Biography

Linna Shane
Real name: Linna Biatress Schames
Effective period / Period of releases: 1956 - 1957
Singer Linna Shane (or Lina Shane) was actually the stage name for Linna Biatress Schames (1929-1988) a Southern California cowgal who recorded with at least one edition of the Sons Of The Purple Sage, a western/cowboy act which had several permutations. Apparently, Shane's husband also plays on this album, and she may have been the "girl" singer on some of their other albums