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Lena Martell
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Born
May 15
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1940
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Possilpark, Glasgow, Scotland
Birth name
Helen Thomson
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Lena Martell was born on May 15, 1940 in Possilpark, Glasgow, Scotland.
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She placed six albums in the UK Albums Chart between 1974 and 1980, including four that reached the Top 20.
Martell had surgery to replace a valve in her heart, and in March 2008 underwent a triple heart bypass operation.
She had released a number of standards in the 1970s on the Pye record label and drew crowds at cabarets.
Although out of the limelight for a while nursing her sick mother, Martell returned to the music industry, and toured in the UK.
She began singing at the age of 11 with her eldest brother's band. After his untimely death, she decided to pursue a career in music as a tribute.
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