Lauren Savoy

Lauren Waaktaar-Savoy (born 17 April 1963) is an American musician, composer, director and photographer. She was born in Boston, Massachusetts. Since 1995, she has played with husband Paul Waaktaar-Savoy and drummer Frode Unneland in the group Savoy.[1] Savoy has won the Spellemannprisen award for Best Pop Band twice (1999, 2001), and has been nominated three times.

Waaktaar-Savoy met her husband when he played with a-ha in the 1980s, and after being a couple for ten years, they were married in 1991. In 1999 they had a son together, named True August Waaktaar-Savoy.

The a-ha song "Angel In The Snow" was written for Lauren Savoy by Paul Savoy and he played it to her on their wedding day. He was too shy to make a speech so he wrote a song instead. Savoy has not released an album since 2007.

Discography with Savoy

Other appearances

Savoy appeared on the a-ha track "You'll Never Get Over Me" from the album Minor Earth Major Sky, providing backing vocals. She also has several co-writing credits on a-ha songs, including "Sycamore Leaves" and "The Sun Never Shone That Day".

Filmography

Savoy has made a name for herself as a director of music videos. Among her videos are:

References

  1. George-Warren, Holly; Romanowski, Patricia; Bashe, Patricia Romanowski; Jon Pareles (2001-10-30). The Rolling stone encyclopedia of rock & roll. Fireside. p. 10. ISBN 978-0-7432-0120-9. Retrieved 12 August 2011.

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