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Dec 3, 2021 · Known by his famous nickname “Whisperin’ Bill,” legendary singer-songwriter’s work is a staple to country music, and spans genres across the music industry. On Thursday evening (December 2), the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum celebrated its newest exhibit opening, Bill Anderson: As Far as I Can See. Its name references “City ...
- “8 X 10,” Bill Anderson Sings
- “Three A.M.”, Showcase
- “Liars One, Believers Zero,” Peanuts and Diamonds and Other Jewels
- “Quits,” Bill Anderson’s Greatest Hits, Vol. 2
- “For Loving You,” For Loving You
- “Love Is A Sometimes Thing,” Love Is A Sometimes Thing
- “Mama Sang A Song”
- “I Get The Fever,” I Love You Drops
- “World of Make Believe,” Bill
- “Get A Little Dirt on Your Hands,” Still
A tonally similar follow-up to Bill Anderson’s 1963 megahit “Still,” “8 X 10” is a sweetly-intoned tribute to a long-lost love. “I wish I could just be the glass in that frame,” Anderson says at one point in the song, alluding to the frame’s closeness to an image of his former flame. The song landed at No. 2 on Billboard’s country chart.
Conventional wisdom suggests that nothing good ever happens after 2 AM, and this dark tune takes that idea to its logical extreme. Bill Anderson sings from the perspective of a heartbroken man, wandering the streets at 3 AM – ostensibly looking for a drink, but also wallowing in his loneliness. Despite the grim turn this song takes in its last vers...
While Bill Anderson has typically played the role of the heartbroken victim in his songs, this single found him taking up the mantle of the badly-behaved partner – using his silky whisper to intone familiar untruths instead of charming declarations of love. The track, written by storied country songwriter Glenn Martin, reached No. 6 on Billboard’s ...
This confusingly calypso-tinged song contains some impressive depth within its lyrics. It describes all the push and pull of a relationship in its final days, the necessary and yet impossible compromise between malevolence and affection. “Yet we couldn’t call it hate, because there’s no way to hate someone you’ve loved so much before,” Anderson sin...
Country’s duet craze, which lasted from the late 1960s through the early 1970s, often coincided with the genre’s televised affiliates. Bill Anderson was no exception, having hosted a program called The Bill Anderson Showfor nearly a decade during that period; such programs almost always had a “girl singer” attached to their male leads, and in Ander...
This track, written by Bill Anderson’s duet and TV partner Jan Howard, expresses an evergreen sentiment about inconstant romance. With a jangling piano in the background and sturdy vocal support, Anderson achieves both a striking vocal sound and pleasantly casual production (made more so by the piped-in crowd noise).
Bill Anderson first broached the recitative style that would become his signature on this single, essentially an elaboration on the “humble folks living through hard times” themes of “Po’ Folks” – the hook, as it were, comes courtesy of the background singers, who croon various hymns in between Anderson’s storytelling. The track, the first on which...
Bill Anderson took a more uptempo tack on this song, which became his third No. 1 song on the Billboard country charts. Its subject isn’t quite as steamy as the title suggests – instead, the fever Anderson wrote and sang about was to wander the “open plains” and (as is so often the case in Anderson’s compositions) to find a way to avoid thinking ab...
This No. 1 country song capped Bill Anderson’s remarkable run through the late 1960s and early 1970s, in which he had 13 straight solo singles reach the top ten of Billboard’s country chart. “World” mines Anderson songs of an earlier vintage, but it’s the rare Anderson hit that he didn’t write himself. In this case, he revived a little-known 1950s ...
One of Bill Anderson’s earliest songs spoke to some of country music’s most persistent concerns – namely, authenticity, and what it takes to be really, truly country. It wasn’t enormously successful when it was initially released, but David Allen Coe recruited Anderson to revive it with a funky 1980 duet that introduced it to a whole new generation...
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- “I May Never Get to Heaven,” Don Gibson (1960) Written by Bill Anderson and Buddy Killen. For many, it’s Conway Twitty‘s brooding 1979 rendition of “I May Never Get to Heaven” that is left burned in musical memory, but when Anderson originally wrote the song, country singer Don Gibson recorded it first and released it as a B-side to his single “Just One Time.”
- “Once a Day,” Connie Smith (1964) Written by Bill Anderson. “I couldn’t believe such a big voice could be coming out of such a petite lady,” said Anderson of hearing Connie Smith take on his song “Once a Day.”
- “Our Hearts Are Holding Hands” Ernest Tubb and Loretta Lynn (1965) Written by Bill Anderson. In 1965, Loretta Lynn and Ernest Tubb released a collaborative album, Mr. and Mrs. Used to Be, featuring a collection of songs (some written by Lynn), including the heart-squeezing “Our Hearts Are Holding Hands,” an Anderson original.
- “The Cold Hard Facts of Life,” Porter Wagoner (1967) Written by Bill Anderson. Bill Anderson wrote a number of songs for Dolly Parton‘s long-time collaborator and business partner Porter Wagoner in the ’60s, including “I’ve Enjoyed as Much of This as I Can Stand” from 1962, “I’ll Go Down Singing,” released in 1964, and a third “The Cold Hard Facts of Life” in 1966.
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Jun 11, 2018 · Stay. This week Anderson is being inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame, a prestigious honor given by fellow songwriters to other songwriters in recognition of a long and distinguished career ...
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Sep 20, 2023 · Introduction to Bill Anderson Bill Anderson, widely known as “Whisperin’ Bill,” is a renowned American country music singer, songwriter, and television personality. Born on November 1, 1937, in Columbia, South Carolina, Anderson has left an indelible mark in the music industry with his soulful and heartfelt performances. With a career spanning over six decades, Anderson …
Feb 3, 2023 · As Far as I Can See is also the title of his current exhibit on display at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, detailing Anderson’s journey from being the 19-year-old disc jockey in ...
Jul 15, 2011 · Anderson was born in Columbia, South Carolina and lived there for the first 8 years of his life until moving to Georgia. “What a thrill it was to go back to the state where I was born and receive the first Lifetime Achievement Award ever given to a member of the South Carolina Entertainment and Music Hall of Fame,” Bill Anderson shared.
