Janne Persson
Jan Persson (Janne Lucas), born 3 October 1947 in Gothenburg's Gamlestad Parish in Gothenburg, Sweden is a Swedish pianist and singer, scoring several chart successes in Sweden during the 1970s and 1980s.[1][2] Janne Lucas participated at Melodifestivalen 1980 with the song Växeln hallå, winning the contest. The upcoming year he participated with the song Rocky Mountain ending up third.
Jan Persson | |
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| Born | October 3, 1947 Gothenburg's Gamlestad Parish, Sweden |
| Genres | gospel, pop, rock, schlager |
| Occupation(s) | musician, singer, choral director, songwriter |
| Instruments | piano |
| Years active | 1960s- |
| Associated acts | Lucas, Onsala and Mölnlycke Gospel Choir, The Cadillac Band, |
For many years, Janne Lucas also acted as pianist for Vi i femman
Janne also accompanied the vocal group Noviserna for a while, where Anna-Lisa Cederquist participated.
The addressing name "Lucas" comes from a pop band in Gothenburg, where he was a pianist and singer during the late 1960s. The pop band Lucas won Sveriges Radio's Pop Band Competition in 1967, and charted at Tio i topp with the song Anti-Social Season. Before that, the cover song "Go Now" had already charted.
In a Bildjournalen issue was a commercial record with, among others, the band Lucas and the song One Night Stand.
On 6 November 2009, he participated at Doobidoo in SVT, playing the piano performing "Växeln hallå".
Persson is also a choral director for Onsala and Mölnlycke Gospel Choir
Discography
Albums
Singles
- 1980 - Ballade for Britta / Repent Valpurgis
- 1981 - Rocky Mountain / Dallas
Others
- 1975 - Ett steg till - Pugh & Rainrock (live-album with Pugh Rogefeldt and Ola Magnell)