Lynne Connie Voorlas (born September 24, 1955), known professionally as Lane Brody, is an American country music singer-songwriter, active since the early 1980s, best known for her 1984 Billboard-topping country hit "The Yellow Rose" (a duet with country music singer Johnny Lee), and for the Oscar-nominated song "Over You" from the 1983 film Tender Mercies. Besides "The Yellow Rose", Brody has eleven other chart singles on the Billboard country charts.
Biography Brody was born Lynne Connie (Eleni Constantina) Voorlas on September 24, 1955, in Oak Park, Illinois, but calls Racine, Wisconsin her hometown. She graduated from Horlick High School in 1969. She started her music career by singing commercial jingles for many popular TV and radio commercials. In 1982, she co-wrote Anne Murray's song "The Hottest Night of the Year" with fellow songwriters Thomas Campbell and Kerry Chatter. Soon afterward, she began charting her own singles, including the No. 15 country hit "Over You", which was featured in the film Tender Mercies and received a nomination for Best Original Song at 56th Academy Awards in 1984. Brody and Johnny Lee wrote lyrics to and recorded the theme music for the 1983–1984 NBC television show, The Yellow Rose. The theme song of the same name became a No. 1 hit on the U.S. country singles chart on April 21, 1984.
In 1984, Brody was the voice of the XIV Olympics singing for Beatrice foods. During that year Brody also signed with GRT Records. Brody made her singular appearance on the PBS music television program Austin City Limits, where she sang duets with Thom Bresh, with whom she had been on tour through 1987.Forester Sisters, The followed by Thom Bresh & Lane Brody, Austin City Limits, 1988 Lane has appeared on numerous shows such as NBC's Today, Crook & Chase and Taxi.
Lane was inducted to the Country Music Hall of Fame's Walkway of Stars in 1996.
Her song "All The Unsung Heroes" is the theme behind a documentary on the Vietnam War Memorial documentary. Brody is married to Nashville musician Eddie Bayers.
Discography
Albums Year Album US Country Label 1985 Lane Brody 55 EMI 2001 Familiar Places — Records Records 2002 Pieces of Life — Scream 2010 On the Wings of Songs — GMV Nashville
Singles Year Title Peak chart positions AlbumUS CountryCAN Country 1977 "You're Gonna Make Love to Me" (as Lynn Nilles) 93 — rowspan="2" 1982 "He's Taken" 60 — "More Nights" 61 — Tough Enough (soundtrack) "When It Comes to Love" (with Thom Bresh) 77 — 1983 "Over You" 15 — Tender Mercies (soundtrack) "It's Another Silent Night" 60 — rowspan="3" 1984 "Hanging On" 59 — "Alibis" 81 — 1985 "He Burns Me Up" 29 51 Lane Brody "Baby's Eyes" 51 39 2002 "Plenty More Love" — — Pieces of Life 2005 "Your Wildest Dreams" — — On the Wings of Songs 2006 "That's Where Love Comes In" — — 2008 "Found in Each Other" — — 2010 "Thanks for What You Did" — — 2011 "Flame's Turned Blue" — —
Guest singles Year Title Artist Peak chart positions AlbumUS CountryCAN Country 1984 "The Yellow Rose" Johnny Lee 1 1 'Til the Bars Burn Down 1986 "I Could Get Used to This" 50 —
Music videos Year Video Director 1984 "The Yellow Rose of Texas" 2009 "That's Where Love Comes In" 2010 "Thanks for What You Did" Ross Wood 2011 "Flame's Turned Blue" 2015 "Even More"
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