� All the People Are Talkin': This album, co-produced by Anderson and Lou Bradley, contained a couple of notable nuggets: "Haunted House," the Johnny Fuller tune made famous by Gene Simmons (not the Kiss member but rather the sometime singer with Bill Black's Combo) appears here, as does "Occasional Eagle," penned by Fred Carter, who'd come out of the Mississippi rockabilly scene to become a Nashville A-team guitarist). The album's first single, "Black Sheep," hit No. 1, and the follow-up, "Let Somebody Else Drive," written by Merle Kilgore and Mack Vickery (and adopted by Mothers Against Drunk Driving), charted No. 9. Anderson's sister, Donna Kay, sang backup on the album.

� Eye of a Hurricane: Anderson's 1984 release, which notched No. 3 on the country album chart, unleashed three smash singles: "She Sure Got Away," "I Wish I Could Write You a Song" (a Lionel Delmore co-write) and the title track, "Eve of a Hurricane" (written by Jerry Fuller, best known for Rick Nelson and the Union Gap). Other songs include "Red Georgia Clay" (written by Hal Bynum) and "Take That Woman Away" (Paul Kennerley, best known for his songs for Emmylou Harris and Marty Stuart).

� Tokyo, Oklahoma: Anderson rocked out on Tokyo, Oklahoma, leading off with his version of the Bobby Womack-turned-Rolling Stones song "It's All Over Now" (Anderson used to play in a Florida band that idolized the Stones called the Living End) By now (1985), other "neo-traditionalists" (Lyle Lovett, Dwight Yoakam, Steve Earle, Randy Travis) had appeared on the scene, but Anderson stood up to the new competition, with the album charting at No. 12. The title track was written by Mack Vickery, a buddy of Jerry Lee Lewis'. And the third single, "Down in Tennessee," was written by Wayland Holyfield and became a hit for Mark Chesnutt a decade later. The album also contained neo-rockabilly songs "I've Got Me a Woman" and "Willie's Gone."