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Established in 1998,
Nostalgia Central is your one stop reference guide through five decades of music, movies, television, pop culture
and social history
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Lene Lovich
"If this remarkable lady is not big in '79 I shall send my
ears back for a new pair," declared Smash
Hits.
Her high-pitched warbling couldn't have made a mark in any
other era, and a penchant for Miss Havisham frocks and lace marked
Lovich as a Goth prototype. But Lene wasn't
new - she'd ducked punk in 1977 to collaborate with French disco
pioneer Cerrone.
Born Lili Marlene Premilovich in Detroit to Yugoslav/British
parents, her family moved to Hull in the UK when she was 13. While
at art college in London in 1974 she joined The Diversions. Four
singles and an album met with little success. She then caught the
ear of DJ Charlie Gillett who got her a contract with Stiff
Records.
1979's quirky and jerky Lucky Number brought her to
the mainstream, and 1982 became her final year in the charts. A
Mata Hari musical and collaborations with Nina
Hagen failed to rescue her career.
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