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Infobox musical artist|image= LorrieMorganConcert.jpg|caption=Morgan in concert in Choctaw, Mississippi dn|date=January 2012 on December 6, 2008|image_size = 250px|landscape = Yes|name = Lorrie Morgan|background = solo_singer|birth_name = Loretta Lynn Morgan|birth_date = birth date and age|1959|06|27|origin = Nashville, Tennessee , USA|instrument = Singing|Vocals |genre = Country music|Country |occupation = Singer|years_active = 1972–present|label = ABC Records|ABC , MCA Records|MCA RCA Records|RCA , BNA Records|BNA , Image, Stroudavarious Records|Stroudavarious |associated_acts = George Morgan (singer)|George Morgan Keith Whitley Jon Randall Sammy Kershaw , Mindy McCready |website = http://www.lorrie.com/Loretta Lynn "Lorrie" Morgan (born June 27, 1959, in Nashville, Tennessee ) is an American country music singer. She is the daughter of George Morgan (singer)|George Morgan , a country music singer who charted several hit singles between 1949 and his death in 1975. Lorrie Morgan charted her first single in 1978, although she did not break into the top of the U.S. country charts until her 1989 single, "Trainwreck of Emotion." Since then, she has charted more than 25 singles on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts, with three number one hits: " Five Minutes (Lorrie Morgan song)|Five Minutes ," " What Part of No " and "I Didn't Know My Own Strength." She has also recorded more than 15 studio albums. At various points in her life, Morgan has been married to three different country singers: Keith Whitley , Jon Randall and Sammy Kershaw . She has sold over 6 million records worldwide.
Musical career
Morgan made her first appearance on the Grand Ole Opry at age 13, performing Fred Spielman and Janice Torre's " Paper Roses ." After her father died in 1975, she took over his band at age 16 and began leading the group through various club gigs. Within a few years she disbanded the group, and in 1977 she joined the Little Roy Wiggins band. She then became a receptionist and demo singer at Acuff-Rose Music , where she also wrote songs. In the late 1970s, she was the featured vocalist on a morning television show hosted by Ralph Emery , on Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville 's WSM-TV (now WSMV ); Emery was a longtime friend of her father, who appeared on Emery's Opry Star Spotlight , an overnight music and interview show that ran for many years on WSM-AM .
Morgan had one minor hit single in 1978; the following year she recorded another minor hit with "I'm Completely Satisfied With You," an electronically dubbed duet with her late father. She began touring Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville nightclubs and opened for a number of acts, including Jack Greene , Billy Thunderkloud and Jeannie Seely . She toured as a duet partner with George Jones and spent two years as part of the Opryland USA bluegrass show and as a regular singer on The Nashville Network|TNN 's Nashville Now .
In 1984, Morgan scored a minor hit with "Don't Go Changing." That year she became the youngest singer ever to join the Grand Ole Opry.Bufwack, Mary A. (1998). "Lorrie Morgan". In The Encyclopedia of Country Music . Paul Kingsbury, Editor. New York Oxford University Press . pp. 357-8. Four years later, she signed with RCA Records , her first major label; her first album on that label, Leave the Light On (Lorrie Morgan album)|Leave the Light On , was released in 1989.
RCA/BNA years
In 1990, Morgan had her first number one single, "Five Minutes." Morgan's second album, Something in Red , was released in 1991 and went platinum. The same year, she married her third husband, Brad Thompson, Clint Black 's bus driver. Watch Me , her third album, was released on RCA's newest label, BNA Records ; it contained the number-one single, " What Part of No ." Watch Me also was certified platinum, making Morgan the first female country artist to have three albums in a row to be certified platinum. Morgan's romantic life gained tabloid attention with Dallas Cowboys quarterback Troy Aikman .
In 1994 she was voted "Female Vocalist of the Year" by the fans in TNN's CMT Music Awards|Music City News Awards . She would earn this honor again in 1996, 1997 and 1998. Morgan also appeared on Frank Sinatra 's Duets II album, singing a version of " How Do You Keep the Music Playing? |How Do You Keep the Music Playing " intertwined with Sinatra's " My Funny Valentine ."
Morgan's Greatest Hits (Lorrie Morgan album)|Greatest Hits album, which produced her third and, to date, last number-one single in the song " I Didn't Know My Own Strength (Lorrie Morgan song)|I Didn't Know My Own Strength ", was released in 1995. The next year, Morgan was featured on the Beach Boys ' now out-of-print album, Stars and Stripes Vol. 1 , performing a cover of their 1964 hit, " Don't Worry Baby ." The Beach Boys provided the harmonies and backing vocals. Lorrie appeared on the 2006 album '' She Was Country When Country Wasn't Cool: A Tribute to Barbara Mandrell .
Lorrie's album A Moment in Time was released on October 27, 2009, on the Stroudavarious Records|Stroudavarious label. It features 14 covers of traditional country favorites.
Lorrie released her new album I Walk Alone on iTunes and Amazon.com|Amazon download December 2010.
Personal life
Morgan is known for her turbulent personal life& mdash;she told Larry King in a July 2004 interview that "drama is something that lets you know you're still alive."cite news |url= http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0407/05/lkl.00.html |title=Larry King Live transcripts |date=July 5, 2004 |work= CNN.com |accessdate=November 11, 2008
She has a daughter, Morgan Anastasia Gaddis (b. Dec. 22, 1980) from her first marriage to Ron Gaddis, a former bass player in George Jones' band; they were married for only a brief time from 1979 to 1980. She has a son, Jesse Keith Whitley (b. June 15, 1987) with her second husband, Keith Whitley . That marriage lasted from 1986 until his death in 1989. After that marriage, she had a lengthy involvement with Dallas Cowboys quarterback Troy Aikman . In 1991, she married a one-time bus driver for Clint Black named Brad Thompson; they divorced in 1993.
Morgan was also romantically linked from 1994 to 1996 with Fred Thompson , the politician/actor. In her autobiography Forever Yours, Faithfully: My Love Story , Morgan describes their relationship: quote|"It was great to go out with an older man Thompson who was very successful on his own. . . . For a while, I enjoyed my first exposure to politics. It was interesting to hear about political conversations, and people even began talking about Fred as a potential president. . . . I put myself to the task of being a great companion to a stimulating and important man, and as a result I became boring. . . . I had to stop and think about the political implications of everything before I uttered a word in public. . . . For a while, I wanted to marry Fred, but I knew he could not accept me as I am."cite book|title=Forever Yours, Faithfully: My Love Story. |author=Lorrie Morgan with George Vecsey |year=1997 |publisher= Ballantine Books |isbn=0-345-41297-4 |pages=262–263
In 1996 Morgan married Jon Randall, a singer/songwriter now credited with writing the 2004 Brad Paisley/Alison Krauss hit " Whiskey Lullaby "; they divorced three years later in 1999. She married her fifth husband, singer Sammy Kershaw , on September 29, 2001. That marriage lasted six years. Citing irreconcilable differences, she filed for divorce on October 23, 2007.cite news |url= http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/10/27/arts/NA-A-E-MUS-US-Morgan-Kershaw-Divorce.php |title=Country singer Lorrie Morgan files for divorce from Sammy Kershaw after 6 years |work= International Herald Tribune |date=2007-10-27
In October 2008, Morgan filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy, citing up to $10 million in liabilities while listing her own assets as valued between $500,000 and $1 million.cite news |url= http://music.msn.com/music/article.aspx/? news=336213|title=Country singer Lorrie Morgan files for bankruptcy |work=MSN.com music news |date=October 24, 2008 |accessdate=2008-11-11
In 2010 Morgan will perform on Broadway in the show Pure Country . She will play Lula, the manager of the lead character Dusty, played by fellow country artist George Strait .
On September 15, 2010, Morgan married her sixth husband, Randy White, in a beach side ceremony.
Discography
Main|Lorrie Morgan discography ;Studio albums
1989: Leave the Light On (Lorrie Morgan album)|Leave the Light On
1991: Something in Red
1992: Watch Me
1993: Merry Christmas from London
1994: War Paint (Lorrie Morgan album)|War Paint
1996: Greater Need
1997: '' Shakin' Things Up
1998: Secret Love (Lorrie Morgan album)|Secret Love
1999: My Heart (Lorrie Morgan album)|My Heart
2004: Show Me How
2009: A Moment in Time
2010: I Walk Alone
;Compilations
1995: Greatest Hits (Lorrie Morgan album)|Greatest Hits
2000: To Get to You: Greatest Hits Collection
References
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External links
Commons category
http://www.lorrie.com/ Lorrie Morgan's Web site
Allmusic|class=artist|id=p1735|pure_url=yes Lorrie Morgan at Allmusic
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