Lucy Neale (also known as Lucy O'Day) is an American-German artist, notable for being one of the vocalists of the 1970s

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disco group.

Life and career

Neale was born January 24, 1948 in Cleveland, Ohio. After graduating college, Neale traveled to Munich, West Germany to play part in the musical '' Hair''. She later released her first single in Germany, "Nur Beim Träumen ( Sad Sweet Dreamer) / Komm Heim Zu Mir". Later that year in 1974, she was hired by

Michael Kunze Michael Rolf Kunze (born 9 November 1943, in Prague) is a foremost German musical theater lyricist and librettist. He is best known for the hit musicals '' Elisabeth'' (1992), '' Dance of the Vampires'' (1996), '' Mozart!'' (1999), ''Marie Antoin ...

and Sylvester Levay to take part in the studio recording of

as a vocalist. A year later, she joined the Love Generation group. During the 1970s, she provided

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for several well-known artists, such as Donna Summer and

Penny McLean Gertrude Wirschinger, better known as Penny McLean (born 4 November 1948), is an Austrian vocalist who initially gained acclaim with the disco music act Silver Convention, but also had exposure as a single recording artist. As a solo singer, she i ...

. In 1980, she co-founded

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group along with former Silver Convention band member,

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. Neale left Germany in 1985 and moved back to the

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to pursue her musical career there. She currently lives in

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and is a member of girl group ''Moxie''.

References

1948 births 20th-century American singers American disco musicians American women singer-songwriters German-language singers Singer-songwriters from Ohio Musicians from Cleveland American disco singers American expatriate musicians Living people 20th-century American women singers 21st-century American women Silver Convention members {{US-singer-stub