In addition to topping the U.S. country chart, in late 1970 country singer Lynn Anderson scored a Number 3 Billboard Hot 100 pop chart hit with “(I Never Promised You A) Rose Garden”.
The following year the song, written by Joe South, also hit No. 3 in the United Kingdom and became one of the most successful crossover hits ever in Europe, not just in the Seventies.
On 16 March 1971 Lynn Anderson received a Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance for her singing of “(I Never Promised You A) Rose Garden”.
I must confess I thought Lynn Anderson was Canadian and also sang “Snowbird” – turns out I was confusing her with Anne Murray…
Anyway, here’s “(I Never Promised You A) Rose Garden” (by American, not Canadian, country singer Lynn Anderson):
Not a snowbird in sight…
Paul