Lynn Voorlas (born September 24, 1955), known professionally as Lane Brody, is an American

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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 ''

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''. 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

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, 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

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'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 ''

'' and received a nomination for

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in 1984. Brody and Johnny Lee wrote lyrics to and recorded the theme music for the 1983–1984

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television show, ''

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''. 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

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music television program

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, where she sang duets with

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, with whom she had been on tour through 1987. Lane has appeared on numerous shows such as NBC Today Show, Crook And Chase, and she has appeared in the show

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. 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

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Discography

Albums

Singles

Guest singles

Music videos

References

External links

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