John Anderson

Recording Artist · Also a musician
Classic Country

John Anderson (born 1954 in Apopka, Florida) is a country singer and songwriter, one of the New Traditionalists who turned country radio back toward honky-tonk sounds in the early 1980s. He was elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2024.

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  • Grew up on rock and roll, from Jimi Hendrix to the Rolling Stones, before turning to country.
  • Moved to Nashville in 1971, working odd jobs by day, among them roofing the Grand Ole Opry House.
  • Signed to Warner Bros. in 1977.
  • Number-one hits include “Wild and Blue” (1982), “Swingin’” (1983) and “Straight Tequila Night” (1991); “Seminole Wind” (1991) reached number 2.
  • CMA Horizon Award, 1983, the year “Swingin’” was the CMA Single of the Year.
  • Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, 2014.

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