LS Records is an American

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. It was founded by Lee Stoller in 1975.

History

In the mid 1970s, Lee Stoller chose to sign country music act, Daniel Willis, as the label's first artist. Willis was later dropped from the label after having limited success under LS. According to the 1983 biography on Cristy Lane, Willis' career "proved to be quite expensive" and his singles were "barely charting". LS Records was best known for bringing Stoller's wife,

Cristy Lane Cristy Lane (born Eleanor Johnston; January 8, 1940) is an American Christian and country music singer. In the late 1970s and early 1980s, she had a series of hits on the North American country charts with songs like " Let Me Down Easy", " I Just ...

(an American country-gospel music singer) to fame in the late 70s. LS released Lane's first singles in 1976, and her first charting singles, "Trying to Forget About You" and "Sweet Deceiver" in 1977. When Lane had her first Top 10 hit with "Let Me Down Easy" the same year, LS released her 1978 debut album, ''Cristy Lane is the Name,'' and her 1979 album, ''Love Lies.'' However, also in 1979, Lane gained a major label recording contract with

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after having a string of Top 10 and 20 hit singles between 1977 and 1979. However, LS did release Lane's ''One Day at a Time'' album in 1981, which was promoted on television. After departing United Artists (it changed to Liberty Records in 1980), LS released Lane's two studio albums in 1985 and 1986. In the past twenty years, LS has released over a dozen compilation albums of Lane's hits, and some Gospel and country music covers.

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