Loïs Lane (band)
| Loïs Lane | |
|---|---|
 Loïs Lane performing in 2006 | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Genres | Pop |
| Years active | 1984–present |
| Labels | Lana Lane (Polydor Records) |
| Website | www.loislane.nl |
| Members |
Monique Klemann Suzanne Klemann |
Loïs Lane is a Dutch girl group consisting of the sisters Suzanne and Monique Klemann. The group is known in the United States as Lois L, because the group was named after Lois Lane, the girlfriend of Superman.
Biography
The group was founded in 1984 by Monique Klemann; however, her background singer Angela left the group in 1985 and was replaced by her sister Suzanne Klemann. The sisters are of Indo (Eurasian) descent.
In 1987 they participated in the Grote Prijs van Nederland, the most important amateur musician contest, and were offered a record deal by Warner Music Group. In 1988 they recorded the title song "Amsterdamned" for the movie of the same name which resulted in their first moderate success; however, the record label dropped them and they started their own imprint, Lana Lane.
After this first exposure, they recorded their debut album Loïs Lane which peaked at #1 after their second single "It's The First Time" became a summer hit. This song came to the attention of Prince who became interested in the sisters.
In 1992 they recorded a new album Precious together with Prince, recorded two singles "Sex" and "Qualified" and joined Prince on his Nude tour.[1] In 1997 they wrote the title song for the television program Combat and also wrote the title song for an Emmy Awarded television program " Dunya and Desi " in 2003 " They had some moderate success with the album "Covers" which featured covers.
In 2004 the sisters decided to pose for Playboy partially as a joke .
In October 2013 they released their new album "As One" which spawned the singles "The Morning Patrol", "You and You and Me".
Solo career Monique Klemann
Monique started to embark on her solo career first as "Strapless In Soho", however she has released her debut solo album On Patrol in September 2006 under her own name. On Patrol was recorded because Monique played the leading role in the television series Parels & Zwijnen in which she sang jazz covers and thought that the songs deserved to be released as well. The album peaked at #35 in the Dutch album charts.[2]
Discography
Albums
| Date | Title | Chart (NL) | Certification |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Loïs Lane | 1 | Platinum [3] |
| 1990 | Fortune Fairytales | 4 | Gold [3] |
| 1992 | Precious | 14 | |
| 1993 | Live At The Arena | 59 | |
| 1995 | Fireflight | 14 | |
| 1996 | Covers | 52 | |
| Hit Singles 86/96 | 31 | ||
| 2000 | Hear Me Out | - | |
| 2009 | Motown! | - | |
| 2013 | As One | - |
Singles
| Year | Single | Peak positions | Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NED [4] |
BEL (FLA) [5] | |||
| 1987 | "Break it Up!" | 63 | - | Loïs Lane |
| "One Night Stand" | - | - | single only | |
| 1988 | "Amsterdamned" | 31 | - | Loïs Lane |
| 1989 | "My Best Friend" | 37 | - | |
| "It's The First Time" | 9 | 30 | ||
| 1990 | "Fortune Fairytales" | 7 | 35 | Fortune Fairytales |
| "I Wanna Be" | 20 | - | ||
| "This Must Be Love" | 45 | - | ||
| 1992 | "Qualified" | 14 | - | Precious |
| "Crying" | 45 | - | ||
| "I Oh I" | - | - | ||
| 1993 | "Sex" | 48 | - | |
| "People" | - | - | single only | |
| 1994 | "Medley" | - | - | Live At The Arena |
| 1995 | "Tonight" | 11 | - | Fireflight |
| "Something About Her" | - | - | ||
| "Hand" | - | - | ||
| 1996 | "Heart of Glass" | - | - | Covers! |
| "Simply Beautiful" | 50 | - | Hitsingles 86/96 | |
| 1998 | "Combat" | 52 | - | singles only |
| 1999 | "Everytime I Hear Your Name" | - | - | |
| 2000 | "Now That You Have Gone" | 85 | - | Hear Me Out |
| "Whatever You May Know" | - | - | ||
| 2002 | "When I'm With You" | 36 | - | singles only |
| 2003 | "Here You Come Again" | - | - | |
| 2004 | "This Christmas" | - | - | |
| 2007 | "Christmas Letter from a Soldier's Wife" | - | - | |
| 2013 | "The Morning Patrol" | - | - | As One |
| 2013 | "It's Because" | - | - | As One |
| 2014 | "You and You and Me" | - | - | As One |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released. | ||||
References
- ↑ Dutch Pop Institute Biography Loïs Lane (Dutch) Accessed: Aug 8, 2006
- ↑ PopInstituut.nl Discography Monique Klemann (Dutch) Accessed: November 4, 2006
- 1 2 NVPI.nl Dutch certification database. Note: Search for Lane Accessed November 4, 2006
- ↑ "Loïs Lane - Dutch Chart". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 2014-04-10.
- ↑ "Loïs Lane - Belgian Chart". ultratop.be. Retrieved 2014-04-10.