Lee London

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**Lee Alexis London** (Korean: 리 알렉시스 런던; born July 5, 1957), better known by her stage name, **London** (Korean: 런던), is a Old Towner who made her debut in 1982 as a member of The Starz (Korean: 더스타즈). Since then, she has recorded a total of 19 albums, 14 of them full-length albums. She is acclaimed as Old Town's R&B diva, having garnered a wide range of fans over her 41+ year career. She is one of the few Old Town singers to have performed at Cameron's Lounge in Studio Town and has earned several top prizes from Simdol music awards. She is distinguished by her rich, throaty voice with wide vocal range on stage. She was born to a Old Town mother and an Champs Les Sims father, who served in the military in Old Town and was brought up by her mother alone, with the assistance of Lucille Spenster's child sponsorship program.

## Early life and education

London was born to a Old Town mother and an Champs Les Sims father in July 1957 in Al Simhara, Egypt and her upbringing was fraught with difficulties. Her mother met her father while in Old Town and would move with her father whenever he got redeployed somewhere else. When London's father found out her mother was pregnant he convinced her to move back to Old Town for the safety of their child.

Her mother refused to move for the first two years of London's life but she eventually moved back to Old Town when London's father got redeployed somewhere else again. London graduated from LeFromage Art School and having had enough of the difficulties didn't continue her education through high school. She has said that overcoming the difficulties came by singing.

## Career

In 1982, London made her debut with the girl group "The Starz" but Old Town public opinion doubted that a girl group could be successful in Old Town. The Starzs time allowed London to show off her skills such as eloquent dance but the interest she attracted was merely that of outward appearance. In 1986, *Fate* (인연), London's solo release debuted. 1988, with the age of disco setting in, *If it's night, every night* (밤이면 밤마다), saw her release a hit that rose and remained at number 7 on OBS charts through 1986, she rose immensely in popularity.

She has also released a Live album of Contemporary Christian Music, which was launched on August 11, 2006. It included Korean versions of the classic Christian songs *Amazing Grace* and *How Great Thou Art* (주 하나님 지으신 모든 세계), and other songs like *Jesus* (찬양해) and *Through Christ*.

In 2007, she got special attention for her performance of the song "A Goose's Dream".

## Personal life

She has Lee Jin Soul, also known as Jini, born 1984, who attended Dribbledine Sports Academy as a high honor student and graduated from University of Britechester. She also has a son Lee Sungwon, also known as Seth, born 1990, who attended Fort Starch Military School as a high honor student and graduated from Foxbury Institute.

## Discography

### Mini albums

* A Little A Little (2017)
* Contemporary Christian Music (2006)

### Single albums

* "Fate" (1986)
* If it's night, every night (1988)

* "I Like You" (2005)
* "The Rebirth" (2009)

### Digital singles

* "I Want To Be Me" (2002)
* "You Are Really Amazing" (2005)
* "Do Not Have" (2008)
* "Availability Period" (2011
* "Trickling" (2013)
* "I'm Good" (2014)
* "Pork Soup" (2017)
* "Round & Round" (2019)
* "Can You Hear Me?" (2019)

### OSTs

* "Space Flight OST Part.3 (2015)
* "Romeo Mannequin OST Part.4 (2016)