Laban (artist)

Laban (artist)

Laban was a 1980s pop duo consisting of Lecia Jönsson and Ivan Pedersen. Both members were born in Denmark and originally sang in Danish, before moving onto English language releases. They went on to limited international success with the releases of two albums, as well as singles such as "Love In Siberia" and "Caught By Surprise".

The duo formed in the early 1980s, and recorded the song "Hvor Skal Vi Sove I Nat?" ("Where Should We Sleep Tonight?") in 1982, a track original written by the Italian pop music group Ricchi e Poveri, known as "Sarà perche ti amo". A manager called Cai Leitner heard the song, and two days later it was released as a single. In 1986 they released "Love In Siberia" which spent several weeks in both the US and UK Top 100, and which launched the pair to international success. It resulted in an LP called "Caught By Surprise", in addition to a single of the same name.

The first album also included the single releases of "Donna, Donna" and "Ch-Ch-Cherrie", allowing the duo to release a second international album in 1987. The second album was more rocky than the first and failed to do as well. With their popularity fading, Laban split up in 1988.

Discography

Singles

* Hvor Skal Vi Sove I Nat? (Where Should We Sleep Tonight?)
* Meget Bedre Nu/Det jeg føler for dig (much better now/what I feel for you)
* Came-camera
* Kun et sekund (Danish version of Caught By Surprise)
* Kold som is (Danish version of love in Siberia)
* Donna, Donna
* Ch-Ch-Cherrie
* Love In Siberia
* Caught By Surprise (LP)
* Russian Roulette
* Fange i natten (Danish version of Prisoner of the night)
* Prisoner of the night
* Down on your knees
* Don't stop
* I close my eyes and count to ten

Albums

* Laban (1982)
* Laban 2 (1983)
* Laban 3 (1984)
* Laban 4 (1985)
* Caught By Surprise (1986)
* Laban 5 (1987)
* Roulette (1987)
* Greatest hits (1988)
* De største narrestreger (1997)


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