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the California country music scene in the 1960s when her husband Casey Anderson was a car salesman. An aspiring songwriter, she soon began having songs recorded by Del Reeves , Conway Twitty , Brenda Lee , and Roy Drusky that became national hits. Local vocalist Bonnie Owens introduced her to newcomer Merle Haggard in hopes Anderson could supply him with song material. Haggard was highly impressed with Anderson's material and recorded several songs, one of which, "Strangers" (1966), became his first national top ten hit. Anderson would later write Haggard's first number one record, "The Fugitive" (1968). Haggard has frequently acknowledged "The Fugitive" remains his most popular hit. Anderson would earn herself a recording contract with RCA Records in 1966 when Chet Atkins heard her song demos sent to Norma Jean (singer) and decided Anderson could be a singer herself. Anderson quickly racked up a string of top 40 country hits and in 1967 was Grammy nominated as Best Female Country Vocal Performance for her hit "Mama Spank". She received a second Grammy nomination that year for her hit with Bobby Bare and Norma Jean, "The Game of Triangles". Anderson's daughter, Lynn Anderson was quickly rising as a singer as well during this period, often having hits written by her mother including "Ride, Ride Ride", "Promises, Promises" and "If I Kiss You". Liz Anderson's own hit list as a singer included "Go Now Pay Later" (1966), "The Wife of the Party" (1967), "Tiny Tears" (1968), and "Husband Hunting" (1970). Anderson's major recording career slacked off in 1973 after a few years of modest chart singles on Epic Records though she actively pursued songwriting for many more years and occasionally recorded as well. In 1998 she returned to the studio to record an album of original western material titled "The Cowgirl Way" and launched a website of her own as well as her own record company, ShowBoat Records. In 2006 Lynn Anderson released an CD entitled "Cowgirl" which consisted entirely of original songs penned by Liz Anderson. LIZ ANDERSON WEBSITE |
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