1. Elizabeth Jane Anderson was an American country music singer-songwriter who was one in a wave of new-generation female vocalists in the genre during the 1960s to write and record her own songs on a regular basis.
21 Facts About Liz Anderson
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Liz Anderson wrote many of the early hits for her daughter, Lynn Liz Anderson, whose recording career began less than a year after her mother's.
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Liz Anderson wrote several hits for other notable artists, including Merle Haggard.
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Liz Anderson named his band "The Strangers", after the hit " Strangers".
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At the age of 16, Liz was married to Casey Anderson and then had her daughter Lynn a year later.
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Liz Anderson studied at the Redwood City Business College in Redwood City, California, and worked as a secretary.
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The limited popularity at the time of country music in California led Liz Anderson to start writing songs.
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Liz Anderson began publishing her songs and made friends within the burgeoning country music community in Bakersfield during the early 1960s.
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Liz Anderson published over 260 songs during her career and earned five BMI awards.
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Liz Anderson wrote Conway Twitty's first country hit, "Guess My Eyes Were Bigger Than My Heart".
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Liz Anderson was friends with Chart Records owner Slim Williamson and provided many of the label's artists with songs including Connie Eaton, LaWanda Lindsey, and Billy "Crash" Craddock.
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Liz Anderson wrote a number of her daughter's early hits, including her 1967 debut single "Ride, Ride, Ride", as well as her first big hit, the top 5 "If I Kiss You ".
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In 1971, Liz Anderson moved to Epic Records, and released the four charting singles produced by then son-in-law Glenn Sutton which went no higher than the Country top 60.
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Liz Anderson did not record again until she released a single for the Scorpion Records label in 1978 that did not chart.
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Liz Anderson continued to write and one of her songs was a top-40 country success for Faron Young in 1977.
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In 1979, Lorrie Morgan had one of her first charted songs with an Liz Anderson composition "Tell Me I'm Only Dreaming" which went to number 88 in 1979 and was one of the last charting songs written by Liz Anderson.
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Liz Anderson recorded an album of Christmas songs and another one of children's songs, most of them written by her.
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In 2006, Lynn Liz Anderson released an album for the label entitled Cowgirl, composed entirely of songs penned by her mother.
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Liz Anderson enjoyed her greatest success as a songwriter, receiving many awards for her work, including several BMI awards.
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Liz Anderson served as vice president of the Nashville Songwriters Association International.
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In 1966 and 1967, Liz Anderson had six top 50 hits as a songwriter each year, believed to be a record still to this date among female country music songwriters.