Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth interview with Country Music Superstar Lynn Anderson’s Personal Manager, Michael Dempsey
About Harvey's guest:
If you’re a fan of our show, you’ll know that one of our most popular features is our “Gone But Not Forgotten” series, in which we pay tribute to legendary stars who are no longer with us. Today, we’re honouring one of the most beloved and iconic female recording artists and performers in the history of country music: Lynn Anderson.
She recorded 52 albums and 72 singles, 50 of which were top 40 hits,18 reached the Top-10, and 12 captured the No. 1 spot. She was known for songs like “You’re My Man”, “How Can I Unlove You”, “Keep Me in Mind”, “What a Man My Man is” - and of course, her phenomenal worldwide crossover smash hit in 1970, “Rose Garden”. That song made her an international superstar, and a trailblazer.
In fact, she was the first female country artist to have a #1 record worldwide, she was the first female country performer to appear on The Tonight Show, and she was the first female country performer to headline at Madison Square Garden. Her multi-platinum “Rose Garden” album was the highest grossing album by a female recording artist for 27 years until Shania Twain broke that record in 1997.
Lynn Anderson won a Grammy Award, 2 Academy of Country Music Awards, an American Music Award, 3 Billboard Magazine Awards, a Country Music Association Award, and a People’s Choice Award. She was also named Artist of the Decade by Record World, and in 2019 she was inducted into the Western Music Association Hall of Fame AND the North American Country Music Association Hall of Fame. In 2002, Country Music Television named her one of the "40 Greatest Women of Country Music", and Rolling Stone included her on their list of the "100 Greatest Country Artists of All Time".
She’s such a legend, that she’s even had a ROSE named after her by the American Rose Society.
Today’s guest, Michael Dempsey, started out as president of Lynn Anderson’s official fan club at the age of 18. He then became her accountant, then her booking agent for over 10 years, and finally, he was her manager for the last 12 years of her life, until she passed away unexpectedly from a heart attack in 2015 at the age of 67. But most of all, he was Ms. Anderson’s very dear friend and closest confidant.
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