Elton Anderson

Elton Anderson (February 9, 1930 – November 13, 1984) was an American singer and swamp pop pioneer who had a chart hit on Mercury Records.

Anderson was born in Ville Platte, Louisiana, United States. Managed by Wayne Shuler, Eddie Shuler's son, Anderson had a regional hit on the Vin label in 1959 with "Shed So Many Tears". A subsequent 1960 recording for Vin entitled "Secret of Love" b/w "Cool Down Baby" was leased to Mercury. A week after appearing on the pop chart, it appeared on the R&B chart, reaching number 22 but only appearing for three weeks. A follow-up single entitled "Please Accept My Love" composed by Jimmy Wilson performed poorly, and Anderson was dropped by Mercury.

In 1962, his recording "Life Problem" was originally issued on Lee Lavergne's Lanor Records, but was leased to Capitol Records for national exposure. After Capitol released him, Shuler and Lavergne issued additional Anderson material on Lanor, but soon after this Anderson left Shuler's management and relocated to California.

He died in November 1984 in Ville Platt, Louisiana.