Lena Loch

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Lena Loch
(1882 - 1975)

Scranton, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania 18512

Lena Loch was born on June 3, 1882. She died in April 1975 at 92 years of age. We know that Lena Loch had been residing in Scranton, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania 18512.

Lena Loch
Lena Loch

(1882 - 1975)

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In 1882, in the year that Lena Loch was born, on January 5th, writer and lawyer Charles J. Guiteau was found guilty of the assassination of President Garfield. Guiteau was "offended" because his job applications had been rejected by Garfield's government. He was sentenced to death -although his lawyer plead insanity - and hanged five months later, on June 30th.
In 1899, Lena was 17 years old when on February 4th, the Philippine–American War began. The Philippines objected to the Treaty of Paris, signed in 1898, that transferred possession of the Philippines from Spain to the U.S. Filipinos began a fight for independence and fighting between U.S. forces and those of the Philippine Republic broke out. On June 2nd, the Philippines officially declared war on the United States.
In 1933, at the age of 51 years old, Lena was alive when on December 5th, the Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified. The 21st Amendment said "The eighteenth article of amendment to the Constitution of the United States is hereby repealed." Alcohol was legal again! It was the only amendment to the Constitution approved for the explicit purpose of repealing a previously existing amendment. South Carolina was the only state to reject the Amendment.
In 1955, when she was 73 years old, on September 10th the TV show "Gunsmoke" debuted on CBS. It went on to be television's longest-running western. Matt Dillon, Chester, Doc Adams, and Miss Kitty became household names.
In 1975, in the year of Lena Loch's passing, on September 5th, Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme tried to assassinate President Ford in Sacramento, California. She failed when her gun wouldn't fire. President Ford escaped a second assassination attempt 17 days later on September 22 when Sarah Jane Moore tried to shoot him in San Francisco. A bystander saw her raise her arm, grabbed it, and the shot went wild.

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Lovich at University of Bradford in February 1979

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Lene Lovich ( / ˈ l eɪ n ə ˈ l ʌ v ɪ tʃ / ; born Lili-Marlene Premilovich ; March 30, 1949) is an English-American singer, songwriter and musician. She first gained attention in 1979 with the release of her hit single " Lucky Number ", which peaked at number 3 on the UK Singles Chart [1] and made her a leading figure of the new wave music scene.

Born in Detroit , Michigan , Lovich moved to England at the age of 13, where she met guitarist and songwriter Les Chappell, who later became her long-time music collaborator and life partner. She developed an interest in art and theater, enrolling at the Central School of Art and Design where she took saxophone lessons. [2] In 1975, she joined the band the Diversions and shortly afterwards wrote the lyrics to Cerrone 's single " Supernature ". After the band broke up, Lovich started looking for another band to join and contacted the radio presenter Charlie Gillett , who got her to record a demo of Tommy James and the Shondells ' song " I Think We're Alone Now " and played it to Dave Robinson of Stiff Records , who decided to sign Lovich. [3] The song was released as a single and appeared on her debut studio album Stateless (1978), which produced the single " Lucky Number ".

She released two more albums, Flex (1979) and No Man's Land (1982), on Stiff Records. In 1989, she independently released the album March , before her 15-year hiatus. She focused more on her family but came back in 2005 with the release of her album Shadows and Dust . [4]

In 2013, she established her own publishing label, Flex Music, and released a re-mastered version of all her previous albums in a limited edition box set .

Lovich was born Lili-Marlene Premilovich in Detroit, Michigan , to an English mother and American father of Serbian descent. After her father had health problems, her mother took the 13-year-old Lovich and her three siblings to live in Hull , East Yorkshire , England. She met guitarist/songwriter Les Chappell when they were teenagers, and he became her longtime collaborator and life partner. In the autumn of 1968, they went to London to attend art school. It was there that Lovich first tied her hair into the plaits that later became a visual trademark, though at first she braided her hair to keep it out of the clay when studying sculpture.

Over the following decade, Lovich attended several art schools, busked around the London Underground and appeared in cabaret clubs as an " Oriental " dancer. She also travelled to Spain, where she visited Salvador Dalí at his home. She 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. She recorded screams for horror films, wrote lyrics for French disco star Cerrone (including the sci-fi dance smash " Supernature ", later recorded by Lovich) and worked with various fringe theatre groups. She was also 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 . [ citation needed ]

In 1975, Lovich joined the Diversions, a funk group that released three singles and an album on Polydor Records without success.

In 1976, Lovich released a 7" three-track "maxi-single" in the UK under her own name, aimed at the Christmas market: "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus/The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas To You)/Happy Christmas" (Polydor 2058 812). In 1977, Lovich, along with recording engineer Alain Wisniak, provided lyrics for "Supernature", a song featuring music composed by French percussionist and disco music performer Cerrone. The song, with its surreal lyrics describing a world in which nature has risen to fight against desecration and destruction by humanity, is indicative of Lovich's interest in animal rights issues. In 1978, disc jockey and author Charlie Gillett presented her recording of " I Think We're Alone Now ", a cover version of a song originally performed by Tommy James and the Shondells , to Stiff Records boss Dave Robinson. Robinson immediately proposed to release it as a single on Stiff, for which Lovich and Chappell had to write and record a B-side at short notice. They came up with " Lucky Number ", which was then released as an A-side and became a Top 3 hit in the UK Singles Chart .

Invited by Robinson to participate in the forthcoming Be Stiff Route 78 Tour in 1978, Lovich quickly recorded her first album for Stiff, Stateless , which contained "Lucky Number" and another Top 20 hit, "Say When". [5] Lovich's musical style combined her own quirky inventions with contemporary punk rock and new wave styles. She 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 . She also recorded vocals for "Picnic Boy" by the Residents . [6]

Lovich co-wrote with Chappell and Chris Judge Smith and performed Mata Hari , a play/musical at the Lyric Hammersmith , London in October and November of 1982. During this time she was having disputes with Stiff. The success of the show and pressure from Epic , her U.S. label, persuaded Stiff to release and promote No Man's Land .

Following her departure from Stiff, Lovich released "Don't Kill the Animals," a single with Nina Hagen , with whom she had appeared in Cha Cha , a film that starred Herman Brood ; together, the three created the film's soundtrack .

In 1989, after an absence of several years to raise a family, Lovich recorded the album March on Pathfinder Records. It was only moderately successful and was not released until nearly a year after the album's single "Wonderland" had been issued and had become an American dance hit. She also toured the U.S. three times immediately before, during and shortly after the release of March , giving American fans their only glimpse of her for many years to come. All three tours culminated with benefit concerts for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals . Her tours supporting March were done with a band that featured the electronic duo Tanz Waffen as well as Les Chappell.

Lovich contributed to the opera The Fall of the House of Usher (1991) by Peter Hammill and Judge Smith , singing the part of Madeline Usher.

In 2005, Lovich appeared on Hawkwind 's Take Me to Your Leader CD and appeared occasionally on stage with them. Lovich's first album since March , entitled Shadows and Dust , received a limited release on the Stereo Society label on September 13, 2005. [7] She played for the first time in many years with a full band at the Drop Dead Festival in 2006.

In 2006, 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 .

In 2007, MVD Visual released the DVD Lene Lovich: Live from New York , featuring a 1981 performance at Studio 54 . In late 2007, Lovich and Chappell produced a new recording of their hit "Lucky Number", which was performed by rock group Eastroad and was used by BBC Television for its coverage of the 2008 World Snooker Championship .

In 2011, Lovich sang the part of Eurydice in the song story Orfeas by Judge Smith . [8] In 2013, she sang on the albums Zoot Suit by Judge Smith and Gridlock by Mr. Averell. [9] [10]

In 2012, 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. The Lene Lovich Band made its live debut at London's 12 Bar Club on October 29, 2012. In 2013, the band undertook its first high-profile tour, concluding with shows in London and Berlin, and was the fifth act to be announced for Rebellion Festival 2013 . Valkyrie replaced Fischer on bass in 2014 as the band undertook its first major European tour. The band performed at Rebellion again in 201
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