Died On This Date (July 30, 2015) Lynn Anderson / Country Great
themusicsover Lynn Anderson
September 26, 1947 – July 30, 2015
Lynn Anderson was a very popular country singer who had several hits during the ’70s and ’80s. Her biggest hit was 1970’s “(I Never Promised You) A Rose Garden,” a Joe South penned song that hit #3 on the US Pop Charts and did nearly as well around the world. Anderson had more than 50 Top-4o hits and hit #1 on the Country Charts twelve times. She was nominated for seven Grammys and was awarded one for Best Female Country Performance in 1971. In 1974, she became the first woman to headline and sell out Madison Square Garden. Anderson took a break in 1980, but returned strong in 1983 with a Top 10 Country duet with Gary Morris, “You’re Welcome To Tonight.” She continued to record and perform live well into the 2000s – one of her biggest crowds came in 2009, when she performed at Coachella’s sister festival, Stagecoach. Her most recent release was a Country Gospel album, Bridges, which came out digitally in June of 2015. Lynn Anderson was 67 when she died of a heart attack.
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Joe South was an Atlanta-born singer-songwriter who penned some of the most popular songs of his era. South was given his first guitar when he was just 11. A quick learner, he was playing on his local radio station within a year. Gifted electronically as well, South figured out how to build his own tiny radio station so he could broadcast his songs over the local airwaves. He apparently mounted it in his car in order to stay one step ahead of the FCC. In 1958, South scored a minor novelty hit with “The Purple People Eater Meets the Witch Doctor,” which generally resurfaces on the radio each year around Halloween. By the early ’60s, South was making a name for himself as a songwriter. His songs were either recorded or performed live by the likes of Billy Joe Royal (“Down In The Boondocks”), 
