Lorrie Morgan grew up the daughter of Grand Ole Opry star George Morgan. She spent many nights backstage at the Opry and made her debut there at 13. Her father died when she was 16, and she was singing professionally a year later. By 21, she was opening shows for George Jones. She performed at Opryland USA, sang demo sessions for country publishing giant Acuff-Rose and became a member of the Opry in 1985.

For some years in the late 1970s, she was a featured vocalist on the morning television show hosted by Ralph Emery on Nashville's WSM-TV (now WSMV); Emery was a longtime friend of her father, who appeared on the former's Opry Star Spotlight overnight music and interview show that ran for many years on WSM-AM.

She began touring Nashville nightclubs and opened for a number of acts, including Jack Greene, Billy Thunderkloud, and Jeannie Seely. She toured as a duet partner with George Jones and spent two years as part of the Opryland USA bluegrass show and as a regular singer on TNN's Nashville Now.

Morgan charted her first single, "Two People in Love," in 1979. In 1984, Morgan scored a minor hit with "Don't Go Changing". That year she became the youngest singer ever to join the Grand Ole Opry. Four years later, she signed with RCA Records, her first major label; her first album on that label, Leave the Light On was released in 1989. Her career took off with the 1989 release of "Dear Me," a Top 10 hit that coincided with the death of her husband Keith Whitley.

In 1990, Morgan had her first number one single, "Five Minutes". Morgan's second album, Something in Red, was released in 1991, and went platinum. Watch Me, her third album, was released on RCA's newest label, BNA Records; it contained the number-one single "What Part of No". Watch Me also was certified platinum, making Morgan the first female country artist to have three albums in a row to be certified platinum.

Morgan was voted Female Vocalist of the Year by the fans in TNN's Music City News awards in 1994. She would earn this honor again in 1996, 1997 and 1998. She also appeared on Frank Sinatra's Duets II album, singing a version of "How Do You Keep the Music Playing" intertwined with Sinatra's "My Funny Valentine".

1995 saw the release of Morgan's Greatest Hits CD, which produced her third and last number-one single in the song "I Didn't Know My Own Strength". The next year, Morgan was featured on the Beach Boys' now out-of-print album Stars and Stripes Vol. 1, performing a cover of their 1964 hit "Don't Worry Baby". The Beach Boys provided the harmonies and backing vocals.

She released her fifth studio album, Greater Need, in 1996; Secret Love followed two years later. In 1999, Morgan returned with My Heart; the hits collection Side by Side appeared the following spring. I Finally Found Someone, featuring a duet with Sammy Kershaw, was released in spring 2001.

Lorrie's latest release "Show Me How" was released in 2004. Look for her next CD to be released in early 2008.