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Lynn Rene Anderson (born September 26, 1947 in
Grand Forks, North Dakota) is an American country
musician. 

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 and she remarried the following year.
Although this second marriage produced two
children, she divorced in 1982.

Consistent hits followed, as well as a regular
appearance on The Lawrence Welk Show, then signed
to Columbia Records|Columbia and released her
best-known song, "Rose Garden".  The song, written
by Joe South, won a Grammy Award for Best Female
Country Vocal Performance and was a hit in 15
countries.  Other hits included "How Can I Unlove
You?", "You're My Man", "Listen to a Country Song"
and "Top of the World" (also a hit for The
Carpenters).  In 1971, she was voted Top Female
Vocalist of the year by both the Academy of
Country Music and Country Music Association.
Anderson remained one of the top female country
singers through the 1980's. Her last top ten
record was 1984's "You're Welcome to Tonight". 
After spending time on her ranch, raising horses
and participating in equestrian events, she began
recording again in 1992. "The Blugrass Sessions"
2004 earned Anderson her first Grammy nomination
in over 30 years.

That same year Anderson was
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/entertainment
/10325060.htm arrested in Denton, Texas, for
DWI|drunken driving. In January 2005 she was
http://www.cmt.com/artists/news/1496299/01262005/a
nderson_lynn.jhtml arrested for stealing a Harry
Potter DVD and striking a police officer in the
arm. Anderson pled not guilty to the latter
charges.

The American Rose Society created and named in her
honor a white and raspberry hybrid tea rose.

In 1989, the Canada|Canadian band Kon Kan sampled
Anderson's vocal bridge from "Rose Garden" on
their worldwide hit "I Beg Your Pardon". The song
title wasn't mentioned in Kon Kan's own lyrics,
and was used as an extra homage to Anderson's hit.