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.
Too Many Dollars Not Enogh Sense
Lynn Anderson Lyrics
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Many kinds of people most of them so poor
They can hardly pay the rent
Then there's another kind
Lots of funny people
Too many dollars not enough sense
Rich man's son he goes away to college
He's not there for getting any knowledge
He'll have his daddy bus'ness some day
Rich boy fails and daddy wonders what he did
Chewing his nails all nervous and tense
Never figures out
That the trouble was he gave the kid
Too many dollars not enough sense
Poor little poor girl young and so beautuful
Marries old man with foot in the grave
Marries him for money
Now she's gonna spend it all
Gonna throw away every dollar he saved
Man wakes up one morning all useless
Pretty girl gone and money all spent
Was his own fault for turning her loose
With too many dollars not enough sense
Indian live all life on reservation
All he knows is sweatin' and toil
White man come and dig on reservation
Poke around and bring 'em up oil
Indian rich now gotta have a Cadillac him
Buy five and a Mercedes Benz
Take to reservation
Park 'em all back to back
Too many dollars not enough sense
This world is filled with
Many kinds of people
Too many dollars not enough sense
In Lynn Anderson's song Too Many Dollars Not Enough Sense, she highlights the different types of people that exist in the world and the way they use their resources. The song talks about poor people who can hardly pay the rent and how they are juxtaposed with others who have too many dollars but not enough sense. The lyrics describe a rich man's son who doesn't go to college to acquire knowledge but instead to have fun and play without any work. The father thinks his son will take over the family business, but when he fails, unable to handle his father's money, the father realizes that he made a mistake of giving his son too many dollars and not instilling the right values in him.
Line by Line Meaning
This world is filled with
The world is full of
Many kinds of people most of them so poor
Most people are poor
They can hardly pay the rent
They are struggling to pay for their living expenses
Then there's another kind
However, there is another type of people
Lots of funny people
These people are quite humorous
Too many dollars not enough sense
They have a lot of money, but lack common sense
Rich man's son he goes away to college
A wealthy man's son goes to school
He has such fun no work and all play
He enjoys himself and does not focus on learning
He's not there for getting any knowledge
He is not interested in obtaining an education
He'll have his daddy bus'ness some day
He expects to inherit his father's business
Rich boy fails and daddy wonders what he did
The wealthy son fails, and his father is perplexed
Chewing his nails all nervous and tense
He is anxious and worried
Never figures out
He can never decipher
That the trouble was he gave the kid
Giving the son too much money was the problem
Too many dollars not enough sense
He had a lot of money, but no common sense
Poor little poor girl young and so beautuful
A young, attractive and poor girl
Marries old man with foot in the grave
She marries an elderly man near death
Marries him for money
She married him only for his wealth
Now she's gonna spend it all
She will spend all his money
Gonna throw away every dollar he saved
She will waste all his savings
Man wakes up one morning all useless
One day, the old man awakens without purpose
Pretty girl gone and money all spent
The young woman and his money have disappeared
Was his own fault for turning her loose
The old man should have not let her spend too much money
With too many dollars not enough sense
He had a lot of money, but made poor decisions
Indian live all life on reservation
An Indian spends their entire life on a reservation
All he knows is sweatin' and toil
The only life he knows is working hard
White man come and dig on reservation
A white man arrives on the reservation to dig
Poke around and bring 'em up oil
He discovers oil on the land
Indian rich now gotta have a Cadillac him
The Indian becomes rich and buys a Cadillac
Buy five and a Mercedes Benz
He also purchases five more cars and a Mercedes-Benz
Take to reservation
He brings them to the reservation
Park 'em all back to back
He lines them up together
Too many dollars not enough sense
He had a lot of money, but lacked good judgement
This world is filled with
The world is full of
Many kinds of people
There are many different types of people
Too many dollars not enough sense
People may have wealth, but they may lack common sense
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: Elizabeth Anderson
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Beth Brown
great upload Tom, awe can she sing.. yes... thankyou
jo luttringer
Great upload with Charlie McCoy. This Song is in 3 Keys : A, Bb, B. Why ? The melody is short, musically poor (singsong, flat). It's the reason/cause/motive Lynn sang in 3 Keys. About Songs from the 50'S & 60'S, the Key Change was usual (I have this information from Grady Martin himself) and Ray Edenton was the inventor of one technique in order "slide rush" one capo from one fret to one other fret in recording studios. JO