Per Øystein Sørensen

Per Øystein Sørensen (Per Sorensen)
Background information
Born	(1961-12-13) December 13, 1961 Oslo, Norway
Genres	New wave, pop rock
Occupation(s)	Singer, songwriter
Instrument(s)	Vocals, piano, keyboards
Years active	1982–present
Labels	daWorks Rune Grammofon EMI WEA Universal Virgin
Website	Official site Official Myspace

Per Øystein Sørensen (born December 13, 1961) is a Norwegian singer and songwriter, best known as the vocalist of the new wave band Fra Lippo Lippi.

Biography

Sørensen joined Fra Lippo Lippi in 1982 as the new vocalist in time for their second LP, Small Mercies.

The band's third album Songs contains the hit single "Shouldn't Have to Be Like That", a double A-side with "The Distance Between Us".

Fra Lippo Lippi ceased recording in the early '90s. However, in 2000, Fra Lippo Lippi performed again in the Philippines, where the band had a number of major successes during the '80s, having also performed there to a big audience in 1988.

Aside from Fra Lippo Lippi, Sørensen has also worked with Trine Rein. In 2009, Sørensen launched his official Myspace profile, featuring songs from Fra Lippo Lippi and his solo works. His first solo album, Våge was released in Norway on September 28. The album is completely in Norwegian – a first in Sørensen's career. An English version of the album titled Master of Imperfection was released in 2012. In 2015, he recorded the album My Old Book – 30 Years of Songs by Per Øystein Sørensen and Fra Lippo Lippi with the Norwegian Radio Orchestra. It was released in the fall of 2016.

Discography

See also: Fra Lippo Lippi (band) § Discography

Solo albums

• Våge (2009), daWorks
• Master of Imperfection (2012), daWorks
• My Old Book – 30 Years of Songs by Per Øystein Sørensen and Fra Lippo Lippi (with the Norwegian Radio Orchestra) (2016), Rune Grammofon

External links

• Official site
• Official Myspace