Lea Lorien is an
American
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female singer/songwriter and occasional actress from
New York City, New York
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who is the daughter of guitarist
Carlos Alomar
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and singer
Robin Clark
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Clark was born in New York. In 1966, when Clark was 16, she and future s ...
(both were performers on
David Bowie
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's 1975 ''Young Americans'' album, which featured Alomar's guitar performance on "Fame"). She was born in 1977.
She is the lead vocalist on
David Morales
David Morales (; born August 21, 1962) is an American disc jockey (DJ) and record producer. In addition to his production and DJ work, Morales is also a remixer.
David Morales has remixed and produced over 500 releases for artists including Ma ...
' 2004 number one
Billboard
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Hot Dance Music/Club Play
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song "How Would U Feel",
from the ''2 Worlds Collide'' CD, on which she performs four other tracks. The song charted at #18 on the
''Billboard'' Hot 100 in 2004. It also went on to feature in the "
Episodes from Liberty City" expansions for ''
Grand Theft Auto IV
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'' as the first track to play on the reformatted version of the Vladivostok FM radio station.
Lea Lorien's "Not Easy" appears on ''Independent Soul Divas'' released September 2008 (Lola Waxx Records (UK)). The song first appeared on Lem Springsteen's ''Terminal Love'' album on which Lea was a featured vocalist.
She is also the voice of Sunny Funny in the sequel to the Original PaRappa game, ''
PaRappa the Rapper 2
is a 2001 rhythm video game developed by NanaOn-Sha and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 2. The game is the third title in the ''PaRappa the Rapper'' series following ''Um Jammer Lammy''. The game was made available ...
'' for the
PlayStation 2
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.
See also
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List of number-one dance hits (United States)
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List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart
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References
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American dance musicians
American house musicians
American musicians of Puerto Rican descent
Hispanic and Latino American musicians
Living people
21st-century American singers
21st-century American women singers
Year of birth missing (living people)
American actors of Puerto Rican descent
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