Anderson charted 12 No. 1, 18 Top 10, and more than 50 Top 40 hits. 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), Anderson won a Grammy Award (earning seven nominations), People's Choice Award and an American Music Award (AMA). She was named Billboard's Female Artist of the Decade (1970–1980).
Anderson was 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.
Anderson debuted in 1966, at the age of 19, and had her first hit with Ride, Ride, Ride. After a series of Top 10 hit singles on the country charts during the late 1960s, Anderson signed with Columbia Records in 1970. Under Columbia, she had her most successful string of hits. Her signature song, "(I Never Promised You a) Rose Garden", remains one of the biggest selling country crossover hits of all time. In addition, the song also went to No. 3 on the Billboard Pop Chart and reached the top of the charts in several countries, an unprecedented achievement at the time. CMT ranks "Rose Garden" at No. 83 on its list of the "100 Greatest Songs in Country Music History". Anderson continued to record and remained a popular concert attraction until her death, regularly headlining major casino showrooms, performing arts centers and theaters.
She grew up in Sacramento, California with her mother, acclaimed singer-songwriter Liz Anderson who wrote "The Fugitive" and "(All My Friends Are Gonna Be) Strangers", both Merle Haggard hits, among others. She began her solo career in 1966 with "In Person", followed by a hit with her mother's "If I Kiss You (Will You Go Away)".
In 1968 she married Glenn Sutton, a future Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame inductee, with whom she had a daughter, Lisa. (They divorced in 1977.)
Consistent hits followed, and she was a regular on The Lawrence Welk Show during the 1967-68 season. In 1969 Anderson signed to Columbia where her work veered a bit more toward a polished, pop sound. She released her signature song, "Rose Garden" in late 1970. The song, written by Joe South, won a Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance reached number 1 on the U.S. country charts, and also hit number 3 on the pop charts, as well as being a hit in fifteen countries. Anderson also received Grammy nominations for her recordings "Big Girls Don't Cry" (1968), "That's a No No" (1969), and "How Can I Unlove You" (1971)> Anderson's other hits during this period included "You're My Man", "Listen to a Country Song", "Top of the World" (a number 1 country record for Anderson before becoming a pop hit for The Carpenters), "Cry", "Keep Me in Mind", "What a Man My Man Is" and "Smile For Me". In 1971, she was voted Top Female Vocalist of the year by both the Academy of Country Music and Country Music Association. Anderson charted eight no.one singles, 18 Top-Tens and earned a total of 17 international Gold records. She was perhaps the most in-demand country female vocalist on network television throughout the 1970's but after 1975 her records usually peaked in the top 20 as opposed to her earlier top ten success.
Anderson married a Louisiana businessman in 1978. The second marriage produced two more children, and she was divorced in 1982.
Anderson remained one of the top female country singers into the 1980's. Her last top ten record was 1984s "You're Welcome to Tonight". During the late 1980's and early 1990s, she received much press for her disputes with her now-divorced second husband. After spending time on her ranch, raising horses and participating in equestrian events, she began recording again in 1992.
"The Bluegrass Sessions", released in 2004, earned Anderson her first Grammy nomination in over 30 years.
That same year Anderson was arrested in Denton, Texas, for drunk driving.
The American Rose Society created and named in her honor a white and raspberry hybrid tea rose.
Anderson released a new CD of original songs entitled "Cowgirl" in 2006, all of the songs penned by her mother, the acclaimed songwriter Liz Anderson.
Tear by Tear
Lynn Anderson Lyrics
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Then lie by lie you broke that heart in two tear by tear I'm crying my life away
Dream by dream my future tumble down hurt by hurt I weaken every day
Night after night you don't come around tear by tear I'm crying my life away
Memory by memory I've tried to drive you from my mind
But each tick of the clock says I'm wasting my time
One by one my hopes have disappeared hour by lonely hour I know you come to stay
Tear by tear I'm crying my life away
The lyrics convey a story of a woman who fell in love with someone who eventually shattered her heart and left her to pick up the pieces. The first stanza depicts how the woman fell in love with her partner kiss by kiss but eventually, the partner betrayed her, leaving her to cry tear by tear. The second and third stanzas describe the aftermath of the breakup, with the woman trying to forget her partner and move on with her life. She tries to forget her partner memory by memory, but the memories seem to linger. She hopes that each passing hour will bring relief and she'll be able to move on, but nothing seems to work. Towards the end, she admits that despite everything, she still wants her partner back in her life, yet, tear by tear, she's crying her life away.
Line by Line Meaning
Kiss by kiss I fell in love with you beat by beat you stole my heart away
I gradually fell in love with you and you captured my heart rhythmically with each beat of my heart.
Then lie by lie you broke that heart in two tear by tear I'm crying my life away
You destroyed my heart with each lie you told, and now I'm shedding tears constantly because of the pain you caused me.
Dream by dream my future tumble down hurt by hurt I weaken every day
As my dreams came crashing down one by one, each hurt caused me to become weaker and weaker with every passing day.
Night after night you don't come around tear by tear I'm crying my life away
Each night that you're not here, I'm crying tears that add up over time and make me feel like I'm slowly wasting away.
Memory by memory I've tried to drive you from my mind
I've attempted to erase my memories of you, one by one, in order to forget you and move on.
But each tick of the clock says I'm wasting my time
The passing of time reminds me that my efforts to forget you are in vain, as I still can't help but think of you.
One by one my hopes have disappeared hour by lonely hour I know you come to stay
As time passes, my hopes for us have slowly vanished, and I become increasingly aware that you're not going to leave me alone.
But wish by wish I keep wanting you here cause tear by tear I'm crying my life away
Despite everything, I still find myself wishing that you were here with me, even though it's causing me to cry tears that add up over time and make me feel like I'm slowly wasting away.
Tear by tear I'm crying my life away
I'm crying frequently and my tears are accumulating, making me feel like I'm wasting my life away.
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: LANE
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latokatn506
Thanks Tommy Man This Lady Was Solid Country Talent That Never Got The Credit But for One Song , But I Like all her Songs Better than Rose Garden We Have said this Be for Sometimes A Big Hit Will Kill Your Career Or A Album , Jeanie Pruitt Comes To Mine !!!!!& Others
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Recorded July 1966 RCA Victor Studio, , 800 17th Ave. South, Nashville, TN - Lynn Anderson (Producer: Slim Williamson)