Gertrude Wirschinger (born 4 November 1948), better known as Penny McLean, is an Austrian vocalist who initially gained acclaim with the disco music act

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, but also had exposure as a single recording artist. As a solo singer, she is most remembered for her million seller "

Lady Bump "Lady Bump" is a pop disco song by Austrian singer Penny McLean, released in 1975. It was a hit for McLean, who was formerly with Silver Convention. About the single The single backed with "The Lady Bumps On" was released on the Jupiter record lab ...

". She is also an author.

Early life and career

Gertrude Wirschinger was born in Klagenfurt. In the early 1970s, under the name Barbra Münzer, she was part of the duo Barbra & Helmut. They released "Hideaway" bw "Stop" on the

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label in 1972. Late she was a member of the trio Tony & Liza & Penny. In 1973, they released a single on the Ariola label, "Öffne Die Tür" ("Open The Door") bw "Der Fremde" ("The Stranger"). By the mid-70s, she was a member of Silver Convention, a group that also included Linda G. Thompson and Ramona Wulf. They had hits with " Save me" and " Fly, Robin, Fly". Around mid 1977, McLean left Silver Convention. She was replaced by Zenda Jacks. In October 1976, her single "Devil Eyes" was released on the

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label. Around July 1978, her album ''The Best of Penny McLean'' was released on Jupiter Records. In 1979, she released the single, "Tut-Ench-Amun" which was written by

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, Horst Hornung and Christian Dornaus. Backed with "Child of Egypt", it was released on Jupiter 100 698. By late 1980, she was on the

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label roster.

Hits

Her hit "Lady Bump" sold in the millions. She also had hits with "1-2-3-4-Fire", " Dance, Bunny, Honey Dance" and more.

"Lady Bump"

By November 1975, the track bw "The Lady Bumps On" was rated # 14 in the New York discos. In January 1976, it was #8 on the Cash box pop singles charts. In July 1976, "Lady Bump" #7 in Australia's 2S Music Survey. The single itself sold 3 million copies.

Writings

As a popular author, she has written on spiritual and numerology matters. Some of the books she has written are ''Lass los, was dich festhält. Von der Kunst, du selbst zu sein'', ''Numerologie und Schicksal. Ihr Leben ist berechenbar'' and ''Schattenspringer - Ein Jacobsweg der Seele''.Schattenspringer - Ein Jacobsweg der Seele
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Discography

Studio albums

Compilation albums

Singles

Film and television

References

External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:McLean, Penny Living people Austrian pop singers Austrian women pop singers 20th-century Austrian women singers Musicians from Klagenfurt Austrian women writers 1948 births English-language singers from Austria German-language singers of Austria Silver Convention members