Lene Lovich

Lene Lovich (1979)

Lene Lovich (born March 30, 1949 in Detroit , Michigan , real name Lili-Marlene Premilovich ) is an American singer. Her father was Serbian , her mother English . Lene Lovich not only sings, but also plays the saxophone on many of her recordings .

life and career

Lene Lovich came to the UK at the age of 13 and lived in Hull . In 1968 she moved to London . She was working on her graduation from art college when she got into show business : street musician , go -go dancer , actress . She sang for The Diversions and Cerrone and met in November 1977 the influential BBC - DJ Charlie Gillett . He sponsored her first record, I Think We're Alone Now , and left the finished piece of music to Stiff Records . With that, Lovich's career took its course. After I Think We're Alone Now , Stiff released the single Lucky Number in early 1979 , and Lovich had a hit at number 3 on the UK charts .

Various single hits followed. Lovich was to play the role in the film Breaking Glass that eventually brought Hazel O'Connor to fame; But her record company insisted that she - instead of filming - promote her records on a world tour. Your hit parade placements seemed to agree with management. But it was all too much for Lovich and she took 18 months off. Tom Verlaine then succeeded in getting her excited about music again; she sang on his album Words from the Front .

Lene Lovich (2017)

In 1979 Lovich played alongside Herman Brood and Nina Hagen in the film Cha-Cha . It was during this time that one of their most famous songs, Home , came into being, which was released as the B-side of the single Lucky Number.

Lovich's commitment to animal rights is also known. Together with Nina Hagen she wrote and sang the song Don't Kill the Animals against animal experiments in 1986 , which was released as a single. The song was also released on a benefit sampler on a benefit sampler for PETA in 1987, with titles from The Smiths , U2 and others .

In 1989, after a break of several years, she recorded the album March . The break came about because of her withdrawal into the family. The album was moderately successful and was, to everyone's amazement, only released a year after the first advance single Wonderland , which became a dance hit in American clubs.

A musical comeback was announced in 2005 . Lovich sang on the CD Take Me to Your Leader of Hawkwind with and accompanied them on a subsequent tour.

Lovich's first album since March , Shadows and Dust , was released on September 13, 2005 on Mike Thorne's Stereo Society label. At the Drop Dead Festival 2006 she performed with her entire band for the first time in years.

Her first live DVD, Lene Lovich: Live from New York , was released in autumn 2007 and featured a concert in the famous Studio 54 in 1981.

Lene Lovich stayed true to her style throughout her artistic career. She still works with Les Chapell to this day.

Discography

Studio albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1978	Stateless	-	-	-	UK35 (11 weeks) UK	US137 (10 weeks) US	First published: October 1978
1979	Flex	DE39 (8 weeks) DE	-	-	UK19 (6 weeks) UK	US94 (8 weeks) US	First published: December 1979
1982	No Man's Land	-	-	-	-	US188 (4 weeks) US	First published: November 1982

gray hatching : no chart data available for this year

more publishments

• 1981: New Toy EP
• 1989: March
• 1997: The Best of
• 1997: The Very Best Of
• 1999: The Stiff Years - Vol. I + II
• 2004: Lucky Number - The Best Of
• 2005: Shadows and Dust
• 2007: Live from New York

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1979	Lucky Number Stateless	-	AT18 (12 weeks) AT	-	UK3 silver (11 weeks)UK	-	First published: January 1979
	Say when stateless	-	-	-	UK19 (10 weeks) UK	-	First published: May 1979
	Bird Song Flex	DE44 (3 weeks) DE	-	-	UK39 (7 weeks) UK	-	First published: October 1979
1980	What Will I Do Without You Flex	-	-	-	UK58 (3 weeks) UK	-	First published: March 1980
1981	New Toy New Toy EP	-	-	-	UK53 (5 weeks) UK	-	First published: March 1981
1982	It's You, Only You (My Pain) No Man's Land	-	-	-	UK68 (2 weeks) UK	-	First published: November 1982

More singles

• 1978: I Think We're Alone Now
• 1980: Angels
• 1980: The Night
• 1982: Blue Hotel
• 1989: Wonderland
• 1990: Hold on to Love

Web links

• Official website (English)
• Lene Lovich's home at the Stereo Society
• Lene Lovich at Allmusic (English)
• Lene Lovich at Discogs (English)

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1. ↑ ^{a b} Chart sources: DE AT UK US
2. ↑ Music Sales Awards: UK