Myrna Lorrie

Myrna Lorrie (b. 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's gave Lorrie her own radio show called "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.