Biography of Lisa Matassa (a.k.a.: Lisa Lynn)

Lisa Matassa is an American country singer and singer-songwriter. In the 1980s she had two pop hits reach the top ten on the Dance Music Charts, including 1987's "I've Got the Hots for You" and 1988's "Rock Me Baby", both credited to Lysa Lynn. She released a debut country EP on March 31, 2011 titled Me Time.

Lisa Matassa was born and initially raised on Long Island, New York. She comes from a musical family; her mother used to sing in a doo-wop group, and her grandmother was an opera singer. As a child she often listened to artists such as Loretta Lynn and Elvis Presley. When Matassa was seven years old her family moved to Fort Lauderdale, Florida, where they remained for eight years. Matassa began studying opera with an alumna of the Metropolitan Opera when she was about nine, continuing until age 14, when she branched into pop and rock. Her family moved back to Franklin Square, New York when she was in tenth grade.