Lynn Renee Anderson was an American country singer and television personality.
86 Facts About Lynn Anderson
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Lynn Anderson's crossover signature recording, "Rose Garden," was a number one hit in the United States and internationally.
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Lynn Anderson charted five number one and 18 top-ten singles on the Billboard country songs chart.
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Daughter Lynn Anderson was signed to a recording contract to Chart Records in 1966 after she was heard singing along with her mother at an industry function.
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In 1970, Lynn Anderson signed with Columbia Records, where she was produced by her first husband, Glenn Sutton.
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Lynn Anderson had her biggest commercial success with "Rose Garden".
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Lynn Anderson became a television personality, with appearances on The Tonight Show, specials with Bob Hope and Dean Martin, and her own prime-time specials.
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Lynn Anderson continued releasing new albums into the new millennium, such as 2004's The Bluegrass Sessions.
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Towards the end of her life, Lynn Anderson struggled with alcohol addiction, but continued performing until her death in 2015.
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Lynn Rene Anderson was born in Grand Forks, North Dakota, on September 26,1947, to Casey and Liz Anderson.
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Lynn Anderson's grandparents were Scandinavian immigrants who established a North Dakota "saddle club".
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However, Lynn Anderson insisted that her parents move to a ranch, prompting the family to move to Sacramento, California.
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In Sacramento, the Lynn Anderson family bought a ranch with two acres of land.
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At the age of nine, Lynn Anderson won second place at a local horse-racing event in San Francisco, California.
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Lynn Anderson's performing and musical interests continued into high school.
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Lynn Anderson sent her compositions to Los Angeles and Nashville, Tennessee, where they were heard by music executives.
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Lynn Anderson's daughter liked the song and had an interest in cutting it at her new label.
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Lynn Anderson followed it with "Promises, Promises", which reached number four on the country singles list in February 1968.
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In 1967, Lynn Anderson's career gained further momentum when she was cast on The Lawrence Welk Show.
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Welk's son, Larry Welk, discovered an Lynn Anderson album cover and was drawn to her physicality.
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Lynn Anderson became the show's first country performer and toured with the cast nationwide.
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Lynn Anderson remained with The Lawrence Welk Show until 1968.
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Lynn Anderson's version became a bigger hit than the original, climbing to number 17 on the Billboard country singles list in 1970.
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Lynn Anderson's sixth studio album was a tribute to the traditional female country performers that preceded her.
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In 1970, Lynn Anderson's recording contract was bought by Columbia Records and she began recording for the new label that year.
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Lynn Anderson continued to diversify her music by recording songs of different styles.
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In 1972, Lynn Anderson recorded Johnnie Ray's pop hit "Cry", which became a top five country hit for Lynn Anderson.
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Lynn Anderson reached the top five with a version of Loggins and Messina's "Listen to a Country Song" and Joe South's "Fool Me".
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Lynn Anderson then covered The Carpenters' "Top of the World" after hearing it on their 1972 album, A Song for You.
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Lynn Anderson's version reached number two on the Billboard country songs chart.
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Lynn Anderson's success was fueled by television appearances, especially during the second half of the decade.
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Lynn Anderson appeared on prime-time shows The Brady Bunch Hour, The Tonight Show and The Midnight Special.
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Lynn Anderson's version reached the top ten of the country charts.
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In 1980, Lynn Anderson released her last studio album for Columbia Records called Even Cowgirls Get the Blues.
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In 1980, Lynn Anderson left Columbia Records after remarrying two years prior.
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Lynn Anderson divorced in 1982 and returned to Nashville, but found it difficult to regain interest in her career.
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Lynn Anderson then signed with Mercury Records in the second half of the decade.
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Lynn Anderson left the major label market following her departure from Mercury in 1990.
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Lynn Anderson began to diversify her career during this time.
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Six years later, Lynn Anderson released the Platinum Entertainment studio project, Latest and Greatest.
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In 2000, Lynn Anderson released her first live record entitled Live at Billy Bob's Texas, which was issued on the Smith label.
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In 2007, Lynn Anderson was part of the lineup at the CMA Music Festival at the Riverfront Park.
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In June 2015, Lynn Anderson released her final studio album Bridges.
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Lynn Anderson often alternated between performing music concerts and participating in horse shows.
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Lynn Anderson was a lifelong member of the American Quarter Horse Association and participated in a variety of the organization's events.
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Lynn Anderson kept show horses in Texas during the final years of her life.
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Lynn Anderson employed a horse trainer to keep the animals active and ready for competitions.
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Lynn Anderson traveled between Texas and her home in New Mexico to spend time with the horses.
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Lynn Anderson raised horses at her ranch in New Mexico.
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Lynn Anderson worked with disabled children and facilitated in learning to ride horses.
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Lynn Anderson helped establish a horse riding organization in Franklin, Tennessee called "Special Riders".
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Lynn Anderson was inspired to establish the organization after observing a child who had crutches and was unable to ride.
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Lynn Anderson collaborated with a similar program in Texas called "Rocky Top Riders".
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Lynn Anderson established a clinic to help aspiring young female riders.
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Lynn Anderson worked with the North American Riding for the Handicapped Association for several years.
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Lynn Anderson stated that she had turned down several professional opportunities due to Sutton's disapproval.
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In 1978, Lynn Anderson married Texas business entrepreneur Harold "Spook" Stream.
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Lynn Anderson had met Stream at a rodeo event and developed a romantic relationship shortly afterward.
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Lynn Anderson claimed that Stream had been physically abusive, stating that he had attempted to run her over with a vehicle and attempted to hit her.
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Lynn Anderson had issues with alcohol towards the end of her life.
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On January 24,2005, Lynn Anderson was accused of shoplifting a Harry Potter DVD from a local supermarket in Taos, New Mexico.
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Lynn Anderson was charged with shoplifting, resisting arrest and assault on a police officer.
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The shoplifting charge was dropped, as long as Lynn Anderson agreed to not commit any further offenses.
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In May 2006, Lynn Anderson was arrested on a second DUI charge after a traffic accident near Espanola, New Mexico.
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Lynn Anderson was arrested after she admitted to drinking alcohol and taking prescription medication.
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Lynn Anderson was booked on DUI and released on a $5,000 bond.
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Lynn Anderson issued a statement and apologized to her fans.
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Lynn Anderson later went through rehabilitation at the Betty Ford Center.
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Lynn Anderson died on July 30,2015, at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee, at the age of 67.
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Lynn Anderson had been briefly hospitalized due to pneumonia after vacationing in Italy.
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Lynn Anderson is interred in the mausoleum at Woodlawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Nashville near her mother, Liz, who died in 2011.
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That same year, Woodlawn Memorial Park Cemetery created "The Lynn Anderson Rose Garden", consisting of 200 Lynn Anderson Hybrid Rose Bushes, as a place of reflection and meditation, in honor of Anderson's signature song.
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Early on, Lynn Anderson had a traditional country style that featured instruments such as the steel guitar and the banjo.
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Lynn Anderson's style shifted after working alongside Glenn Sutton, who helped develop Anderson's music towards the Countrypolitan format by combining soft rock and adult contemporary.
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Lynn Anderson recorded covers of pop hits for her studio releases during the 1970s.
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Lynn Anderson's singing voice has been highlighted by writers and journalists.
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Lynn Anderson has been widely regarded as one of country music's most significant female artists.
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Lynn Anderson did so much for the females in country music.
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Bufwack and Oermann noted that Lynn Anderson's "Rose Garden" helped set the trend for female crossover artists in the 1970s.
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In 2015, The Washington Post explained that Lynn Anderson was the first female country artist to appear on national television due to cast membership on The Lawrence Welk Show.
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Lynn Anderson has been given honors and achievements as part of her legacy.
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Lynn Anderson was inducted into the North American Country Music Association Hall of Fame the same year.
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Lynn Anderson received a similar recognition when Rolling Stone included her on their list of the "100 Greatest Country Artists of All Time".
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In 2018, daughter Lisa Sutton helped open the Lynn Anderson Rose Garden in Nashville to pay tribute to her career.
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In 2020, Lynn Anderson was featured in the PBS documentary "Iconic Women of Country".
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Lynn Anderson received many awards during the course of her career.