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.Swedish album chartSwedish singles chart 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.

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
1977 - Ad Lib
1978 - Born to Rock
1978 - Solfeggietto
1981 - Rocky Mountain
1982 - Boeves Psalm
1988 - White Christmas

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)

Other websites
Diskografi at Discogs

References

Category:1947 births
Category:Living people
Category:Swedish singers