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PROFILE
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| FULL NAME: |
Lynn Anderson |
| DATE OF BIRTH: |
September 26, 1947 |
| ZODIAC SIGN: |
Libra |
| BIRTH PLACE: |
Grand Forks ND
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| CURRENT RESIDENCE: |
Taos NM
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| HAIR/EYE COLOR: |
Blonde
/ Blue |
| HEIGHT: |
5' 4" |
| MARITAL STATUS: |
Single |
| PARENTS: |
Liz and Casey Anderson |
| CHILDREN: |
Lisa, Gray and Bunny |
| RECORD LABEL, YEAR SIGNED: |
Renaissance (1998) |
| BEST KNOWN RECORDINGS: |
"Rose Garden"; "Rocky Top", "Cry", "Top Of The World" |
| INSTRUMENTS PLAYED: |
Guitar and piano (very badly). |
| BAND NAME: |
Five Easy Pieces |
| BIGGEST CAREER BREAK: |
Regular member of "Lawrence Welk Show" |
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BACKGROUND
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| EDUCATION: |
High school and college |
| PREVIOUS JOBS: |
Cookin' burgers at the Arctic Circle, Secretary |
| AWARDS: |
CMA, ACM, Grammy, Billboard, NARAS, BMI and "People's
Choice". |
| HOBBIES: |
Horses, Mexican food and roses. |
| MUSIC PERFORMERS
INFLUENCES: |
Lawrence Welk, Bob Hope, Red Skelton, Lucille Ball, Marty
Robbins, Ray Charles and Gladys Knight. |
| NON-MUSIC INFLUENCES: |
General Norman Swartzkopf and Colonel Chuck Yeager |
| FAVORITE RECORDED SONG: |
"Rocky Top" |
| CAREER THRILL: |
Singing in English and French for the Prince of Monacco
on July 4th. |
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FAVORITES
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| FOOD: |
Tacos |
| BOOKS: |
"Harry Potter" |
| TV SHOWS: |
"X-Files" and "Law And Order" |
| TV ACTRESS(ES): |
Rosie O'Donnell |
| MOVIE: |
"Rio Bravo", "Magnnificent Obsession" and "Ghost" |
| MOVIE ACTRESS(ES): |
Angie Dickinson and Julia Roberts |
| COMEDIAN: |
Jonathan Winters and Robin Williams |
| SPORTS TO PLAY: |
Horses (cutting horses); fly fishing and white water
rafting. |
| SPORTS TO WATCH: |
Football |
| SPORTS TEAM: |
Denver Broncos |
| VACATION SPOT: |
Bali, Australia and Mexico |
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AND MORE...
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| I CONSIDER MY GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENT
TO BE... |
My three beatutiful children. Singing with
Bob Hope when troops returned from Viet Nam.
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| I CONSIDER MY GREATEST CAREER ACHIEVEMENT
TO BE... |
Theme song, USMC "Rose Garden" and state of
Tennessee's "Rocky Top"
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| THE PERSON I WOULD LIKE TO CUT A DUET
WITH... |
Gladys Knight and Trisha Yearwood
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| MY MOST EMBARRASSING MOMENT WAS... |
My dress fell off twice and my hair fell off
once!
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| THE FUNNIEST THING THAT EVER HAPPENED
TO ME ON STAGE IS... |
(Same) That same darn dress!
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| THE MOST TOUCHING THING A FAN HAS EVER
DONE WAS... |
A quadraplegic young lady rode her horse to
the concert and thanked me for helping!
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| BIGGEST PET PEEVE IS... |
People who say they're "bored".
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| BIGGEST CHARACTER FLAW IS... |
Temper. Easy mad and quickly glad.
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| SECRETLY, I'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO... |
Be President.
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| HABIT I'D MOST LIKE TO BREAK... |
N/A
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| THE QUESTION I LEAST WANT TO HEAR IN AN
INTERVIEW... |
"What about your divorce?"
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