Lis Sørensen (born 28 May 1955) is a Danish pop/rock singer and songwriter. In the 1970s, she worked with Anne Linnet in Shit & Chanel, and they continued in the 1980s with

Anne Linnet Band Anne Linnet Band was a Denmark, Danish pop rock band with the singers Anne Linnet, Sanne Salomonsen and Lis Sørensen. Anne Linnet Band was formed in 1979, and recorded the all-time ballad "Det er ikke det du siger" with Sanne Salomonsen on vocal ...

. In 1983, Lis Sørensen released her first solo album. She is also known for being the first artist to record

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's " Torn", which was renamed "Brændt" (Danish for "Burned"). The song was later made famous by

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and

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. Lis Sørensen is the mother of Danish songwriter and music producer Sly.

Career

Lis Sørensen's music career began when she recorded an album titled ''It's So Easy'' in 1970, with her music teacher Holger Laumann. Laumann was a member of the jazz/rock band

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. Lis Sørensen became educated as music pedagogue at the Royal Academy of Music, Aarhus/Aalborg, and achieved fame with Shit & Chanel in the 1970s. Shit & Chanel became famous as the first all-female rock band from

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, which really made a commercial breakthrough in the

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. Naturally, the

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also admired the band. Lis Sørensen also sang backing vocals for Gasolin', Sebastian and others. Especially Sebastian also helped Lis Sørensen achieve success in the music industry, since they collaborated on some albums that were popular in Denmark.

consisted of the singers Lis Sørensen, Anne Linnet and

Sanne Salomonsen Susanne Salomonsen (born on 30 December 1955) is a Danish singer and songwriter, better known under the nickname Sanne Salomonsen. Salomonsen joined a local rock band in 1967, and her first solo album was released in 1973. She became one of the m ...

, as well as Holger Laumann and others. Anne Linnet Band was a major success in Danish rock history for the few years the band existed. After Anne Linnet Band dissolved, Lis Sørensen made her debut album as a solo artist ''Himmelen ned på Jorden'' in 1983, followed by other solo albums. Lis Sørensen's commercial pinnacle as a solo artist was her album ''Hjerternes sang'' from 1989, which has reached sales of 350,000 copies (only surpassed by Sanne Salomonsen with regard to sales of Danish rock albums from 1989). Lis Sørensen's compilation album ''Indtil dig igen: Sørensen's bedste'' was released in 1996, and has reached sales of 170,000 copies. She has also collaborated with Sanne Salomonsen and Tamra Rosanes in the music group Cowgirls, which recorded one album in 2001 named ''Girls Night Out''.Cowgirls

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Discography

Studio albums

Compilation albums

Live albums

Singles

References

External links

Official website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sorensen, Lis 1955 births Living people 20th-century Danish women singers Danish pop singers Danish women pop singers Singers from Aarhus