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'''Anita Perras''' is a Canadian country music singer. Perras has released seven albums and charted twenty-six songs on the ''[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]'' Country Tracks chart between 1981 and 1995, including the Top 10 singles "Heads You Win, Tails I Lose" (#10, 1986<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.0741&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=a4hef7njapfde3pfpd9t8nkb41|title=RPM Country Tracks for October 25, 1986|work=[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]|accessdate=23 September 2010}}</ref>), "Isn't That the Strangest Thing" (with [[Tim Taylor (singer)|Tim Taylor]], No.&nbsp;10, 1988<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.0927&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=a4hef7njapfde3pfpd9t8nkb41|title=RPM Country Tracks for January 30, 1988|work=[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]|accessdate=23 September 2010}}</ref>), "One Smokey Rose" (#9, 1988<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.8616&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=a4hef7njapfde3pfpd9t8nkb41|title=RPM Country Tracks for June 11, 1988|work=[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]|accessdate=23 September 2010}}</ref>), "[[The Tip of My Fingers]]" (#9, 1989<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.6559&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=a4hef7njapfde3pfpd9t8nkb41|title=RPM Country Tracks for October 23, 1989|work=[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]|accessdate=23 September 2010}}</ref>), "Touch My Heart" (#10, 1990<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.9246&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=a4hef7njapfde3pfpd9t8nkb41|title=RPM Country Tracks for March 24, 1990|work=[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]|accessdate=23 September 2010}}</ref>) "[[Here Comes My Baby (Dottie West song)|Here Comes My Baby]]" (#9, 1990<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.1254&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=a4hef7njapfde3pfpd9t8nkb41|title=RPM Country Tracks for June 16, 1990|work=[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]|accessdate=23 September 2010}}</ref>) and "It Might as Well Be Me" (#10, 1993<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.0977&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=a4hef7njapfde3pfpd9t8nkb41|title=RPM Country Tracks for June 12, 1993|work=[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]|accessdate=23 September 2010}}</ref>).
'''Anita Perras''' is a Canadian country music singer. Perras has released seven albums and charted twenty-six songs on the ''[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]'' Country Tracks chart between 1981 and 1995, including the Top 10 singles "Heads You Win, Tails I Lose" (#10, 1986<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.0741&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=a4hef7njapfde3pfpd9t8nkb41|title=RPM Country Tracks for October 25, 1986|work=[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]|accessdate=23 September 2010}}</ref>), "Isn't That the Strangest Thing" (with [[Tim Taylor (singer)|Tim Taylor]], No.&nbsp;10, 1988<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.0927&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=a4hef7njapfde3pfpd9t8nkb41|title=RPM Country Tracks for January 30, 1988|work=[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]|accessdate=23 September 2010}}</ref>), "One Smokey Rose" (#9, 1988<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.8616&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=a4hef7njapfde3pfpd9t8nkb41|title=RPM Country Tracks for June 11, 1988|work=[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]|accessdate=23 September 2010}}</ref>), "[[The Tip of My Fingers]]" (#9, 1989<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.6559&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=a4hef7njapfde3pfpd9t8nkb41|title=RPM Country Tracks for October 23, 1989|work=[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]|accessdate=23 September 2010}}</ref>), "Touch My Heart" (#10, 1990<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.9246&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=a4hef7njapfde3pfpd9t8nkb41|title=RPM Country Tracks for March 24, 1990|work=[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]|accessdate=23 September 2010}}</ref>) "[[Here Comes My Baby (Dottie West song)|Here Comes My Baby]]" (#9, 1990<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.1254&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=a4hef7njapfde3pfpd9t8nkb41|title=RPM Country Tracks for June 16, 1990|work=[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]|accessdate=23 September 2010}}</ref>) and "It Might as Well Be Me" (#10, 1993<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.0977&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=a4hef7njapfde3pfpd9t8nkb41|title=RPM Country Tracks for June 12, 1993|work=[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]|accessdate=23 September 2010}}</ref>).


Perras and Taylor received the [[Canadian Country Music Association]] award for Duo of the Year in 1985,<ref>[http://www.ccma.org/awards/awards_archives.cfm?SelectedAwardYear=1985 1985 CCMA Award Winners]</ref> 1986,<ref name="eightysix">[http://www.ccma.org/awards/awards_archives.cfm?SelectedAwardYear=1986 1986 CCMA Award Winners]</ref> 1987<ref name="eightyseven">[http://www.ccma.org/awards/awards_archives.cfm?SelectedAwardYear=1987 1987 CCMA Award Winners]</ref> and 1988.<ref name="eightyeight">[http://www.ccma.org/awards/awards_archives.cfm?SelectedAwardYear=1988 1988 CCMA Award Winners]</ref> Perras also won the award for Female Artist of the Year in 1986<ref name="eightysix" /> and 1987<ref name="eightyseven" /> and her single "One Smokey Rose" was named Single of the Year in 1988.<ref name="eightyeight" />
Perras and Taylor received the [[Canadian Country Music Association]] award for Duo of the Year in 1985,<ref>[http://www.ccma.org/awards/awards_archives.cfm?SelectedAwardYear=1985 1985 CCMA Award Winners]</ref> 1986,<ref name="eightysix">[http://www.ccma.org/awards/awards_archives.cfm?SelectedAwardYear=1986 1986 CCMA Award Winners] {{wayback|url=http://www.ccma.org/awards/awards_archives.cfm?SelectedAwardYear=1986 |date=20100612223956 }}</ref> 1987<ref name="eightyseven">[http://www.ccma.org/awards/awards_archives.cfm?SelectedAwardYear=1987 1987 CCMA Award Winners]</ref> and 1988.<ref name="eightyeight">[http://www.ccma.org/awards/awards_archives.cfm?SelectedAwardYear=1988 1988 CCMA Award Winners] {{wayback|url=http://www.ccma.org/awards/awards_archives.cfm?SelectedAwardYear=1988 |date=20100612223858 }}</ref> Perras also won the award for Female Artist of the Year in 1986<ref name="eightysix" /> and 1987<ref name="eightyseven" /> and her single "One Smokey Rose" was named Single of the Year in 1988.<ref name="eightyeight" />


Perras and Taylor were nominated for the [[Juno Award]] for [[Juno Award for Country Recording of the Year|Country Group or Duo of the Year]] in [[Juno Awards of 1985|1985]] and [[Juno Awards of 1987|1987]]. Perras was also nominated for [[Juno Award for New Artist of the Year|Most Promising Female Vocalist]] in [[Juno Awards of 1990|1990]] and Best Country Female Vocalist in [[Juno Awards of 1994|1994]].<ref>[http://junoawards.ca/database/artist-summary/?artist_name=anita+perras Juno Awards Database]</ref>
Perras and Taylor were nominated for the [[Juno Award]] for [[Juno Award for Country Recording of the Year|Country Group or Duo of the Year]] in [[Juno Awards of 1985|1985]] and [[Juno Awards of 1987|1987]]. Perras was also nominated for [[Juno Award for New Artist of the Year|Most Promising Female Vocalist]] in [[Juno Awards of 1990|1990]] and Best Country Female Vocalist in [[Juno Awards of 1994|1994]].<ref>[http://junoawards.ca/database/artist-summary/?artist_name=anita+perras Juno Awards Database]</ref>
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==External links==
==External links==
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*{{official website|https://web.archive.org/web/20110210154959/http://209.217.127.248/clientsites/anitaperras/}}


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Anita Perras
GenresCountry
Occupation(s)Singer
Instrument(s)Vocals
Years active1981 – present
LabelsSavannah Records
Pine Ridge
True North Records
WebsiteOfficial website

Anita Perras is a Canadian country music singer. Perras has released seven albums and charted twenty-six songs on the RPM Country Tracks chart between 1981 and 1995, including the Top 10 singles "Heads You Win, Tails I Lose" (#10, 1986[1]), "Isn't That the Strangest Thing" (with Tim Taylor, No. 10, 1988[2]), "One Smokey Rose" (#9, 1988[3]), "The Tip of My Fingers" (#9, 1989[4]), "Touch My Heart" (#10, 1990[5]) "Here Comes My Baby" (#9, 1990[6]) and "It Might as Well Be Me" (#10, 1993[7]).

Perras and Taylor received the Canadian Country Music Association award for Duo of the Year in 1985,[8] 1986,[9] 1987[10] and 1988.[11] Perras also won the award for Female Artist of the Year in 1986[9] and 1987[10] and her single "One Smokey Rose" was named Single of the Year in 1988.[11]

Perras and Taylor were nominated for the Juno Award for Country Group or Duo of the Year in 1985 and 1987. Perras was also nominated for Most Promising Female Vocalist in 1990 and Best Country Female Vocalist in 1994.[12]

She has continued to record, releasing the album Those Classic Country Songs in September 2008 on True North Records.[13]

Discography

Albums

Year Album CAN Country Label
1989 Touch My Heart — Savannah
1993 Way Beyond the Blue 26
1995 Live (By Request) — K-Tel
2004 Think Again — Pine Ridge
2005 The Greatest Hits Collection —
2008 Those Classic Country Songs — True North

Collaboration albums

Year Album Artist Label
1987 Anita & Tim Tim Taylor Savannah

Singles

Year Title Peak positions Album
CAN Country
1981 "Over the Line Again" 41 Non-album songs
1983 "Somebody Said It Was Me" 40
"You Got What You Want" 35
1984 "How's a Girl to Know" 39 Touch My Heart
1985 "Mutual Acquaintance" 29
1986 "Heads You Win (Tails I Lose)" 10
1987 "I've Found Someone Too" 20
1988 "One Smokey Rose" 9
1989 "Hello Again" 30
"The Tip of My Fingers" 9
"Touch My Heart" 10
1990 "Here Comes My Baby" 9
"After All" 20
1991 "I've Got a Travelin' Heart" 41 Way Beyond the Blue
1992 "Can't You Just Stay Gone" 23
"Somewhere Under the Rainbow" 41
1993 "It Might as Well Be Me" 10
"If I Didn't Have You in My World" 25
"Way Beyond the Blue" 17
1995 "If I Were You" 22 Live (By Request)

Singles with Tim Taylor

Year Title Peak positions Album
CAN Country
1984 "We Get By" 34 Anita & Tim
1985 "This Is Our Night" 29 —
1986 "Something Good" 19 Anita & Tim
"Heading in the Wrong Direction" 23
1987 "Isn't That the Strangest Thing" 10
1988 "You're Too Much" *
* denotes unknown peak positions

Guest singles

Year Title Artist Peak positions Album
CAN Country
1994 "Trace Back" Gary Fjellgaard 50 Believe in Forever

Awards

Canadian Country Music Association

  • 1985 – Duo of the Year (with Tim Taylor)
  • 1986 – Female Artist of the Year
  • 1986 – Duo of the Year (with Tim Taylor)
  • 1987 – Female Artist of the Year
  • 1987 – Duo of the Year (with Tim Taylor)
  • 1988 – Single of the Year ("One Smokey Rose")
  • 1988 – Duo of the Year (with Tim Taylor)

References

  1. ^ "RPM Country Tracks for October 25, 1986". RPM. Retrieved 23 September 2010.
  2. ^ "RPM Country Tracks for January 30, 1988". RPM. Retrieved 23 September 2010.
  3. ^ "RPM Country Tracks for June 11, 1988". RPM. Retrieved 23 September 2010.
  4. ^ "RPM Country Tracks for October 23, 1989". RPM. Retrieved 23 September 2010.
  5. ^ "RPM Country Tracks for March 24, 1990". RPM. Retrieved 23 September 2010.
  6. ^ "RPM Country Tracks for June 16, 1990". RPM. Retrieved 23 September 2010.
  7. ^ "RPM Country Tracks for June 12, 1993". RPM. Retrieved 23 September 2010.
  8. ^ 1985 CCMA Award Winners
  9. ^ a b 1986 CCMA Award Winners Template:Wayback
  10. ^ a b 1987 CCMA Award Winners
  11. ^ a b 1988 CCMA Award Winners Template:Wayback
  12. ^ Juno Awards Database
  13. ^ Anita Perras at True North Records

External links

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