27th July 2026.
𝐒𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟐𝟕𝐭𝐡 𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐲 𝟏𝟗𝟕𝟒. In Cash Box, Lena’s single, Ma!… was at No 108 in the American charts. She told them that Shirley Bassey was her favourite singer.
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She was at number 91 in the Billboard charts.
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𝐒𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟐𝟕𝐭𝐡 𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐲 𝟏𝟗𝟕𝟒. The Scotsman published an account of their visit to Blackpool the previous week when they spent some time with Lena, her family, and the Solomons. The German photographer mentioned would be Norbert Unfried, he also photographed Lena in London and then a couple of months later in Hamburg.
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𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟐𝟕𝐭𝐡 𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐲 𝟏𝟗𝟕𝟓. In a Sunday Mirror article about Freddie Starr, it was mentioned that Lena and others would be doing Sunday shows in Blackpool.
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𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟐𝟕𝐭𝐡 𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐲 𝟏𝟗𝟕𝟓. Lena did a Sunday concert at The Ocean Theatre, Clacton. Leslie Crowther was doing the summer season there.
Maurice Dale took photographs of Lena.
𝐓𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟐𝟕𝐭𝐡 𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐲 𝟏𝟗𝟕𝟔. The South Eastern Gazette had a photograph of Lena and Bruce Forsyth to publicise Bring on the girls.
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𝐓𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟐𝟕𝐭𝐡 𝐉𝐮𝐥 𝟏𝟗𝟕𝟖. Lena appeared in a show at the Villa Marina, Douglas, Isle of Man.
𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟐𝟕𝐭𝐡 𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐲 𝟏𝟗𝟖𝟎. The Lena Zavaroni Show took place in a circus tent at the Minehead Summer festival.
𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟐𝟕𝐭𝐡 𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐲 𝟏𝟗𝟖𝟏. The Western Daily Press gave Summertime Special a bad review.
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𝐒𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟐𝟕𝐭𝐡 𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐲 𝟏𝟗𝟖𝟓. The Nottingham Evening Post ran an article about Lena’s comeback, to promote her appearance on “And There’s More.”
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The photograph was one of a set taken by United News on Tuesday 2nd April 1985.
𝐓𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟐𝟕𝐭𝐡 𝐉𝐮𝐥 𝟏𝟗𝟖𝟗. Thames television celebrated 21 years of light entertainment, including a clip of Lena.
Edinburgh Evening News:
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𝐓𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟐𝟕𝐭𝐡 𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐲 𝟏𝟗𝟗𝟑. In the Liverpool Echo, following her recording of Songs of Praise, Lena said that she had been worried about singing on TV after so long.
Shields Daily Gazette:
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𝐓𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟐𝟕𝐭𝐡 𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟔. In The Stage, John Barrowman said that he had been inspired to go into showbusiness after seeing Lena sing Ma!… It isn’t recorded whether or not he took his dick out for the interview.
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