“‘Keep Me in Mind”
Lynn Anderson
Written by George Richey and Glenn Sutton
Billboard
#1 (1 week)
March 31, 1973
Lynn Anderson did countrypolitan so well that she has plenty of torch songs to her credit.
”Keep Me in Mind” may be the only one that was a little bit out of her reach.
This is largely because she chose to approach it as a power vocalist, which wasn’t a prevalent approach at the time. A Linda Ronstadt or a Trisha Yearwood could’ve nailed those power notes, but the record would’ve been even better if she’d gone the Lorrie Morgan route.
As is, it’s a performance that is bigger than it needed to be, because it is bigger than its singer.
“’Keep Me in Mind” gets a B-.
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