He, like Lane, was acquainted with poverty from childhood.
Marine, Stoller had been recently discharged and was selling kitchenware for a living when the two met at a skating rink. Within five years they had three children: Kevin, Tammy, and Cindy. While still in her teens Lane married Lee Stoller. She was a not a likely candidate for future fame, in particular not for success as a recording star. Living as she did against a backdrop of poverty, she developed an unusually shy personality and spoke with a lisp. She was raised in a stark east side neighborhood near the industrial area of the town's South Main Street. The couple pioneered the concepts of television marketing and internet promotions, single-handedly boosting sales of Lane's records to multiple platinum levels.īorn Eleanor Johnston on January 8, 1940, in Peoria, Illinois, Cristy Lane was the eighth of 12 siblings. From the early days of her career, Lane worked closely with her husband, Lee Stoller, a capable entrepreneur who served as her manager and publicist. In the 1980s she joined a host of prominent country performers in supporting the growth of the resort town of Branson, Missouri, helping to turn that locale into a haven for country music revivals. The inspirational hit "One Day at a Time" brought a sense of sweet gospel goodness to a genre that is traditionally fraught with songs of heartache and moonshine. In 1980 Cristy Lane put a new spin on country music, topping the charts with a new style of song.
Born Eleanor Johnston on January 8, 1940, in Peoria, IL married Lee Stoller children: three.