See Tim McGraw Honor the Late Lynn Anderson With ‘Rose Garden’ Cover

Rocking back and forth with a smile on his face – and even throwing in some of his stage moves for fun – McGraw helps country fans remember Anderson and her enduring hit in the best possible way, happy and full of life.

Anderson was born in Grand Forks, North Dakota, in 1947, and grew up in Sacramento, California. “She was always so nice to me”. She had her first country hit in 1966 with her mother’s song “Ride, Ride, Ride“, helped by the fact that she was a secretary at Chart – and was able to push her own record.

Anderson first soaked up the national spotlight as a singer on “The Lawrence Welk Show” between 1967 and 1969.

“A month in Nashville, Morrissey covered Lynn Anderson’s 1970 country hit “(I Never Promised You A) Rose Garden”. Before her Friday night show in Music City, Dolly Parton said, “Lynn and I were buddies backstage”.

Although Anderson never recaptured the crossover success she attained with “Rose Garden“, she went on to chart over a dozen more country tunes through the 1970s, including “How Can I Unlove You“, “You’re My Man“, “Keep Me in Mind” and “What a Man, My Man Is“. Anderson’s version hit No. 17 on the country charts in 1970. So she was having her hits, and I was having mine, and I just loved her to death …

Anderson is known for her classic recording “Rose Garden“.

It might have been a UK No 1, but a rival version, from the Opportunity Knocks winners New World, also made the Top 20.

The singer passed away aged 67 after suffering a heart attack while being treated for pneumonia at a hospital in Nashville, Tennessee and a host of stars have flocked to social media to honor her memory.