''The Bluegrass Sessions'' is a
bluegrass album by country musician
Lynn Anderson
Lynn Renée Anderson (September 26, 1947 – July 30, 2015) was an American country singer and television personality. Her crossover signature recording, "Rose Garden," was a number one hit in the United States and internationally. She charte ...
, released in 2004.
''The Bluegrass Sessions'' contains versions of some of Anderson's biggest hits, including "
(I Never Promised You a) Rose Garden", "
Cry
Crying is the dropping of tears (or welling of tears in the eyes) in response to an emotional state, or pain. Emotions that can lead to crying include sadness, anger, and even happiness. The act of crying has been defined as "a complex secreto ...
", "
Top of the World", "
How Can I Unlove You
"How Can I Unlove You" is the name of a No. 1 country hit by country music singer Lynn Anderson, released in 1971. "How Can I Unlove You" was written by Joe South, who had also written "(I Never Promised You a) Rose Garden". The song was produced ...
" and "
What a Man My Man Is
"What a Man My Man Is" is the name of a No. 1 U.S. country music hit by Lynn Anderson
Lynn Renée Anderson (September 26, 1947 – July 30, 2015) was an American country singer and television personality. Her crossover signature recording, " ...
". The album also featured a remake of
The Drifters
The Drifters are several American doo-wop and R&B/Soul music, soul vocal groups. They were originally formed as a backing group for Clyde McPhatter, formerly the lead tenor of Billy Ward and his Dominoes in 1953. The second group of Drifters, f ...
' hit "
Under the Boardwalk" and
John Prine
John Edward Prine (; October 10, 1946 – April 7, 2020) was an American singer-songwriter of country-folk music. He was active as a composer, recording artist, live performer, and occasional actor from the early 1970s until his death. He ...
's "
Paradise
In religion, paradise is a place of exceptional happiness and delight. Paradisiacal notions are often laden with pastoral imagery, and may be cosmogonical or eschatological or both, often compared to the miseries of human civilization: in paradis ...
". The album was very well accepted by the public and critics. The album also earned Anderson a
Grammy Award
The Grammy Awards (stylized as GRAMMY), or simply known as the Grammys, are awards presented by the Recording Academy of the United States to recognize "outstanding" achievements in the music industry. They are regarded by many as the most pres ...
nomination in 2005 for "
Best Bluegrass Album
The Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album is an award presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards, to recording artists for quality works (songs or albums) in the bluegrass m ...
", her first
Grammy Award
The Grammy Awards (stylized as GRAMMY), or simply known as the Grammys, are awards presented by the Recording Academy of the United States to recognize "outstanding" achievements in the music industry. They are regarded by many as the most pres ...
nomination in over 30 years.
Track listing
# "
What a Man My Man Is
"What a Man My Man Is" is the name of a No. 1 U.S. country music hit by Lynn Anderson
Lynn Renée Anderson (September 26, 1947 – July 30, 2015) was an American country singer and television personality. Her crossover signature recording, " ...
" – 2:51
# "
Rocky Top
"Rocky Top" is an American country and bluegrass song written by Felice and Boudleaux Bryant in 1967 and first recorded by the Osborne Brothers later that same year. The song, which is a city dweller's lamentation over the loss of a simpler a ...
– 2:45
# "
How Can I Unlove You
"How Can I Unlove You" is the name of a No. 1 country hit by country music singer Lynn Anderson, released in 1971. "How Can I Unlove You" was written by Joe South, who had also written "(I Never Promised You a) Rose Garden". The song was produced ...
" – 3:42
# "
Rose Garden
A rose garden or rosarium is a garden or park, often open to the public, used to present and grow various types of garden roses, and sometimes rose species. Most often it is a section of a larger garden. Designs vary tremendously and roses m ...
" – 3:32
# "
Paradise
In religion, paradise is a place of exceptional happiness and delight. Paradisiacal notions are often laden with pastoral imagery, and may be cosmogonical or eschatological or both, often compared to the miseries of human civilization: in paradis ...
" – 2:53
# "That's a No No" – 2:35
# "
Under the Boardwalk" – 3:46
# "Ride, Ride, Ride" – 2:21
# "
If I Kiss You (Will You Go Away)
"If I Kiss You (Will You Go Away)" is a popular 1967 song by country singer Lynn Anderson.
Summary
"If I Kiss You" became Anderson's first top-ten single, paving the way for eight number ones and 18 top tens to come. Anderson's first single "Rid ...
" – 3:48
# "
Top of the World" – 2:42
# "
Big Girls Don't Cry Big Girls Don't Cry may refer to:
Music
* ''Big Girls Don't Cry'' (Lynn Anderson album), 1968
* ''Big Girls Don't Cry'' (The Weather Girls album), 1986
* "Big Girls Don't Cry" (Fergie song), 2007
* "Big Girls Don't Cry" (The Four Seasons song), ...
" – 2:56
# "The Worst Is Yet to Come" – 3:18
# "
Cry
Crying is the dropping of tears (or welling of tears in the eyes) in response to an emotional state, or pain. Emotions that can lead to crying include sadness, anger, and even happiness. The act of crying has been defined as "a complex secreto ...
" – 4:27
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2004 albums
Bluegrass albums
Lynn Anderson albums