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Chanteuse
Country Canadienne née Myrna Lorraine Petrunka, le 6 Août 1940 à Cloud Bay
(Ontario).
Myrna
Lorrie is something of a fixture in Canadian country music, but she never made
serious inroads in the American market. Nevertheless, she racked up several
Canadian number ones in the '60s -- "I Can't Live with Him," "Tell Me Not to
Go," "Turn Down the Music" -- and regularly performed in person and on radio and
television, building up a reputation that led to her induction into the Canadian
Country Music Hall of Fame in 1989.
There was a time when she attempted to break into the U.S. market, though. It
was early in her career, just after her homeland fame was beginning to build.
Born in Cloud Bay, Ontario on August 6, 1940, she sang regularly as a child,
eventually winding up on local radio programs when she was in her early teens.
She came to the attention of Don Grashey, a songwriter who asked her to be Buddy
DeVal's duet partner on "Are You Mine." The single was released on Abbott
Records in late 1954 and wound up charting in January 1955, climbing all the way
to number six on the Billboard country charts (Grashey had simultaneously
released another version of "Are You Mine" recorded by Ginny
Wright and Tom
Tall on his own label; it peaked at number two).
"Are You Mine" pushed Lorrie into the spotlight and she appeared with Hank
Snow at the Grand Ole Opry, then cut several more singles for Abbott before
moving to RCA in 1957. None of these singles wound up turning into a big hits,
and then in 1960 she married and started a family. By the mid-'60s she had
returned to her native Canada and was hosting her own television program, The
Myrna Lorrie Show, while recording singles for the Canadian market on the Gaity
and Musicor imprints; this is where her aforementioned streak of number ones
began.
Once the singles dried up -- her last charting single was 1971's "Bringing Mary
Home," which scraped the Top 40 at 37 -- she devoted herself to hosting
television programs. She was on Countrytime between 1970 and 1974 and Nashville
Swing between 1977 and 1981. She played live regularly throughout the '80s,
sometimes letting a young singer, Eileen Twain, sing on-stage with her
(Twain came to stardom as Shania), and then in 1989 Lorrie had her last hit with
"Blue Blue Me." That year she also was inducted into the Canadian Country Music
Hall of Fame. She continued to perform and occasionally record throughout the
'90s but she slowly wound down her career after that.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myrna_Lorrie
http://www.hillbilly-music.com/artists/story/index.php?id=13488
Talents : Vocals, Guitar, Songwriter
Style musical : Country Boogie, Honky Tonk, Rockabilly
Are You
Mine
 (1954) (& Buddy Deval)
Life's Changing Scene
That's What Sweethearts Do
Hello Baby
BASHFUL
BILLY
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Years in activity :
| 1910 | 20 | 30 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 70 | 80 | 90 | 2000 | 10 | 20 |
78 t., Singles & EP
| 11/1954 | 78 t. ABBOTT 172 (US) | . |
Are You Mine
(Myrna LORRIE &
Buddy DEVAL) / You Bet I Kissed Him (Myrna LORRIE) |
| 11/1954 | SP ABBOTT 172-45 (US) | . |
Are You Mine
(Myrna LORRIE &
Buddy DEVAL) / You Bet I Kissed Him (Myrna LORRIE) |
| 12/1954 | 78 t. QUALITY 1318 (CAN) | . | Are You Mine (Myrna LORRIE & Buddy DEVAL) / You Bet I Kissed Him (Myrna LORRIE) |
| 12/1954 | SP QUALITY K1318 (CAN) | . | Are You Mine (Myrna LORRIE & Buddy DEVAL) / You Bet I Kissed Him (Myrna LORRIE) |
| 03/1955 | 78 t. ABBOTT 177 (US) | . | I'm Your Man (Myrna LORRIE & Buddy DEVAL) / Underway (Myrna LORRIE) |
| 03/1955 | SP ABBOTT 177-45 (US) | . | I'm Your Man (Myrna LORRIE & Buddy DEVAL) / Underway (Myrna LORRIE) |
| 03/1955 | 78 t. QUALITY 1362 (CAN) | . | I'm Your Man (Myrna LORRIE & Buddy DEVAL) / Underway (Myrna LORRIE) |
| 03/1955 | SP QUALITY K1362 (CAN) | . | I'm Your Man (Myrna LORRIE & Buddy DEVAL) / Underway (Myrna LORRIE) |
| 10/1955 | 78 t. ABBOTT 185 (US) | . |
Life's Changing Scene
/ Listen To
My Heartstrings |
| 10/1955 | SP ABBOTT 185-45 (US) | . |
Life's Changing Scene
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| 10/1955 | 78 t. QUALITY 1432 (CAN) | . |
Life's Changing Scene
/ Listen To
My Heartstrings |
| 10/1955 | SP QUALITY K1432 (CAN) | . |
Life's Changing Scene
/ Listen To
My Heartstrings |
| 07/1956 | 78 t. ABBOTT 187 (US) | . |
Tears Amid The Laughter (Of The Crowd) / Moon Shy |
| 07/1956 | SP ABBOTT 187-45 (US) | . |
Tears Amid The Laughter (Of The Crowd) / Moon Shy |
| 07/1956 | 78 t. QUALITY 1520 (CAN) | . | Tears Amid The Laughter (Of The Crowd) / Moon Shy |
| 07/1956 | SP QUALITY K1520 (CAN) | . | Tears Amid The Laughter (Of The Crowd) / Moon Shy |
| 02/1957 | 78 t. RCA VICTOR 20-6807 (CAN) | . | Die, I Thought I Would /
That's What Sweethearts Do
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| 02/1957 | SP RCA VICTOR 47-6807 (CAN) | . |
Die, I Thought I Would /
That's What Sweethearts Do
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| 1957 | EP RCA VICTOR DJ-65 (CAN) (promo) | . |
Myrna Lorrie : Die, I Thought I Would / That's What Sweethearts Do / The Rhythm Rockers featuring Chet Atkins : Tricky / Peanut Vendor |
| 05/1957 | 78 t. RCA VICTOR 20-6909 (CAN) | . | Teenager‘s Breakup / Just Released |
| 05/1957 | SP RCA VICTOR 47-6909 (CAN) | . |
Teenager‘s Breakup / Just Released |
| 12/1957 | 78 t. RCA VICTOR 20-7115 (CAN) | . | On A Little Bamboo Bridge / I'll Be Lonesome When You're Gone |
| 12/1957 | SP RCA VICTOR 47-7115 (CAN) | . |
On A Little Bamboo Bridge / I'll Be Lonesome When You're Gone |
| 07/1958 | 78 t. RCA VICTOR 20-7290 (CAN) | . | Tradewinds /
Hello Baby
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| 07/1958 | SP RCA VICTOR 47-7290 (CAN) | . |
Tradewinds /
Hello Baby
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| 1964 | SP QUALITY 1664X (CAN) | . |
Do You Wish You Were Free / Well All Right |
| 1965 | SP SPARTON 1342R (CAN) | . |
That's What Hurt Me So / I Can't Live With Him |
| 06/1966 | SP GAIETY G 115 (US) |
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Just Count The Tears I'm Gone / Your Special Day |
| 10/1966 | SP MUSICOR MU 1207 (US) | . |
Just Count The Tears I'm Gone / Your Special Day |
| 05/1967 | SP MUSICOR MU 1232 (US) | . |
No Love Like Mine / The Longest Day |
| 05/1967 | SP COLUMBIA MU-4-1232 (CAN) | . | No Love Like Mine / The Longest Day |
| 08/1967 | SP MUSICOR MU 1265 (US) | . |
Tell Me Not To Go / You’re Free To Return To Your Past |
| 08/1967 | SP COLUMBIA MU-4-1265 (CAN) | . | Tell Me Not To Go / You’re Free To Return To Your Past |
| 12/1967 | SP MUSICOR MU 1282 (US) | . |
Turn Down The Music / Go Home, Cheater |
| 12/1967 | SP COLUMBIA MU-4-1282 (CAN) | . |
Turn Down The Music / Go Home, Cheater |
| 1968 | SP MUSICOR MU 1293 (US) | . |
Changing Of The Seasons /
Bashful Billy
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| 1968 | SP COLUMBIA MU-4-1293 (CAN) | . |
Changing Of The Seasons /
Bashful Billy
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| 03/1971 | SP MCA MCA 2012 (CAN) | . |
Bringing Mary Home / Tell Me Not To Go |
| 1975 | SP TEMBO STM 1002 (CAN) | . |
Don‘t Take Away Your Love (Her Daughter Singing Back Up) / Wreck Of The Old 97 |
| 1977 | SP RCA VICTOR PB-50348 (CAN) | . |
It's Too Late (Love Me Now) / River Song |
| 1977 | SP RCA VICTOR PB-50393 (CAN) | . |
Whose Arms Are You In Tonight / See You In The Morning |
| 1989 | SP SIBLEY SBR7-001 (CAN) | . |
Blue Blue Me / I'm Waiting Up For You |
| 1989 | SP SIBLEY SIB7-89002 (CAN) | . |
Sometime / Lay Down With Trouble |
| 1992 | SP LJR LJR 2031 (US) | . |
If Teardrops Were Pennies / Sing Me A Love Song |
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Albums
| 1970 | LP 12" CBC LM-87 / MCA 7009 (CAN) |
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...It's Countrytime WITH MYRNA LORRIE, Vic Mullen & The Hickorys - Before I Met You (Hickorys Trio) / Standing On The Corner (Stan Taylor) / Bamboo Bridge (Myrna LORRIE) / Hickory (instr.) (The Hickorys) / Six Days On The Road (Ron NAUGLE) / No One Will Ever Know (Myrna LORRIE) / Tell Me Not To Go (Myrna LORRIE) / Country Music Annie (Ken Meisner, Ron Naugle) / Missing You (Ron NAUGLE) / Heart Over Mind (Stan Taylor, The Hickorys) / Bringin' Mary Home (Myrna LORRIE) / Sparkling Sherry (instr.) (Vic MULLEN) |
| 1971 | LP 12" Harmony KHE-90055 (CAN) |
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Myrna Lorrie - Turn Down The Music / Changing Of The Seasons / Bashful Billy / No Love Like Mine / Go Home Cheater / Your Special Day (Happy Birthday Mom) / Tell Me Not To Go / You're Free To Return To Your Past / Just Count The Tears I'm Gone / The Longest Day (This Year) |
| 1998 | CD EMI 7243 4 95097 2 6 (CAN) |
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Child To Woman - Are You Mine / I'm Your Man / Underway / You Bet I Kissed Him / Life's Changing Scene / Tears Amid The Laughter / Moonshy / Listen To My Heartstrings / Changing Of The Seasons / Your Special Day / Turn Down The Music / Tell Me Not To Go / No Love Like Mine / The Longest Day This Year / Just Count The Tears I'm Gone / You're Free To Return To Your Past / Bashful Billy / Go Home Cheater |
| 04/2009 | CD Unidisc UBK-4170 (CAN) |
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Child To Woman - Changing Of The Seasons / Your Special Day / Turn Down The Music / Tell Me Not To Go / No Love Like Mine / The Longest Day This Year / Just Count The Tears I'm Gone / You're Free To Return To Your Past / Bashful Billy / Go Home Cheater |
| 07/2012 | CD Bear Family BCD 16743 (GER) |
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Hello Baby - Jukebox Pearls - Hello Baby / You Bet I Kissed Him (re-recording) / That's What Sweethearts Do / Teenager's Breakup / Topsy Turvy Heart / Die, I Thought I Would (double vocal) / I'm Your Man (with Buddy DeVal) / I'll Be Lonesome When You're Gone / Underway / Moon Shy / Just Released / I've Got Somebody New / Tradewinds / Are You Mine (with Buddy DeVal) (re-recording) / Life's Changing Scene / On A Little Bamboo Bridge / Tears Amid The Laughter / Listen To My Heart Strings / Die, I Thought I Would (single vocal) / Are You Mine (with Buddy DeVal) / You Bet I Kissed Him / Life's Changing Scene (slow version) |
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