Lynn Anderson

Was born in Grand Forks, North Dakota, in 1947, and grew up in Sacramento, California.

Lynn Anderson first soaked up the national spotlight as a young singer on the ABC-TV Saturday night musical series, The Lawrence Welk Show (1955), between 1967 and 1969. Although she was signed to an independent label, the exposure helped her nab a deal with Columbia Records in Nashville. "He was absolutely wholesome", Lynn said of Welk in a 1987 interview with The Associated Press. "He felt country music was coming into its own and deserved to be on national television. At that time, I was the only one singing country music on national TV every week. Welk is one of my heroes and always will be". "And it was "Rose Garden" that sealed my country music legacy, earning me a Grammy and Country Music Association's female vocalist of the year award in 1971. It was popular because it touched on emotions", she told the AP. "It was perfectly timed. It was out just as we came out of the Vietnam years and a lot of people were trying to recover. That song stated that you can make something out of nothing. You take it and go ahead. It fit me well and I'll be connected to it until I die". Lynn Anderson made television appearances with such stars as Lucille Ball, Bing Crosby, John Wayne and Tom Jones and she performed for presidents Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan. She was also in episodes of the TV show, Starsky and Hutch (1975) and in the 1982 TV movie, Country Gold (1982).

Daughter of singer-songwriter Liz Anderson who was also a popular country female vocalist in the 1960's. Liz wrote many of Lynn's earliest record releases.

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).

Released her first single, a duet with Jerry Lane, called "For Better or for Worse", in 1966, when she was just 19 years old.

She was voted Top Female Vocalist of the year by the Academy of Country Music in 1967 and again in 1970.

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).

Can be heard singing the line "I'm not trying to make you feel uncomfortable" from the song "I Honestly Love You" as her recording is apparently playing on someone's portable tape player in a beach scene in the film Jaws (1975).

As she recorded her most famous song "(I Never Promised You A) Rose Garden", it should not be confused with the movie I Never Promised You a Rose Garden (1977).

Taos, New Mexico: Lived with Mentor Williams. [2004]