John Anderson is one of the most popular and richest Country Singer who was born on December 13, 1954 in Florida, Florida, United States. Country Music icon whose 30-plus year career landed him in the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, class of 2014. Known for hits like “Wild and Blue,” and “Black Sheep,” Anderson has had five Number Ones on the Billboard country music charts.
Anderson continued to write new music during his career, including 2007’s album Easy Money, which was produced by John Rich, one half of the hit country duo, Big & Rich.
A steady stream of singles through the late 1970s and early 1980s continued to build Anderson’s name in the country genre. The song “I’m Just an Old Chunk of Coal (But I’m Gonna Be a Diamond Someday)” from the 1981 album John Anderson 2 netted Anderson a Grammy Award nomination for Best Male Country Vocal Performance.
Raised in Apopka, Florida, Anderson’s first musical influences were not country artists, but rock and roll musicians such as Jimi Hendrix and The Rolling Stones. He played in a rock band until the age of 15, when he discovered the music of George Jones and Merle Haggard and turned to country music. Anderson moved to Nashville, Tennessee, in 1971, arriving unannounced at his sister’s home, and took on odd jobs during the day – including one as a roofer at the Grand Ole Opry House – while playing in clubs during the evenings.
He lived with his sister, arriving unannounced, when he moved to Nashville.
