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[[File:Robert Charlebois and Zappa.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Robert Charlebois and Zappa. Photo credit: Michel Penomareff.]]
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[[File:Lene Lovich.jpg|350px|thumb|right|Lene Lovich.]]
  
'''Robert Charlebois''' (25 June 1944) is a French-[[Canada|Canadian]] singer and actor.  
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'''Lene Lovich''' (March 30, 1949) is a U.S.-British new wave singer and saxophonist, notable for her quirky songs, eccentric hairstyle and clothing. In 1979, she scored a hit in the U.K. hitparade with ''[[Lucky Number]]''. She also sang ''Picnic Boy'' on [[The Residents]]' ''Commercial Album'' (1980). In 1986, she and [[Nina Hagen]] released a duet, ''Don't Kill the Animals''. In 2007, a DVD was released, featuring a performance Lovich gave at [[Studio 54]] in 1981: ''Lene Lovich: Live from New York'' .
  
==Zappa and Charlebois==
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==Frank Zappa and Lene Lovich==
  
Zappa arranged and played guitar on Charlebois' track "Petroleum", recorded on 30 June 1974. However, he didn't release it right away.  
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Zappa played ''Lucky Number'' as guest DJ on [[WPIX, New York]] (21 November 1979), ''[[Star Special]]'' (BBC Radio 1, 21 January 1980) and on ''[[KSJO, San Jose]]'' (2 April 1980).  
  
"He owns the tapes," Zappa says gruffly. "So it was him who never released them."<ref> Juan Rodriguez, The Gazette, October 24, 1977</ref>
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Interviewed by Barry Alfonso for ''Songwriter'' (June 1980), Zappa commented on her:
  
On 22 October 1977 Charlebois met Zappa backstage at the Forum in [[Montreal]], Quebec in Canada. That same year "[[Petroleum]]" was released on Charlebois' album ''Swing Charlebois Swing'' (LP, Canadian Solution Ltée/Kébec Disc SN 939, 1977).  
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"''I like 'Typical Girls' by The Slits, stuff by The Buzzcocks, one or two songs by the Police. I think one of the best records of last year was 'Lucky Number' by Lene Lovich. It's a good song, it has a fantastic arrangement and her singing is great.''" <ref>https://www.afka.net/Articles/1980-06_Songwriter.htm</ref>
  
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Lene Lovich is also mentioned and thanked in the liner notes of ''[[The MOFO Project/Object (Fazedooh)|The MOFO Project/Object]]'' (2006) album. <ref>http://donlope.net/fz/notes/The_MOFO_Project_Object.html#Contributors</ref>
  
==Quotes by Charlebois about Zappa==
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==Sources==
 
 
''"My only friend in American showbiz along with Stan Getz. He gave me a nice present by producing my song 'Petroleum'. I believe that he dreamed of being [[Edgard Varèse|Varèse]] or [[Karlheinz Stockhausen|Stockhausen]] at the end of his life. He was a workaholic who hated drugs."'' - Robert Charlebois, 14 November 2001, Zut boF. <ref>Journal Voir édition du 8 au 14 novembre 2001 vol. 10 no 14</ref>
 
 
 
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==External links==
 
==External links==
* [[Wikipedia:Robert Charlebois]]
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* [[Wikipedia:Lene Lovich]]
  
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Latest revision as of 16:12, 27 January 2025

Lene Lovich.

Lene Lovich (March 30, 1949) is a U.S.-British new wave singer and saxophonist, notable for her quirky songs, eccentric hairstyle and clothing. In 1979, she scored a hit in the U.K. hitparade with Lucky Number. She also sang Picnic Boy on The Residents' Commercial Album (1980). In 1986, she and Nina Hagen released a duet, Don't Kill the Animals. In 2007, a DVD was released, featuring a performance Lovich gave at Studio 54 in 1981: Lene Lovich: Live from New York .

Frank Zappa and Lene Lovich

Zappa played Lucky Number as guest DJ on WPIX, New York (21 November 1979), Star Special (BBC Radio 1, 21 January 1980) and on KSJO, San Jose (2 April 1980).

Interviewed by Barry Alfonso for Songwriter (June 1980), Zappa commented on her:

"I like 'Typical Girls' by The Slits, stuff by The Buzzcocks, one or two songs by the Police. I think one of the best records of last year was 'Lucky Number' by Lene Lovich. It's a good song, it has a fantastic arrangement and her singing is great." [1]

Lene Lovich is also mentioned and thanked in the liner notes of The MOFO Project/Object (2006) album. [2]

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