Jan Lars Persson (born 3 October 1947), known by his stage name Janne Lucas, is a Swedish singer, songwriter and musician.[1][2] He is best known as the lead vocalist and primary lyricist of pop band Lucas.
Janne Lucas was born Jan Persson in Gothenburg, Sweden, on 3 October 1947. As a child, he spent time in Frillesås, where his grandparents lived.[3]
Careeredit
1965–1969: Lucasedit
At the age of 18, Persson formed a pop group, Lucas. The group's name came from one of Persson's friends who thought that if you could call a pop group something as Tages, Lucas would work as a name too.[4] The group was characterized by his skilful piano playing and singing.[5] The group's breakthrough came two years later, in 1967, when they won Sveriges Radio's Pop Band Competition, and charted on Tio i Topp with the song "Antisocial Season". The band had its first success with a cover version of The Moody Blues' song "Go Now", originally written by Bessie Banks in 1964. Lucas' single was one of the most popular songs in Sweden in 1968. The song peaked at No. 2 on Tio i Topp where it stayed for 8 weeks.
Later in 1967, the Swedish newspaper Bildjournalen released its own vinyl record, on which Lucas was featured with their song "Touring". The band made several successful tours in Scandinavia throughout their career, playing as an opening act for The Rolling Stones in Helsingborg and for Jimi Hendrix at Liseberg.
As pop bands became less popular in the late 1960s, Lucas disbanded in 1969.
1969–present: Solo careeredit
As Lucas disbanded in 1969, Persson pursued a solo career. Persson played the piano on Pugh Rogefeldt's 1973 album Pugh on the Rocks. In the early 1970s, Persson moved to Las Palmas where he played the piano in the house band of a whiskey club. The Swedish music manager Stig Anderson contacted Persson, who wanted him to go on a summer tour together with Ted Gärdestad and Lena Andersson. Persson accepted and returned to Sweden.
janne, lucas, persson, lars, persson, born, october, 1947, known, stage, name, janne, lucas, swedish, singer, songwriter, musician, best, known, lead, vocalist, primary, lyricist, band, lucas, janne, lucasbornjan, lars, persson, 1947, october, 1947, gothenburg. Jan Lars Persson born 3 October 1947 known by his stage name Janne Lucas is a Swedish singer songwriter and musician 1 2 He is best known as the lead vocalist and primary lyricist of pop band Lucas Janne LucasBornJan Lars Persson 1947 10 03 3 October 1947 age 76 Gothenburg SwedenOccupationsSinger songwriter musicianMusical careerGenresRock pop gospel schlagerInstrumentsVocals pianoLabelsMariannFormerly ofLucas Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 2 1 1965 1969 Lucas 2 2 1969 present Solo career 3 Discography 4 References 5 External linksEarly life editJanne Lucas was born Jan Persson in Gothenburg Sweden on 3 October 1947 As a child he spent time in Frillesas where his grandparents lived 3 Career edit1965 1969 Lucas edit At the age of 18 Persson formed a pop group Lucas The group s name came from one of Persson s friends who thought that if you could call a pop group something as Tages Lucas would work as a name too 4 The group was characterized by his skilful piano playing and singing 5 The group s breakthrough came two years later in 1967 when they won Sveriges Radio s Pop Band Competition and charted on Tio i Topp with the song Antisocial Season The band had its first success with a cover version of The Moody Blues song Go Now originally written by Bessie Banks in 1964 Lucas single was one of the most popular songs in Sweden in 1968 The song peaked at No 2 on Tio i Topp where it stayed for 8 weeks Later in 1967 the Swedish newspaper Bildjournalen released its own vinyl record on which Lucas was featured with their song Touring The band made several successful tours in Scandinavia throughout their career playing as an opening act for The Rolling Stones in Helsingborg and for Jimi Hendrix at Liseberg As pop bands became less popular in the late 1960s Lucas disbanded in 1969 1969 present Solo career edit As Lucas disbanded in 1969 Persson pursued a solo career Persson played the piano on Pugh Rogefeldt s 1973 album Pugh on the Rocks In the early 1970s Persson moved to Las Palmas where he played the piano in the house band of a whiskey club The Swedish music manager Stig Anderson contacted Persson who wanted him to go on a summer tour together with Ted Gardestad and Lena Andersson Persson accepted and returned to Sweden Janne Lucas participated at Melodifestivalen 1980 with the song Vaxeln halla coming in second The upcoming year he participated with the song Rocky Mountain ending up third For many years Janne Lucas also acted as pianist for Vi i femman Janne also accompanied the vocal group Noviserna for a while where Anna Lisa Cederquist participated In a Bildjournalen issue was a commercial record with among others the band Lucas and the song One Night Stand On 6 November 2009 he participated at Doobidoo in SVT playing Vaxeln halla on the piano He is also the choral director for the Onsala and Molnlycke Gospel Choir Discography editSolo Grand Piano 1973 Ad Lib 1977 Born to Rock 1978 Solfeggietto 1978 Rocky Mountain 1981 Boeves psalm 1982 Jag vill jag tors jag kan 1984 White Christmas 1988 Lucas Lucas 1969 References edit Janne Lucas Swedishcharts com Archived from the original on 19 August 2014 Retrieved 31 July 2021 Janne Lucas Swedishcharts com Archived from the original on 19 August 2014 Retrieved 31 July 2021 Janne Lucas Persson Facebook com Retrieved 31 July 2021 Janne Lucas Persson Millners nu Archived from the original on 31 July 2021 Retrieved 31 July 2021 LUCAS HISTORIK Svenskpophistoria se Archived from the original on 31 July 2021 Retrieved 31 July 2021 External links editJanne Lucas Persson at Wikipedia s sister projects nbsp Media from Commons nbsp Quotations from Wikiquote nbsp Data from Wikidata Janne Lucas Persson discography at Discogs nbsp Janne Lucas Persson at IMDb Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Janne Lucas Persson amp oldid 1212597271, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
