US musician, songwriter and producer. Born on February 2, 1941 in Rochester, New York. Died on 2011-03-18 at Lenox Hill Hospital. Brother of Shonnie Lane. Older brother of Bernie Lane aka Bernard Schreiber. Older brother of Zal Schreiber. He first got a job as a songwriter at the Brill Building in New York, in the 1950s, working with Neil Sedaka as a touring pianist and Bill Haley as a songwriter. In addition, he released some singles on Brunswick Records and Swan Records in the 1950s and 1960s. One of them, Shaggy Dog, became a minor hit, peaking at #38 on the Billboard Hot 100. His tune Hey Sah-Lo-Ney was covered by British group The Action and The Detroit Cobras (retitled as Hey Sailor). Lane continued working as a recording engineer from the late 1960s into the 1990s. In the 1970s he had the Mickey Lane Orchestra.
Vereinigte Staaten· Rochester