About Lydia Pense
Born 1947. Lydia Pense is an American singer, jazz musician and singing.
Lydia Jane Pense (born December 14, 1947, in San Francisco, California) is an American rock-soul-jazz singer who, since 1969, has performed with the band Cold Blood. Critics have compared her style to powerful singers including Janis Joplin and Aretha Franklin.
History Pense's family moved to Redwood City when she was 10. At age 14, while attending Sequoia High School, Pense started singing with a band called the Dimensions, with guitarist Fred Tatman, Larry Hatch, and Kerry Yates.
The band Cold Blood separated in the late 1970s. Pense suspended her music career in the early 1980s to raise her daughter, Danielle before reforming the group in 1988. The band continues to record, tour and perform.
Discography Their initial four albums, Cold Blood, Sisyphus, First Taste of Sin (produced by Donny Hathaway), and Thriller remain the band's best-known work.
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American musician
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Lydia Pense was born on 14 December 1947.
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Lydia Pense is a singer, jazz musician and singing.
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