Per Øystein Sørensen (born December 13, 1961) is a Norwegian singer and songwriter, best known as the vocalist of the new wave band Fra Lippo Lippi.

Biography

Sørensen joined Fra Lippo Lippi in 1982 as the new vocalist in time for their second LP, ''

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Shouldn't Have to Be Like That "Shouldn't Have to Be Like That" is a song by Norwegian new wave band Fra Lippo Lippi, first released in 1985 on their third studio album ''Songs'', on the band's own label, Easter Productions. The song was remixed for the 1986 international rei ...

", a double A-side with "

The Distance Between Us "The Distance Between Us" is a song by Norwegian new wave group Fra Lippo Lippi, first released in 1985 on their third studio album ''Songs'', on the band's own label, Easter Productions. The song was remixed for the 1986 international reissue o ...

". Fra Lippo Lippi ceased recording in the early '90s. However, in 2000, Fra Lippo Lippi performed again in the

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, where the band had a number of major successes during the '80s, having also performed there to a big audience in 1988. Aside from Fra Lippo Lippi, Sørensen has also worked with

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. In 2009, Sørensen launched his official Myspace profile, featuring songs from Fra Lippo Lippi and his solo works. His first solo album, ''Våge'' was released in Norway on September 28. The album is completely in Norwegian – a first in Sørensen's career. An English version of the album titled ''Master of Imperfection'' was released in 2012.Answers.com – Per Øystein Sørensen
/ref> In 2015, he recorded the album ''My Old Book – 30 Years of Songs by Per Øystein Sørensen and Fra Lippo Lippi'' with the

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. It was released in the fall of 2016.

Discography

Solo albums

* ''Våge'' (2009), daWorks * ''Master of Imperfection'' (2012), daWorks * ''My Old Book – 30 Years of Songs by Per Øystein Sørensen and Fra Lippo Lippi'' (with the

) (2016),

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References

External links

Official siteOfficial Myspace
Living people Norwegian male singer-songwriters Norwegian new wave musicians Male new wave singers 1961 births 20th-century Norwegian male singers 20th-century Norwegian singers 21st-century Norwegian male singers 21st-century Norwegian singers Rune Grammofon artists {{Norway-musician-stub