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'' Country Tracks chart between 1981 and 1995. Her top 10 singles include "Heads You Win, Tails I Lose" (#10, 1986), "Isn't That the Strangest Thing" (with Tim Taylor, No. 10, 1988), "One Smokey Rose" (#9, 1988), "

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" (#9, 1989), "Touch My Heart" (#10, 1990) " Here Comes My Baby" (#9, 1990) and "It Might as Well Be Me" (#10, 1993). As a solo artist, Perras won the award for Female Artist of the Year in 1986 and 1987, her single "One Smokey Rose" was named Single of the Year in 1988, and she was also nominated for Most Promising Female Vocalist in

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and Best Country Female Vocalist in

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. Perras and Taylor received the

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award for Duo of the Year in 1985, 1986,1986 CCMA Award Winners
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and were nominated for the

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for Country Group or Duo of the Year in

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and

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. Perras has continued to record, releasing the album ''Those Classic Country Songs'' in September 2008 on

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Discography

Albums

Albums with Tim Taylor

Singles

Singles with Tim Taylor

Guest singles

Awards

Canadian Country Music Association

* 1985 – Duo of the Year (with Tim Taylor) * 1986 – Female Artist of the Year * 1986 – Duo of the Year (with Tim Taylor) * 1987 – Female Artist of the Year * 1987 – Duo of the Year (with Tim Taylor) * 1988 – Single of the Year ("One Smokey Rose") * 1988 – Duo of the Year (with Tim Taylor)

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Perras, Anita Living people Canadian women country singers Musicians from Greater Sudbury 1960 births Canadian Country Music Association Duo of the Year winners Canadian Country Music Association Female Artist of the Year winners 20th-century Canadian women singers 21st-century Canadian women singers