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Katrina Elizabeth Leskanich (/ l ɛ ˈ s k ɑː n ɪ tʃ / lesk-AH-nitch; [2] born April 10, 1960) is an American musician and the former lead singer of the British pop rock band Katrina and the Waves.
In a 2020 interview, Katrina Leskanich revealed that, as an American national winning the Eurovision Song Contest for the UK, she was the target of criticism, with some people arguing that UK should have instead sent an English singer to the contest; she also claimed she was asked if she could "try and talk like an English person". [9]
In 2006, Katrina Leskanich recorded an acoustic version of the song for her self-titled album: (Leskanich quote:) "I kept saying to [her mid-1980s bandmates in Katrina & the Waves]: 'Let's do a [stripped-down] version of "They Don't Know"... There's another song in there that Tracey Ullman and [even its writer] Kirsty MacColl... didn't touch ...
Katrina Leskanich [e] United Kingdom: 1997 "Love Shine a Light" Lesbian [b] [10] 227 1 Dana International Israel: 1998 "Diva" Trans woman [11] [12] 172 1 Michelle Netherlands: 2001 "Out on My Own" Lesbian 16 18 Piasek Poland: 2001 "2Long" Gay [b] 11 20 Kim Kärnfalk [f] Sweden: 2001 "Listen to Your Heartbeat" Bisexual [13] 100 5 Sarit Hadad ...
In a 1997 interview Katrina and the Waves lead vocalist Katrina Leskanich indicated that it was members of the Samaritans who opined that "Love Shine a Light" "was the type of song which would win the Eurovision Song Contest and [so] at the last minute, [Katrina and the Waves] submitted the song with our £250 [entrance fee]" [4] for ...
Katrina Leskanich (Katrina and the Waves) Jenny Lewis (Rilo Kiley, Jenny Lewis and The Watson Twins) Juliette Lewis (Juliette and the Licks) Susanne Lewis (Hail, Thinking Plague) Little Annie; Little Eva; Cristina Llanos ; Lisa Lobsinger (Broken Social Scene, Reverie Sound Revue) Lisa Loeb; Lora Logic (X-Ray Spex, Essential Logic, Red Krayola ...
Katrina Leskanich; R. Kimberley Rew This page was last edited on 19 May 2020, at 09:43 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...
Katrina and the Waves. Katrina Leskanich – lead vocals, guitar; Kimberley Rew – guitar, vocals, lead vocals on "The Better You Love" and "Girl With Blue Eyes" Vince de la Cruz – bass, vocals; Alex Cooper – drums, vocals; Additional musicians. Don Airey – keyboards, string arrangements; Technical. Mike Nocito – producer, mixing