Robin Lee

Robin Lee (born Robin Lee Irwin on November 7, 1963 in Nashville, Tennessee) is a country music singer-songwriter from the ’80s and ’90s.

She first began her singing career in high school, performing at school dances and talent shows, and later made demo recordings for local publishing companies. Robin was later signed to a record deal with the Evergreen Records label.
In 1982, she released her debut single, “Turning Back the Covers (Don’t Turn Back the Time)” peaked at #87 on Billboard’s Hot Country Singles chart, staying on the chart for 3 weeks.

Her second single, “Heart for a Heart” fared slightly better on Billboard’s Hot Country Singles chart, peaking at #81, staying on the chart for 3 weeks.
In 1984, Robin released her third single, a cover version of Hot’s 1977 song, “Angel in Your Arms” which peaked at #54 on Billboard’s Hot Country Singles chart, staying on the chart for 10 weeks.
During that same year, she released three more singles: a cover version of the Honey Cones’ song, “Want Ads” (which peaked at #63), “Cold in July” (which peaked at #62) and “I Heard It on the Radio” (which peaked at #71) that were moderately on Billboard’s country music chart.

In 1985, Robin released the single “Paint the Town Blue” (featuring soft rock singer Lobo) which peaked at #49 on Billboard’s Hot Country Singles chart, staying on the chart for 7 weeks.
In 1986, Robin released her self-titled debut album which peaked at #57 on Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart.

The lead single from the album, “Safe in the Arms of Love” peaked at #44 on Billboard’s Hot Country Singles chart, staying on the chart for 10 weeks.  The follow-up single, “I’ll Take Your Love Anytime” peaked at #37 on Billboard’s Hot Country Singles chart, staying on the chart for 12 weeks.

The last single released from the album, “If You’re Anything Like Your Eyes” peaked at #48 on Billboard’s Hot Country Singles chart, staying on the chart for 8 weeks.
In 1988, Robin released her sophomore album, “This Old Flame” on the Atlantic America records label. It’s unknown how or if the album made the charts at all.

The three singles released from the album, “This Old Flame” (which peaked at #52), “Shine a Light on a Lie” (which peaked at #56) and “Before You Cheat on Me Once (You Better Think Twice)” (which peaked at #51) were moderately successful on Billboard’s Hot Country Singles chart.
In 1990, she released her third album, “Black Velvet” on Atlantic Records which peaked at #23 on Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart.

The title song, a cover version of Alannah Myles’ 1989 hit song, “Black Velvet” peaked at #12 on Billboard’s Hot Country Singles & Tracks, staying on the chart for 25 weeks, making it Robin’s only highest charting single to date.

The follow-up single, “How About Goodbye” peaked at #70 on Billboard’s Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart, staying on the chart for only 2 weeks.

The last single released from the album, “Love Letter” peaked at #67 on Billboard’s Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart, staying on the chart for 3 weeks.
In 1991, Robin released her last studio album to date, “Heart on a Chain” which didn’t make any album charts at all.

The only track to chart from the album, “Nothin’ But You” peaked at #51 on Billboard’s Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart, staying on the chart for 9 weeks. The follow-up single, “Back to Bein’ Blue” failed to chart at all.

In 1994, Robin released the single, “When Love Comes Callin'” which peaked at #71 on Billboard’s Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart, staying on the chart for only a week.

After her recording career slowed down, Robin signed as a songwriter for Big Tractor Music and later married songwriter Trey Bruce (whom she would later divorce).

She went on to write songs for artists such as LeAnn Rimes, Jo Dee Messina, Kippi Brannon, Jessica Andrews, Loretta Lynn and Tracy Lawrence. She last wrote a track for singer Mickie James’ album, “Strangers and Angels” in 2010.

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To see a video for “If You’re Anything Like Your Eyes”, go to:

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