Liz Anderson
Liz Anderson ( born January 13, 1927 in Roseau, Minnesota as Elizabeth Jane Haaby, † October 31, 2011 in Nashville, Tennessee) was an American country music singer and songwriter.
Life
Anderson grew up in Minnesota to near the Canadian border. At the age of 16, she married Casey Anderson, shortly after her daughter Lynn was born. In addition to her work as a secretary, she began to write songs. She made a name for herself with her husband, especially with titles like The Fugitive or (My Friends Are Gonna Be) Strangers, which, interpreted by Merle Haggard, became hits.
In 1965 she received a BMI Award for Strangers. She traveled with her daughter to accept to Nashville and received on this occasion a recording contract, as well as her daughter Lynn Anderson, who had a worldwide hit with Rose Garden early seventies. Liz Anderson wrote many songs for her daughter, some of which have appeared on the album The Songs My Mother Wrote.