In Memory Lynn Anderson

She was born Lynn Rene Anderson in 1947 America and went on to become a huge Country star. 

Year	Award Program	Award [31]
1967	Academy of Country Music Award	Top Female Vocalist
1970
1971	Grammy Award	Best Female Country Vocal Performance
	Country Music Association Award	Female Vocalist of the Year
1974	American Music Award	Favorite Female Country Artist
1975	People's Choice Award	Favorite Country Artist

Rose Garden is a million-selling, album by country singer Lynn Anderson. It was released in late 1970 as the title song was climbing country and pop music charts around the world. The single went on to top the Country charts, where it stayed at the #1 position for five weeks. It reached #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 pop chart in 1971 and hit #1 in both Cash Box and Record World. It was an international top five pop hit in numerous countries. Anderson received a Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance for the record.

Internationally it was her biggest hit.reaching No. 3 in the UK in 1971.

In The 1970s New World

Coming from Brisbane in Australia, this group started in the mid-1960s. They were originally called the New World Trio and consisted of Mel Noonan, John Lee, Robert Elford and John Kane. The group was given extra international exposure by Mike Chapman and Nicky Chinn. With their help they were then signed up to the RAK label by Mickie Most.

In 1971 they had a chart hit with Rose Garden which got to No. 15, but the cover version in the charts at the very same time went much higher. The singer was Lynn Anderson.

Their next hit, which is now mostly forgotten was Tom Tom Turnaround getting as high as No.6 in the UK. The group had two more top twenty hits, one more in 1971 and one more in 1972. The first was Kara Kara and the second was the more remembered Sister Jane.

The band was acquitted at the Old Bailey following a vote rigging allegation. This followed one girl voting for the group’s performance on the Thames Television talent show called Opportunity Knocks.