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Laurel Lea (3 October 194231 January 1992) was an Australian popular singer of the late 1950s and early 1960s. Lea appeared regularly on TV series, ''Bandstand'', ''Six O'Clock Rock'' and ''Saturday Date''. In 1974 and 1975 she toured throughout Australia with contemporaries Johnny O'Keefe, Johnny Devlin, Lonnie Lee and Barry Stanton. On 31 January 1992 Lea died of leukaemia. ==Biography== Laurel Lea was born as Lorraine May Chapman. She was raised in Armidale, New South Wales by Con Lianos and was known as Lorraine Lianos. Con and his wife ran a travelling performance troupe and Laurel joined them from the age of 15. Her younger brother Doug (born ca. 1946) performed as a drummer, Little Rock Billy in the early 1960s. In 1958 Lea signed with Leedon Records and was promoted by its founder, United States-born Lee Gordon. At the end of 1960, Lea broke her jaw in a fall and was unable to sing for six months.〔 She regularly appeared on TV series ''Bandstand'', ''Saturday Date'' and ''Six O'Clock Rock''.〔〔 Lea was inspired by Brigitte Bardot, "I used to copy her mannerisms, and the way she opened her eyes and looked up like this".〔 In October 1963 an audience of 40,000 attended a 2UW concert with the roster including Lea, Bee Gees, Lonnie Lee, Col Joye and Judy Stone.〔 Note: This source spells her last name as Lee.〕 Lea recorded several singles, but had limited chart success. In 1974 and 1975, she joined her contemporaries Johnny O'Keefe, Johnny Devlin, Lonnie Lee, Barry Stanton, Jade Hurley and Tony Brady in the Good Old Days of Rock 'n' Roll Tour which travelled throughout Australia. She also had a band in the 1980s called Chockarock. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Laurel Lea」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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