Why Isn’t Country Music’s Bill Anderson a Household Name?
Although his record as a performer is substantial — he has placed more than 80 albums on the Billboard charts — his greatest claim to immortality may be as a songwriter.

Chris Young is, I gather, a country musician of some stature. He was the winner of a downhome variation of “American Idol” called “Nashville Star” and has had a number of top 10 hits. Whoops and hollers came from the ladies in the audience when Mr. Young recently took the stage at the Grand Ole Opry, the iconic music venue just outside of downtown Nashville. Those may have been well deserved, but you know what? Mr. Young can’t hold a candle to Bill Anderson.
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