Updated 04-May-2020.
Mondo shtuff from around the internet, all about LORRIE MORGAN!
My botty best at summarizing from Wikipedia: she is the daughter of George Morgan, widow of Keith Whitley, and ex-wife of Jon Randall and Sammy Kershaw . Morgan has been active as a singer since the age of 13, and charted her first single Morgan has made over forty chart entries on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts . she has recorded in collaboration with her father, as well as Whitley, Randall, Kershaw, Frank Sinatra . Morgan’s musical style Lorrie Morgan is the fifth child of country music singer George Morgan . her mother was Anastasia “Anna” Paridon Trainor, who died in 2018 . at age 13, she made her first performance on the grand in the early 1980s, Morgan continued to tour primarily in night clubs . she also served as an opening act for Billy ThunderKloud & the Chieftones . in 1984, Morgan became the youngest inducte “Don’t go Changing” reached number 20 on the Hot Country Songs chart . the song served as the lead single to her debut album Leave the Light On . following the song were the top-ten hits “Dear Me RCA released “‘Til a Tear Becomes a Rose”, a duet between Morgan and Keith Whitley . the song won Vocal Event of the Year from the country music association . in 1993, the album also included a duet with Dolly Parton titled “Best Woman Wins” Contributing songwriters included Skip Ewing, Reed Nielsen, and Chris Waters . the album was certified platinum by the RIA the title track was the first single, achieving a peak of number two on Hot Country Songs in 1992 . the followup “What Part of No” became her second number-one single on that chart, holding that position for three “What Part of No” and Morgan’s cover of “It’s a Heartache” also included on the album . Watch Me became her third consecutive platinum album by the end of 1993 . the album charted two seasonal entries on Hot Country Songs . Morgan sang “Little Snow Girl” with Williams as part of a christmas special . she also made her acting debut in this timespan . in 1994, she portrayed the lead role in a television pilot for CBS called Lorelei Lee . the show focused on a country music-singing detective, but the pilot was not picked up for series . in the album was certified gold by the RIAA for shipments of 500,000 copies . also included were two cover songs: Jeannie Seely’s “Don’t Touch Me” and George Jones’ “A Good Year for in 1995, Morgan released her first Greatest Hits album . it included most of her major hit singles to that point . the album was her highest-certified album by the RIAA . the album’s last single “Good as I Was to You” reached number four in 1997 . Morgan said she wanted the album to show her “maturing musically” over her previous works . the album included guest vocals from the album features the top-ten hit “Go Away” and the top-20 single “One of Those Nights Tonight” the following singles “I’m Not That Easy to Forget” and “You Think He’d Remz highlights the vocal performance on the Shirelles cover and the single “One of Those Nights Tonight” another album, Secret Love, followed in 1998 . Morgan dedicated the album to her father, whom she claims introduced her to such music . for this album, Landis returned to production duties, while musical accompaniment was largely handled by pianist . Morgan performed ten concerts in 1998 which promoted the only successful single from the album was the Sammy Kershaw duet “Maybe Not Tonight” also included on the album were a cover of Bryan Adams’ “The Only Thing That Looks Good on Me Is You” BNA issued a second compilation, To Get to You: Greatest Hits Collection, in 2000 . included on the album were covers of Sarah McLachlan’s “Angel” and Tammy Wynette’ the album’s title track was originally recorded by Bryan Adams and Barbra Streisand . one single became Morgan’s last top 40 entry on Hot Country Songs that year . Nash called the album “oddly “Morgan signed to Image Entertainment in 2002 . her first project for the label was The Color of Roses . image also released the studio album Show Me How in 2004 . accounted for her last chart entry, “Do You Still Want to Buy Me That Drink (Frank)” it peaked at number 50 on Hot Country Songs . Show Me How reunited her with Landis on production duties in 2010, Morgan released another studio album called I Walk Alone . this was followed in 2014 by Dos Divas, a collaboration album with Pam Tillis . Morgan released a further solo album in 2016, Letting Go…S alanna nash called her voice a “throaty sob” in her first greatest-hits album . she also felt the comparisons to Tammy Wynette were helpful in making her music appeal to female fans Morgan’s “what part of no” is a song that “showcases her pull-no-punches style” a 1993 rendition of Buck Owens’ “Crying Time” charted for six weeks the Beach Boys’ 1996 album featured her on a rendition of “Don’t Worry Baby” she was one of many artists to contribute to “Hope: Country Music’s Quest for a Cure” song charte Morgan’s first husband was a musician in George Jones’ road band . her second marriage was to country music singer Keith Whitley . of her relationship with Whitley, she said in 1994, “i would walk away ‘ in 1991 she married Brad Thompson, a former bus driver for Clint Black . she suffered from ovarian cysts which led to a hysterectomy . Morgan began dating american football player Troy Aikman she married country singer Jon Randall in 1996, and a year later, she published an autobiography . in 1998 tabloids published allegations that Morgan had been spotted in the back of a limousine with Bill Clinton . in 2008, Morgan filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy, with an estimated $1 to $10 million in debts . she would later state that her bankruptcy was because she “didn’t watch [her] own money” her sixth marriage took place