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417:, Lane witnessed the soldier sitting beside her get shot and killed. "Bullets were ripping through his body, their impact jerking him back. He slumped over the gun he had been strapped to. He was dead," Lane's biography book recalled in 1983. Because several shows had to be cancelled, the Stollers lost an estimated twelve thousand dollars during their trip. Following her return to the United States, Lane recorded her first album titled
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hear Ellie sing. Ellie's husband believed that she had the talent to become a professional performer, but she suffered from shyness. After the nightclub organized Ellie's first public performance, she was reluctant to get up on stage. "What am I doing up here?" she recalled saying to herself. However, once the band started playing the song
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395:, the companies had no interest in his wife. The independent K-Ark Records took interest and signed Lane to a recording contract. In 1966, K-Ark issued "Janie Took My Place" as her debut single. Stoller paid one thousand dollars to manufacture her record and he promoted 500 single records by himself.
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medication. Following the experience Lane considered the idea of giving up a career in music. However, after contemplating it for several days, she reconsidered. "I’m not going to let every little thing build up inside me. I’ve got to quit carrying everyone else’s problems—especially my own
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material. However, her recordings were rejected by all the major record labels. Ultimately, Stoller decided to form his own record company. To fund the project, he collaborated in a business venture joining law enforcement on fundraising projects. Stoller then established his newly-formed
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840:, for her recognition to the military, and was inducted into its hall of fame. Lane was the first female country performer to be inducted into their hall of fame. Plans were also laid during this period to film a biopic of Lane's life story, however, it has yet to be produced.
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Vietnam. She continued regularly performing at "The Flame", but found her schedule too busy and unfulfilling. She was also reliving the experiences of watching warfare day after day. In 1970, Lane
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to release the track. At first, "One Day at a Time" received a mixed response from country disc jockeys. However, Lee
Stoller used his position as manager to promote the song by calling radio stations continuously. In 1980, the song went to number one on the
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Chicago's local country music television program titled
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Liberty Records in 1985 and began recording exclusively for LS Records. Her next studio project was an album of
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sold over a million copies. Over the next several decades, Lane's biography and recordings were sold over television commercials, the worldwide web and through other major distributors. In the 1990s, the couple opened a theater in
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called her vocal delivery "whispery", and characterized her songs as being "whimpering heartache material". Her success was recognized by the
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