1. Lene Lovich first gained attention in 1979 with the release of her hit single "Lucky Number", which peaked at number 3 on the UK Singles Chart and made her a leading figure of the new wave music scene.
23 Facts About Lene Lovich
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Lene Lovich is equally notable for her eccentric hairstyle, clothing and quirky sense of humor while performing.
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Lene Lovich developed an interest in art and theater, enrolling at the Central School of Art and Design where she took saxophone lessons.
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Lene Lovich released two more albums, Flex and No Man's Land, on Stiff Records.
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Lene Lovich focused more on her family but came back in 2005 with the release of her album Shadows and Dust.
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Lene Lovich travelled to Spain, where she visited Salvador Dali at his home.
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Lene Lovich played acoustic rock music around London, sang in the mass choir of a show called Quintessence at the Royal Albert Hall, played a soldier in Arthur Brown's show, worked as a go-go dancer with the Radio One Roadshow, toured Italy with a West Indian soul band and played saxophone for Bob Flag's Balloon and Banana Band and for an all-girl cabaret trio called the Sensations.
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Lene Lovich recorded screams for horror films, wrote lyrics for French disco star Cerrone and worked with various fringe theatre groups.
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Lene Lovich was one of thousands of audience members invited to sing along at the 1972 Lanchester Arts Festival at the Locarno Ballroom in Coventry when Chuck Berry recorded "My Ding-a-Ling" for Chess Records.
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In 1975, Lene Lovich joined the Diversions, a funk group that released three singles and an album on Polydor Records without success.
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Lene Lovich then recorded the albums Flex and No-Man's-Land for Stiff over the next few years, as well as an EP titled New Toy, the title cut penned by touring band member Thomas Dolby.
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Lene Lovich recorded vocals for "Picnic Boy" by the Residents.
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In May 1987, Lene Lovich performed with a band for the first time in years at a small club in Austin Texas called The Cave Club.
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Lene Lovich had been doing a series of events for PETA where she sang to prerecorded tapes.
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In 1989, after an absence of several years to raise a family, Lene Lovich recorded the album March on Pathfinder Records.
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Lene Lovich contributed to the opera The Fall of the House of Usher by Peter Hammill and Judge Smith, singing the part of Madeline Usher.
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In 2005, Lene Lovich appeared on Hawkwind's Take Me to Your Leader CD and appeared occasionally on stage with them.
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Lene Lovich played for the first time in many years with a full band at the Drop Dead Festival in 2006.
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In 2006, Lene Lovich made a guest appearance with the Dresden Dolls at The Roundhouse that is featured as an extra on the band's DVD Live at the Roundhouse.
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In 2011, Lene Lovich sang the part of Eurydice in the song story Orfeas by Judge Smith.
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In 2012, Lene Lovich began performing with a new band comprising Subterraneans frontman Jude Rawlins on guitar, bassist Lydia Fischer, keyboard player Kirsten Morrison and Morgan King on drums.
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The Lene Lovich Band made its live debut at London's 12 Bar Club on October 29,2012.
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In November 2023, Cherry Red Records released a 4-CD box set, entitled Toy Box, of material Lene Lovich recorded for Stiff Records from 1978 to 1983.