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About Myrna Lorrie
- Myrna Lorrie (born Myrna Lorraine Petrunka, August 6, 1940, Cloud Bay, Ontario) is a Canadian country singer/songwriter/musician.
- She is known as the "first lady of Canadian country music."Lorrie first sang publicly at age 11 on Fort William radio station CKPR on a program called School of the Air, which was hosted by Jack Master.
- At 12, Master gave Lorrie her own radio show, Harmony Trails.
- At age 14 she wrote and recorded the song "Are You Mine" with Buddy DeVal, which was released on Abbott Records and reached number 6 on the Billboard Chart.
- The song became a hit in both Canada and the United States and was recorded by several artists; it peaked at No.
- 2 on the Billboard and Cashbox charts in early 1956.
- She was voted Best New Female Singer by fan polls in both Billboard and Cashbox magazines in 1955.
- The Lorrie/De Val team was a part of numerous Grand Ole Opry packages in 1956."Are You Mine" received the Song of the Year award from BMI n the US in 1955 and from BMI in Canada in 1976.
- The song is in BMI's Millionaire Club and became a worldwide standard in the country song category.
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