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| | US songwriter. Born February 2, 1941 in Rochester, New York - Died 2011.
Brother of Bernard Schreiber/Bernie Lane.
Lane got a job in the Brill Building, located at 1619 Broadway on 49th Street in the New York City borough of Manhattan, as a songwriter in the 1950s, working with Neil Sedaka as a touring pianist and Bill Haley as a songwriter. In addition, he released some singles on Brunswick Records and Swan Records in the 1950s and 1960s; one of them, "Shaggy Dog", became a hit and peaked at #38 on the Billboard Hot 100. His tune "Hey Sah-Lo-Ney" was covered by British group and (retitled "Hey Sailor").
Lane continued working as a recording engineer from the late 1960s into the 1990s. Toward the end of the century, a compilation disc entitled Rockin' On...And Beyond was released, which featured both his previous singles and unreleased material. |
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