Robin Lee (singer)
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Robin Lee Irwin is an American country music
artist, known professionally as Robin Lee or Robin Lee Bruce. After several years on an independent label, Lee broke through on the country music scene in 1990 with her cover of Alannah Myles
' Number One pop single "Black Velvet
". Overall, Lee has recorded four studio albums, in addition to charting fourteen singles on the U.S. Billboard country charts.
, when she would perform at school dances and talent competitions. She later recorded demo tapes for local publishing companies, and by 1982, she made her debut on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts with "Turning Back the Covers (Don't Turn Back the Time)". She charted several more singles throughout the 1980s, with her cover of Alannah Myles' "Black Velvet" peaking at #12 in 1990. Lee has since signed as a songwriter to Chrysalis Music, and has written album cuts for LeAnn Rimes
and Jo Dee Messina
, as well as singles for Lila McCann
("With You
"), Tracy Lawrence
("Lonely"), The Clark Family Experience
("Standin' Still"), Katrina Elam
("No End in Sight"), and Crystal Shawanda
("My Roots Are Showing"). Lee also married Trey Bruce
, (son of country singer Ed Bruce
) another country songwriter, in the late 1990s, and has co-written several songs with him.
Country music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...
artist, known professionally as Robin Lee or Robin Lee Bruce. After several years on an independent label, Lee broke through on the country music scene in 1990 with her cover of Alannah Myles
Alannah Myles
Alannah Myles is a Canadian singer-songwriter, the daughter of Canadian broadcast pioneer William Douglas Byles. In 1989, she released her eponymous debut album...
' Number One pop single "Black Velvet
Black Velvet (song)
"Black Velvet" is a rock song written by Canadian musicians David Tyson and Christopher Ward, and recorded by Canadian singer Alannah Myles in 1988. It became a number one hit for two weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 charts in 1990 and reached number one on the Album Rock Tracks chart, as well as...
". Overall, Lee has recorded four studio albums, in addition to charting fourteen singles on the U.S. Billboard country charts.
Biography
Lee's musical interests began in high schoolHigh school
High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....
, when she would perform at school dances and talent competitions. She later recorded demo tapes for local publishing companies, and by 1982, she made her debut on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts with "Turning Back the Covers (Don't Turn Back the Time)". She charted several more singles throughout the 1980s, with her cover of Alannah Myles' "Black Velvet" peaking at #12 in 1990. Lee has since signed as a songwriter to Chrysalis Music, and has written album cuts for LeAnn Rimes
LeAnn Rimes
LeAnn Rimes is an American country/pop singer. She is known for her rich vocals and her rise to fame as an eight-year-old champion on the original Ed McMahon version of Star Search, followed by the release of the Patsy Cline-intended single "Blue" when Rimes was only age 13, resulting in her...
and Jo Dee Messina
Jo Dee Messina
Jo Dee Marie Messina , known professionally as Jo Dee Messina, is an American country music artist. She has charted nine Number One singles on the Billboard country music charts. She has been honored by the Country Music Association, the Academy of Country Music and has been nominated for two...
, as well as singles for Lila McCann
Lila McCann
Lila Elaine McCann is an American country music singer who made her debut at age sixteen with the single "Down Came a Blackbird." Reaching a peak of #28 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts, the song was the first release from her 1997 album Lila, which became the highest-selling...
("With You
With You (Lila McCann song)
"With You" is a single by American country music artist Lila McCann. Released in 1999, it was the first single from her second album, Something in the Air. The song reached #9 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in June 1999, becoming her last Top 40 single to date. It was also...
"), Tracy Lawrence
Tracy Lawrence
Tracy Lawrence is an American country music artist. He started at a country music restaurant called "Live At Libby's" where owner Libby Knight would help local talent find their way into country music...
("Lonely"), The Clark Family Experience
The Clark Family Experience
-Track listing:#"Going Away" - 3:51#"Because" - 3:45#"It'll Always Be You" - 3:21#"Standin' Still" - 3:23...
("Standin' Still"), Katrina Elam
Katrina Elam
Katrina Ruth Elam is an American country music singer and songwriter. Signed to Universal South Records in 2004, she released her self-titled debut album that year, charting in the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks with the #29 "No End in Sight" and the #59 "I Want a Cowboy"...
("No End in Sight"), and Crystal Shawanda
Crystal Shawanda
Crystal Shawanda is a Canadian country music artist. CMT documented her rise to fame in the six-part series Crystal: Living the Dream, which aired in February 2008. Signed to RCA Records in 2007, she released her debut single, "You Can Let Go," in Canada in January 2008...
("My Roots Are Showing"). Lee also married Trey Bruce
Trey Bruce
Trey Bruce is an American country music songwriter. Bruce has co-written three songs that became Number One singles on the Billboard country charts: "Look Heart, No Hands", "Spirit of a Boy, Wisdom of a Man" and "Whisper My Name" by Randy Travis, and "How Your Love Makes Me Feel" by Diamond Rio...
, (son of country singer Ed Bruce
Ed Bruce
William Edwin "Ed" Bruce, Jr. is an American country music songwriter and singer. He is known for penning the 1975 song "Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys" .-Early life & songwriting career:...
) another country songwriter, in the late 1990s, and has co-written several songs with him.
Albums
| Year | Album | US Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Robin Lee | 57 |
| 1988 | This Old Flame | |
| 1990 | Black Velvet Black Velvet (album) Black Velvet is the third studio album released by American country music artist Robin Lee, and her first album for Atlantic Records. The album's title track is a cover of Alannah Myles' Number One single from 1989... |
23 |
| 1991 | Heart on a Chain | |
| 2000 | The Best of Robin Lee |
Singles
| Year | Single | Chart Positions | Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country Hot Country Songs Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales... |
CAN Country | |||
| 1983 | "Turning Back the Covers (Don't Turn Back the Time)" |
87 | — | Single only |
| "Heart for a Heart" | 81 | — | ||
| 1984 | "Angel in Your Arms Angel in Your Arms "Angel in Your Arms" is the title of a 1977 Top Ten hit for Hot - also a Top Ten country music 1985 hit for Barbara Mandrell - composed by Herbert Clayton Ivey, Terrence Woodford and Herbert Thomas Brasfield Jr.... " |
54 | — | |
| "Want Ads" | 63 | — | ||
| "Cold in July" | 62 | — | ||
| "I Heard It on the Radio" | 71 | — | ||
| 1985 | "Paint the Town Blue" (with Lobo Lobo (musician) Roland Kent LaVoie, better known by the stage name Lobo , is an American singer-songwriter who was successful in the early 1970s, scoring several U.S... ) |
49 | — | |
| "Safe in the Arms of Love" | 44 | — | Robin Lee | |
| 1986 | "I'll Take Your Love Anytime" | 37 | — | |
| "If You're Anything Like Your Eyes" | 48 | — | ||
| 1988 | "This Old Flame" | 52 | — | This Old Flame |
| "Shine a Light on a Lie" | 56 | — | ||
| "Before You Cheat on Me Once (You Better Think Twice)" |
51 | — | ||
| 1990 | "Black Velvet Black Velvet (song) "Black Velvet" is a rock song written by Canadian musicians David Tyson and Christopher Ward, and recorded by Canadian singer Alannah Myles in 1988. It became a number one hit for two weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 charts in 1990 and reached number one on the Album Rock Tracks chart, as well as... " |
12 | 21 | Black Velvet |
| "How About Goodbye" | 70 | — | ||
| "Love Letter" | 67 | 86 | ||
| 1991 | "Nothin' But You" | 51 | 77 | Heart on a Chain |
| "Back to Bein' Blue" | — | — | ||
| 1994 | "When Love Comes Callin'" | 71 | — | Single only |