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Lene Lovich - Finding a Lucky Number
Season 1 · Episode 41

Lene Lovich - Finding a Lucky Number

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June 8, 202523m 29s

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Show Notes

In 1978, Lene Lovich signed with Stiff Records after years of art schools and travelling Europe , and she found her music career with the song, "Lucky Number". This song would reach number 3 on the UK singles chart and would help define the growing new wave genre.

Lene Lovich created a sound that mixed post-punk and new wave styles with international music, along with a quirky style to influence many artists that followed.

This episode tells the story of the early years of Lene Lovich's career and the music of her three albums on the Stiff Records label, through 1982.

Topics

New WavePost-PunkIndie Music