Anita Perras (born 17 March 1960) is a Canadian country music singer.
Perras has released six solo albums, three duo albums with former husband Tim Taylor, and charted twenty-six songs on the RPM Country Tracks chart between 1981 and 1995. Her top 10 singles include "Heads You Win, Tails I Lose" (#10, 1986), "Isn't That the Strangest Thing" (with Tim Taylor, No. 10, 1988), "One Smokey Rose" (#9, 1988), "The Tip of My Fingers" (#9, 1989), "Touch My Heart" (#10, 1990) "Here Comes My Baby" (#9, 1990) and "It Might as Well Be Me" (#10, 1993).
As a solo artist, Perras won the award for Female Artist of the Year in 1986 and 1987, her single "One Smokey Rose" was named Single of the Year in 1988, and she was also nominated for Most Promising Female Vocalist in 1990 and Best Country Female Vocalist in 1994.Juno Awards Database
Perras and Taylor received the Canadian Country Music Association award for Duo of the Year in 1985,1985 CCMA Award Winners 1986,1986 CCMA Award Winners 19871987 CCMA Award Winners and 1988,1988 CCMA Award Winners and were nominated for the Juno Award for Country Group or Duo of the Year in 1985 and 1987.
Perras has continued to record, releasing the album Those Classic Country Songs in September 2008 on True North Records.Anita Perras at True North Records
Discography
Albums Year Album CAN Country Label 1989 Touch My Heart — Savannah 1993 Way Beyond the Blue 26 1995 Live (By Request) — K-Tel 1997 The Greatest Hits Collection — 3KO Entertainment 2004 Think Again — Pine Ridge 2008 Those Classic Country Songs — True North
Albums with Tim Taylor Year Album Label 1981 Bought and Paid For Snocan 1985 This Is Our Night Tailspin 1987 Anita & Tim Savannah
Singles Year Title Peak positions AlbumCAN Country 1981 "Over the Line Again" 41 rowspan="3" 1983 "Somebody Said It Was Me" 40 "You Got What You Want" 35 1984 "How's a Girl to Know" 39 This Is Our Night 1985 "Mutual Acquaintance" 29 1986 "Heads You Win (Tails I Lose)" 10 Anita & Tim 1987 "I've Found Someone Too" 20 1988 "One Smokey Rose" 9 Touch My Heart 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 AlbumCAN Country 1984 "We Get By" 34 This Is Our Night 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 AlbumCAN 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)
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