Lynn Anderson(1947-2015)
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Lynn Rene Anderson was a multi-award-winning American country music
singer known for a string of hits throughout the 1970s and 1980s, most
notably her country-pop, worldwide mega-hit "(I Never Promised You a)
Rose Garden". She charted 12 No. 1, 18 Top-10, and more than 50
Top-40 hits. Anderson's crossover appeal and regular exposure on
national television helped her become one of the most popular and
successful country singers of the 1970s. In addition to being named
"Top Female Vocalist" by the Academy of Country Music (ACM) twice and
"Female Vocalist of the Year" by the Country Music Association (CMA),
she had won a Grammy Award, People's Choice Award and an American Music
Award (AMA). She was named Record World Magazine's and Billboard
Magazine's Female Artist of the Decade (1970-1980). Because of her
mainstream success, Anderson was the first female country artist to be
invited as a guest on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962) in late
1971 (the first of several appearances she would make with Carson at
the helm). Anderson was also the first female country artist to win the
American Music Award in 1974, as well as the first to headline and
sellout Madison Square Garden that same year.