Hamburg: Taurus Press, 1990, p. 15

[7] ttps://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/lynn-anderson

[8] 'Rose Garden' singer Lynn Anderson dies at 67 on tennessean.com, accessed July 31, 2015

[charts-9] Chart sources: UK US

[Ausz.-10] Music Sales Awards: US

[11] (16644) Lynnanderson in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).