Michael Lane Turner is an American

United States

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 singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriter

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. Signed to Warner Bros. Records

Warner Bros. Records

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 since 2004, he released two singles for the label, including "Always Wanting More (Breathless)", which reached #56 on the Hot Country Songs

Hot Country Songs

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 charts in 2004. Lane signed with Original Signal Recordings in 2009.

Early life

Turner was born in Monahans, Texas, and attended school in Levelland

Levelland, Texas

Levelland is a city in Hockley County, Texas, in the United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 13,542. It is the county seat of Hockley County. It is located on the Llano Estacado, west of Lubbock. Major industries include cotton farming and petroleum production...

, which he described as "a place so flat you can watch your dog run away for two days". He received his first guitar as a gift from his parents when he was eleven years old and his father taught him to play the songs he heard on the radio. He attended Texas Tech University

Texas Tech University

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 in Lubbock

Lubbock, Texas

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, where he was an All-America

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n decathlete

Decathlon

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. He also played in a band called Diamondback during his time in college.

Singing career

Turner signed to Warner Bros. Records in 2004. He released two singles for the label—"Always Wanting More (Breathless)" and "Let You Go"—but no album. He also co-wrote Blaine Larsen

Blaine Larsen

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's single "I Don't Know What She Said".

In 2008, Turner was a contestant on The Next GAC Star, which aired on the network Great American Country

Great American Country

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. He completed the competition as runner up to winning band One Night Rodeo.

As of early 2011, Lane has replaced Dustin Evans as lead vocalist for the country music band Western Underground. Lane and the band are currently in the works to tour in support of a dance/musical venture based on the life, and including the music of, Western Underground's original front man, the late Chris LeDoux.

Singles

Year	Single	Peak positions	Album
		US Country Hot Country Songs Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales...
2004	"Always Wanting More (Breathless)"	56	Right On Time
2006	"Let You Go"	—
2008	"Little Book of Matches"	—
2009	"Where's a Sunset (When You Need One)"	—	Lane Turner
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Music videos

Year	Video
2006	"Let You Go"
2008	"Little Book of Matches"
2009	"Where's a Sunset (When You Need One)"

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