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Cristy Lane remembered the fighting men and women during the Vietnam War. She went there to entertain them, risking her life to support them when many seemed to have forgotten. Veterans
remembered her at the Veterans of Foreign Wars 104th National Convention
August 23 at San Antonio, Texas. She
was presented the organization’s Hall of Fame Award in recognition for
her service to America and the military. “Being inducted into the VFW Hall of Fame was the greatest moment of my life,” she said. Best known for her hallmark song “One Day at a Time,” Ms. Lane was part of the program which included Sec. Of Defense Donald Rumsfield, National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice, Sen. John Kerry, who was a POW in Vietnam, and others. Raymond C. Sisk is Commander in Chief of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Ms. Lane performed 120 shows during her tour of Vietnam and entertained an estimated 300,000 troops. She nearly lost her life twice—once when a chopper she was due to take was shot down and a second time stricken from illness. Her husband-manager Lee Stoller said, “It was almost like a family reunion at the VFW convention to again see the men and women Cristy entertained on the battlefield. No feeling could take the place of seeing these veterans back home safely. “Cristy went there in an era when many of the people back home had abandoned them. Cristy did not forget them.” “Discovered” by her husband while singing in the kitchen of their East Peoria, Illinois, home, she overcame shyness and stage fright through his guidance to become the leading singer of songs of faith and hope in the world. She has sold millions of records, tapes and CDs. Born Eleanor Johnston as the eighth in a family of 12 children, she overcame a lisp from childhood and hid behind a curtain at church to sing. Stoller was freshly discharged from the Marine Corps when he met her at a skating rink and the courtship that would last a lifetime began. Her career was built through a series of club appearances, radio and television and concerts. Her stage name was borrowed from legendary Chicago disk jockey Chris Lane. Capitol Records signed her to a contract where she remained until Stoller developed his own LS Records to market her voice. Her songs were among the top of the charts but not at the peak until her mystical rendition of “One Day at a Time” became the number one country music song the year it was released. Other artists had recorded it previously, without the charisma her voice gave it. She was named the Top New Female Vocalist of the year by the Academy of Country Music. Her voice drifted easily from country to gospel to traditional ballads to contemporary. Song after song reached into the million sales figures and the future looked bright until her husband was charged with paying a sheriff for rights to have a concert. He was convicted and served ten months in federal prison. Always unsinkable, Stoller emerged from prison determined to publish the Cristy Lane story in a book titled after the song, “One Day at a Time.” Publishers turned it down, saying country music star stories wouldn’t sell. He decided to publish it himself and use his own marketing skills. Printing 5,000 copies, he experimented with TV commercials. The first failed. Then he found the right combination, which included Vietnam veteran Barry Sadler of “Ballad of the Green Beret” fame, giving a testimonial. The book sold over a million copies, a first for a country music star’s biography. It was picked up by St. Martin’s press for paperback release and was number one seller for months. They reside in Madison just outside Nashville where Stoller still markets her songs “as the most beautiful voice in music.” His current release is a two-volume CD set billed as 47 of her classics. His Website is www.CristyLane.com. Further information is available from LS Records, 615-868-7171. ******** IPS Features Sept. 14, 2003 Click on the feature you wish to view or use: Dalton Roberts' Sunday Journal Go down to your roots Kimra Traynor Herb The most inflexible person on the planet Danny McBride's Column Beating around the bush Stuart James FDR if he had spoken on 9-11 Pete Chaney's Voice in the Crowd Who is the real immigrant?
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elections in Tennessee from 1994. We thank Kerry Steelman, aide to
Rep. Zach Wamp, for providing us with the information Tennessee Election Results Since 1990
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