Liz Anderson

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 1960's 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, for "Best Female Country Vocal Performance" for her Top 5 hit, the self-penned "Mama Spank" and with Bobby Bare and Norma Jean for "Best Country Vocal - Group" for another top 5 hit "The Game of Triangles".

Anderson also wrote many of the early hits for her daughter, Lynn Anderson whose recording career began less than a year after her mother's, and several hits for other artists, notably Merle Haggard, "(My Friends Are Gonna Be) Strangers" and "I'm a Lonesome Fugitive". Haggard later named his band "The Strangers" after the hit, "All My Friends Are Gonna Be Strangers".