Education
She graduated from Horlick High School in 1969.
She graduated from Horlick High School in 1969.
She is the first female in country music to have an Oscar-nominated hit from a soundtrack album. Besides "The Yellow Rose", Brody has eleven other chart singles on the Billboard country charts. Brody was born Lynne Connie Voorlas on September 24, 1955 in Oak Park, Illinois, but calls Racine, Wisconsin her hometown.
She started her music career by singing commercial jingles for many popular television 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 Number.
Brody and Johnny Lee wrote lyrics to and recorded the theme music for the 1983-1984 National Broadcasting Company television show, The Yellow Rose. The theme song of the same name became a Number.
1 hit on the United States. 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 Public Broadcasting Service music television program Austin City Limits, where she sang duets with Thom Bresh, with whom she had been on tour through 1987.
Lane has appeared on numerous shows such as National Broadcasting Company Today Show, Crook And Chase, and she has appeared in the show Taxi.
15 country hit "Over You", which was featured in the film Tender Mercies and received an nomination for Best Original Song at 56th Academy Awards in 1984. Her song "All The Unsung Heroes" is the theme behind the documentary which won the American Film Festival"s Blue Ribbon.Brody is married to Nashville musician Eddie Bayers.
