In 1978, after nearly ten years of leading and performing in dance bands at weddings, social events and corporate functions, musician Hank Lane, his wife Deeann Cowart and bandleader Marc Stevens, opened Hank Lane Music in New York City with the goal of making their mark in the private party industry. For over twenty-five years, Hank Lane Music & Productions has been an enterprise that encompasses a variety of entertainment services and products for weddings, private parties and events that includes more than twenty "set" dance bands and orchestras, a thriving DJ company, and an event design and lighting division.

The founding concept behind Hank Lane Music was to make sure clients could enjoy music performed the way it should sound as they celebrated their own weddings or other private personal, corporate or charitable events. Against industry practice, Hank believed the only way this could be accomplished was with "set" bands who work together all of the time. Every Hank Lane Orchestra possesses a special blend of youth, elegance and excitement with each band being equally adept in all styles of music including Classical, Swing, Big Band, Ballroom, Jazz, Motown, Rhythm & Blues, Rock from each era, Disco, Contemporary, Top 40 and Hip Hop, making them New York's most versatile dance bands on the market.

It wasn't long before Hank Lane Music became one of the top rated wedding dance bands in the New York metro area and for corporate and charitable events. Hank Lane Music has been consistently recognized as one of the best dance bands in New York in popular wedding websites, magazines and books. For the past several years and including for 2009-2010, editors of theknot.com have chosen Hank Lane Music as "The Best in New York" after being voted on by thousands of brides in the New York metro area. Another popular bridal website weddingwire.com has selected Hank Lane Music as a "Bride's Choice" for 2010. Hank Lane's Harris Lane Band has also been cited in New York Magazine as having the "Best Party Pop Band," the company has been selected by Town & Country magazine as one of the best dance bands in New York and by author Joan Hamburg in her must-have book, "City Wedding."

Hank Lane bands have performed at many notable events such as American Ballet Theatre, American Cancer Society, Gilda's Club, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, Mt. Sinai Hospital Crystal Ball, the New York Philharmonic's Opening Night Gala, Sean (Diddy) Combs' 35th birthday bash and the weddings of celebrities such as Vera Wang, Kenneth Cole, Elie Tahari, Ivanka Trump, JJ Philbin (daughter of television personality Regis Philbin), Liza Huber (daughter of actress Susan Lucci), Eddie Murphy and Donald Trump. Hank Lane's Michael Herman Band has performed at the White House. Hank Lane bands have also garnered national recognition with several appearances each on NBC's "Today Show" on the popular morning program's "Today Throws A Wedding" segment and on cable television's We Channel series, "My Fair Wedding with David Tutera."

In 1987, Hank Lane expanded to meet the growing demand for DJ entertainment forming More Than Music, a DJ and party entertainment service that offers hot young DJ's, MTV style dancers and party entertainers to their clients. In 1990, the company opened a New York City office making it more accessible for clients to meet to discuss specific details of their event. In 1996, Hank Lane Music acquired Fusion Lighting, a lighting, event design and audio-visual company, which visually enhances the performance of both the company's bands and their DJ's.

The company's roster of dance bands feature some of the most popular musical groups on the New York private party scene including the Bobby Attiko Band, Bleecker Street Band, Downtown Band, Downtown Express, East End Revue, Erik Marshall Band, Ernest Mills Band, Park Avenue Band, Frank Michaels Band, Hank Lane Revue, Harris Lane Band, Jeff Lubin Band, Kenny Ford Band, L'Evation, Madison Avenue Band, Marc Stevens Band, Michael Hart Band, Mike Herman Band, Paul Richards Band, Pete Saunders Band, Paula Atherton Band, Rhythm Revue, Riverside Drive, Russ Bennett Band, South Side Revue, Steve Delisi Band, Soho Rhythm, Rhythm Nights and the West End Revue.

Today, Hank Lane Music is the exclusively recommended music supplier for an impressive list of the New York areas leading hotels and catering facilities including, Cipriani 42nd Street, Cipriani Wall Street, Garden City Hotel, The Pierre, The Plaza, The St. Regis, the Waldorf-Astoria and the Yale Club to name just a few.