Liz Anderson (January 13, 1927 – October 31, 2011) was an American country music singer/songwriter who was one in a wave of new generation female vocalists in the genre during the 1960s to write and record her own songs on a regular basis. Writing in The New York Times Bill Friskics-Warren noted, Like her contemporary Loretta Lynn, Ms. Anderson gave voice to female survivors; inhabiting their struggles in a soprano at times alluring, at times sassy. Anderson received two Grammy Award nominations in 1967, one for Best Female Country Vocal Performance for her self-penned, Top 5 hit Mama Spank and the other for Best Country Vocal Group for the Top 5 hit The Game of Triangles, with Bobby Bare and Norma Jean. Anderson also wrote many of the early hits for her daughter, Lynn Anderson, whose recording career began less than a year after her mothers. She wrote several hits for other notable artists, including Merle Haggard. Haggard had his first Top-10 and number one hits, respectively, with (My Friends Are Gonna Be) Strangers and Im a Lonesome Fugitive, both penned by Anderson. He would name his band The Strangers after the hit, (My Friends Are Gonna Be) Strangers.
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