Ken Lane

Kermit "Ken" Lane (December 20, 1912 – November 23, 1996) was an American musician from Brooklyn, New York. He was best known to audiences as Dean Martin's pianist on The Dean Martin Show in the late 1960s and early 1970s, but was already well known in the film community before that.

With Irving Taylor, Lane co-wrote "Everybody Loves Somebody" in 1947. Frank Sinatra recorded it first, followed by Dinah Washington and Peggy Lee before Martin himself recorded it in 1964 and took it to #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 list in August of that year. It would be Lane's biggest hit as a composer.

He also arranged the music for Tars and Spars, Monsieur Beaucaire, California, Ladies' Man, Champagne For Two, Smooth Sailing, and Paris In The Spring in 1946 and 1947.

Lane composed the music for Lucy Gets Lucky, a 1975 made-for-TV movie starring Lucille Ball.

Lane had two children: a daughter, Robin Lane, who is a rock singer, with her band "Robin Lane and the Chartbusters", and a son, Christopher "Kit" Robert Lane.

Lane died of emphysema in 1996 in Lake Tahoe, California at the age of 83.

Birth and Death Data: Born December 20, 1912 (Brooklyn), Died November 23, 1996 (Lake Tahoe)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1937 - 1947

Roles Represented in DAHR: vocalist, composer

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Recordings

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Victor BS-07785 10-in. 4/13/1937 Carelessly Kay Thompson Orchestra ; Rhythm Singers Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo and mixed vocal ensemble vocalist  
Victor BS-07788 10-in. 4/13/1937 Exactly like you Kay Thompson Orchestra ; Rhythm Singers Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo and male vocal ensemble vocalist  
Victor D7VB-2610 10-in. 12/8/1947 Everybody loves somebody Heywood Trio Female vocal solo, with instrumental trio composer  

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Lane, Ken," accessed November 6, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/107243.

Lane, Ken. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 6, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/107243.

"Lane, Ken." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 6 November 2024.

DAHR Persistent Identifier

URI: https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/107243

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