Lorie Line was inducted into the Minnesota Music Hall of Fame in 2015. She joins the ranks with Bob Dylan, Prince and Judy Garland. Lorie grew up in Reno, Nevada and has been playing the piano since age 5. As a child prodigy, she won many annual Statewide piano competitions. Classically trained, she graduated from the University of Nevada, Reno with a BA in Music, Piano Performance. In 1986, she married Tim Line, moved to Minneapolis and landed the perfect job, serenading shoppers at the piano for Dayton’s department stores. It was from here that Midwestern fans took notice of her musical talent and style and her career took off.
Since then, Lorie has recorded 65 CDs and has published over 60 books of music, using her Yamaha CVP805 Disklavier as her tool to notate her music. She has sold 6 million albums (1 million at Dayton’s, 3 million in a Chex cereal box and 2 million on her own) and may very well be the most published arranger in modern day times. She has almost 800 songs available to download on Sheet Music Plus/ArrangeMe and has her own YouTube channel.
Lorie’s music has streamed over a billion times (all platforms) and she has just under one million active Lorie Line Pandora Radio listeners. She has toured the United States for 36 consecutive years, performing on over 2000 stages. Lorie has never taken one business course, but may own one of the largest independent labels in the world. She continues to be the hardest working woman in show biz, touring and performing about 50 concerts each year.
Over the years, Lorie has produced three television specials for PBS. The first “famous” person she entertained in her home was Governor Jesse Ventura. Since then she has played (and cooked) for Presidential candidates, Congressmen, Senators and more Governors. She has performed for three Presidents in her career – Bill Clinton and George W. Bush on Friends and Family Day at the White House (2000), and Donald J. Trump at Mar-a-Lago in the Grand Ballroom (2024).
Fans love her blogs as she shares personal stories of inspiration quarterly (posted on her web site). She has recently taken on a new venture and now hosts a dozen private concerts (The Living Room Series) where “super fans” come from all over the world to spend the evening with her and see her perform on her own stage in her own home.
Lorie has been married to her business partner, Tim (alias Santa) for 39 years. Over the years they have raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for charities. In 2023 they launched The Tim and Lorie Line Foundation (a dream come true!). She is a very proud endorsed Yamaha Artist and tours with her own Yamaha CFIIIS.
Tim and Lorie have two adult children. They have resided on Lake Minnetonka in Minnesota for 29 years.