Rattlesnake Annie (born Rosan Gallimore, December 26, 1941)[1] is an American country singer and songwriter.
In 1989, she became the first American country performer to sign a recording contract with Sony Music Japan.
She was born and raised near Puryear, Tennessee, United States, on a cotton and tobacco farm.
Rattlesnake continued to pursue a music career, and in 1974 her first single, "Texas Lullabye", was released.
She appeared on television in East Germany, and the West German branch of Greenpeace adopted one of her songs, "Goodbye to a River", as their anthem.
[2] In 1991, Rattlesnake became the first American country performer to sign a recording contract with Sony Music Japan.
When I signed with Sony Japan and they put me in their world music department, for the first time I felt free and understood.