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Jun 30, 2021 · Her father, George Morgan, is a Country Music Hall Of Fame member and a former member of Nashville’s Grand Ole Opry. Given her family history, Lorrie’s country music career started earlier than most, even though it was a journey.
George Thomas Morgan (June 28, 1924 – July 7, 1975) was a mid-20th-century American country music singer. He is a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame and a former member of the Grand Ole Opry. He is best known for his 1949 hit single "Candy Kisses". He was the father of singer Lorrie Morgan, who is also a country music star.
Morgan's father died in 1975, so she and the members of his band toured various small clubs until 1977, when they disbanded and she began touring with Roy Wiggins. After this, she worked as a receptionist, songwriter, and demo singer for Acuff-Rose Music .
Lorrie Morgan was born Loretta Lynn Morgan on 27th June 1959 in Nashville, Tennessee. She is the youngest of four children of legendary country music singer George Morgan and Anastasia Paridon. Her siblings are Marty Morgan, Candy Morgan, and Bethany Chamberlain.
She is a Nashville native who is the daughter of Country Music Hall of Fame member George Morgan. She made her debut on the Grand Ole Opry stage at age 13, singing "Paper Roses." Her father died suddenly of a heart attack at age 51. She was l6 at the time and just beginning her musical career.
Mar 3, 2022 · But did you know Lorrie's dad is a country music icon, a former member of the Grand Ole Opry, and one of the legends enshrined in the Country Music Hall of Fame? George Morgan was an early country music crooner.
In 1973, Morgan watched proudly when youngest daughter, Lorrie Morgan, made her Opry debut. Sadly, George Morgan died not long after his fifty-first birthday, from complications following open-heart surgery. Through the wonders of electronics, a posthumous father-daughter duet, “I’m Completely Satisfied with You,” charted briefly in 1979.
