Loïs Lane

Infobox musical artist 2
Name = Loïs Lane


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Background = group_or_band
Years_active = 1984 - present
Origin = Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Genre = Pop
Label = Lana Lane (Polydor Records)
Current_members = Monique Klemann
Suzanne Klemann
URL = [http://www.loislane.nl www.loislane.nl]

Loïs Lane is a Dutch girl group consisting of the sisters Suzanne and Monique Klemann. The group is known in the United States as Lois L, because the group was named after Lois Lane, the girlfriend of Superman.

Biography

The group was founded in 1984 by Monique; however, her background singer Angela left the group in 1985 and was replaced by her sister Suzanne. In 1987 they participated in the Grote Prijs van Nederland, the most important amateur musician contest, and were offered a record deal by Warner Music Group. In 1988 they recorded the title song "Amsterdamned" for the movie with the same name which resulted in their first moderate success; however, the record label dropped them and they started their own imprint, Lana Lane.

After this first exposure, they recorded their debut album "Loïs Lane" which peaked at #1 after their second single "It's The First Time" became a summer hit. This song came to the attention of Prince who became interested in the sisters.

In 1992 they recorded a new album "Precious" together with Prince, recorded two singles "Sex" and "Qualified" and joined Prince on his "Nude" tour. [ [http://www.popinstituut.nl/biografie/lois_lane.1785.html Dutch Pop Institute] Biography Loïs Lane (Dutch) Accessed: Aug 8, 2006] In 1997 they wrote the title song for the television program "Combat" and had some moderate success with the album "Covers" which featured ABBA covers.

In 2004 the sisters decided to pose for Playboy partially as a joke to proof that lesbian women can be attractive to men as well.

Solo career Monique Klemann

Monique started to embark on her solo career first as "Strapless In Soho", however she has released her debut solo album "On Patrol" in September 2006 under her own name. "On Patrol" was recorded because Monique played the leading role in the television series "Parels & Zwijnen" in which she sang jazz covers and thought that the songs deserved to be released as well. [ [http://vrouw.nl/site/list_messages/4512 Vrouw.nl] Interview Monique Klemann, 18 September 2006 Accessed: November 4, 2006] . The album peaked at #35 in the Dutch album charts. [ [http://www.popinstituut.nl/discografie/monique_klemann.22140.html PopInstituut.nl] Discography Monique Klemann (Dutch) Accessed: November 4, 2006]

Discography

Albums

Singles

References

External links

* [http://www.loislane.nl/ Official website of Loïs Lane]