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 ''

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'' 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 Important events of 1990 include the Reunification of Germany and the unification of Yemen, the formal beginning of the Human Genome Project (finished in 2003), the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope, the separation of Namibia from South ...

and Best Country Female Vocalist in

1994 The year 1994 was designated as the " International Year of the Family" and the "International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal" by the United Nations. In the Line Islands and Phoenix Islands of Kiribati, 1994 had only 364 days, omitti ...

. Perras and Taylor received the

Canadian Country Music Association The Canadian Country Music Association (CCMA) was founded in 1976 as the Academy of Country Music Entertainment to organize, promote and develop a Canadian country music industry. The groundwork for the association began on June 3, 1973, when a gr ...

award for Duo of the Year in 1985, 1986,1986 CCMA Award Winners
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and 1988,1988 CCMA Award Winners
and were nominated for the

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for Country Group or Duo of the Year in

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and

1987 Events January * January 1 – Bolivia reintroduces the Boliviano currency. * January 2 – Chadian–Libyan conflict – Battle of Fada: The Military of Chad, Chadian army destroys a Libyan armoured brigade. * January 3 – Afghan leader ...

. 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

Albums with Tim Taylor

Singles

Singles with Tim Taylor

Guest singles

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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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Perras, Anita Living people Canadian women country singers Musicians from Greater Sudbury Singers from Ontario 1960 births Canadian Country Music Association Duo of the Year winners Canadian Country Music Association Female Artist of the Year winners 20th-century Canadian women singers 21st-century Canadian women singers