Orlando, Fla., and raised in Apopka, Fla. As an teen, Anderson played in a rock band, but ultimately pursued country music when he moved to Nashville in 1971 where he played in clubs and also helped build the Grand Ole Opry House. He signed to Warner Bros. in 1977 but didn't crack the Top 10 until 1980. He turned Billy Joe Shaver's "I'm Just an Old Chunk of Coal (But I'm Gonna Be a Diamond Someday)" to the Top 5, and "Wild and Blue" spent two weeks at No. 1 in 1982. But it was "Swingin'" that ...