Lena Andersson (singer)
Lena Andersson | |
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pop | |
Occupation(s) | Singer |
Years active | 1970–present |
Labels | Polar |
Lena Marianne Andersson (born 11 April 1955) is a Swedish singer, scoring several hits in the early 1970s. Andersson was signed at 17-years-old as a Polar recording artist in 1971. Benny & Björn of ABBA wrote a song for her which came third in the 1972 Swedish Eurovision selection contest.[1][2][3] Andersson also recorded as a backing singer for ABBA.[4][5][6][7][8]
Biography
Early life
Andersson was born in April 1955. At age seven, she moved with her parents to
Initial success in the 1970s
Following some success with her LP, Andersson made her television debut at age 15 in April 1971 in
Later life
In the early 1980s, Andersson produced a few pop singles together with guitarist Lars Finberg (Tonight, Lay Baby Lay, Build Me Up and Inspiration). Despite some success with these singles, her output of professional releases decreased thereafter. Her last release (excepting compilation albums in 1991 and 2002) was Tonight (with B-side Coming Through), released in 1983. In 1997 she moved from Uppsala to Småland and worked together with pianist Magnus Eklof, amongst others, performing live regularly over the next four years. In 1999, she moved to
Current life
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On 26 May 2001, she married American songwriter and producer, Tobe Hubbard in Påskallavik Church and now adopted the surname Andersson-Hubbard. She moved on 22 August 2001 to the United States, a few miles north of San Diego, California. In April 2007, she moved with her husband after he was appointed as a children's pastor in the city of Turlock. Then they felt they needed to be closer to family and so moved to Phoenix, Arizona in 2011 where they both are working on her music with new friends from the 'valley of the sun'. She continues to sing, focusing on writing new music, authoring for various publications, and performing at church functions, festivals, medium to larger venues, as a choir member, a worship leader and as the main draw. In July 2015 she released her latest solo single Straight Line which replaced all of her past songs in iTunes.
References
- ^ Carl Magnus Palm Abba: Bright Lights Dark Shadows:- 2014 1783230495 The Swedish Broadcasting Corporation had already chosen these lucky singers, and among them was 17-year-old Lena Andersson, who had achieved her big breakthrough as a Polar recording artist in 1971. It was therefore only natural that Björn and Benny were in the studio with Polar singer Lena Andersson.
- ^ Billboard – 17 April 1971 – p. 52 "Polar Records has signed new girl singer, Lena Andersson".
- ^ Billboard – 25 December 1971 – p. 26 LENA ANDERSSON (Vocalist), Polar Records: Ar Det Konstigt Att Man ...
- ^ John Tobler Abba – Uncensored on the Record 1908538236 2012 The backing singers and musicians were as follows: on backing vocals were Lena Andersson (for whom, readers may recall, Benny & Björn had written a song which was placed third in the 1972 Swedish Eurovision ...
- ^ Billboard – 29 April 1972 – Page 59 Lena Andersson, 17, gets her first international disk release this month when Polydor issues "Saj De Med En Sang"— ...
- ^ MED EN SANG Lena Andersson — Polar Publ: Union Songs AB/Sweden Music, in Billboard Vol. 84, no. 27, 1 July 1972, p. 47.
- ^ Billboard – 15 May 1971 – Page 51 AR DET KONSTIGT ATT MAN LANGTAR BORT NAN GANG— Lena Andersson (Polar)
- ^ Billboard – 19 October 1974 ... commitments with several top Swedish artists, notably Svenne and Lotta, Ted Gaerdestad and Lena Andersson.