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

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. After graduating college, Neale traveled to

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to play part in the musical ''

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''. 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

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and

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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

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and

Penny McLean Gertrude Wirschinger (born 4 November 1948), better known as Penny McLean, 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

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''Moxie''.

References

1948 births 20th-century American singer-songwriters American disco musicians American women singer-songwriters German-language singers of the United States Singer-songwriters from Ohio Singers 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