French Female Adult Models - Amanda Lear (Paperback)

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Amanda Lear (ne Tapp, born November 18, 1939, in British Hong Kong) is a French singer, lyricist, composer, painter, TV presenter, actress and novelist. Lear began her career as a fashion model in the mid 1960s and was also the muse of Spanish surrealist painter Salvador Dal. She first came to the public's attention as the fetish clad model on the cover of Roxy Music's album For Your Pleasure in 1973. She was a multimillion selling Disco Queen in the mid 1970s to the early 1980s in Continental Europe, Scandinavia, and other parts of the world with hits such as "Queen of Chinatown", "Follow Me", "Enigma (Give a Bit of Mmh to Me)" and "Fashion Pack". Lear has recorded 15 studio albums, released 60 singles and sold 15 million albums and 2530 million singles worldwide. In the mid 1980s she positioned herself as one of the leading media personalities in mainland Europe, especially in Italy and in France where she has hosted many long-running TV shows. Since the 1990s her time has been divided between music, television, writing and movies as well as pursuing her career as a painter. Currently she lives in Saint-tienne-du-Grs near Avignon in the south of France. Lear's early life is unclear, including her birthdate, names and nationalities of her parents, and the location of upbringing. Lear deliberately gives contradictory accounts of her early life, which has been the subject of various gossips in the media. Raised speaking French and English, she learned German, Spanish and Italian in her teens, which she used in her professional life. According to Lear's official biography she relocated to Paris having finished elementary school, to study at L'Acadmie des Beaux Arts, before joining St. Martins School of Art in London in 1964. In early 1965... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=1557996