{{short description|Indian singer (born 1944)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2020}} {{Use Indian English|date=August 2016}} {{Infobox person | name = Lorna | image = Lorna Cordeiro in 2014.jpg | caption = Lorna in 2014 | birth_name = Lorna Cordeiro | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1944|8|9}} | birth_place = Bombay, British India<ref name="dajview" /> | occupation = Singer | citizenship = {{ubl| * British Raj (until 1947) * India (from 1947)}} | partner = Chris Perry<br/>({{circa|1961}}–1973) | years_active = 1960–1973; 1995–present | module = {{Infobox musical artist | embed = yes | genre = {{hlist|Konkani music|Jazz}} | instruments = Vocals | origin = Bombay, Bombay State, India | label = {{hlist|His Master's Voice|EMI}} }} }}
'''Lorna Cordeiro''' (born 9 August 1944), known mononymously as '''Lorna''', is an Indian singer. Referred to as the "Nightingale of Goa",<ref name="Daiji2018Ryan"> {{Cite web |url=http://www.daijiworld.com/news/newsDisplay.aspx?newsID=535475 |title=Doha: 'Nightingale of Goa' Lorna, DJ Ryan Nogar to perform at Orbital Nite |date = 1 November 2018 |website=Daiji World |access-date=16 December 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=7 Aug 2022 |title=A huge thank you to Goa's Nightingale |url=https://www.heraldgoa.in/Cafe/A-huge-thank-you-to-Goa%E2%80%99s-Nightingale/192657 |access-date=2024-07-17 |website=oHeraldo}}</ref> she performed with jazz trumpeter Chris Perry in the 1960s and 1970s. Her association with Perry ended in 1973, causing her to quit the music industry. She later came out of retirement in 1995, and still continues to perform.
==Early life== thumb|left|Lorna during her youth Lorna Cordeiro was born in Bombay on 9 August 1944 to Cecelia and Theophilus Cordeiro who hailed from Saligao, Goa. She is the third of their six children.<ref name="dajview">{{cite news |url=http://www.daijiworld.com/chan/music_view.asp?m_id=21 |title=Interview with Lorna Cordeiro |last=D’Mello |first=Gerry |date=9 May 2004|access-date=22 February 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060525203826/https://www.daijiworld.com/chan/music_view.asp?m_id=21|archive-date=25 May 2006|url-status=dead|publisher=Daiji World}}</ref> Her family were Goan Catholics. Lorna's father encouraged his children in music and to speak Konkani at home; their immediate neighbour in Goa, recalls being very impressed by the family's singing of Konkani hymns.<ref name="Nascimento2012"> {{Cite web|url=http://saligaoserenade.com/2012/03/remembering-the-mother-of-goan-nightingale-lorna/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120423180902/http://saligaoserenade.com/2012/03/remembering-the-mother-of-goan-nightingale-lorna/|url-status=usurped|archive-date=23 April 2012|title=Remembering the mother of Goan Nightingale Lorna|last=Mascarenhas|first=Nascimento|date=4 March 2012|website=Saligao Serenade|access-date=16 December 2018}}</ref> Cordeiro recalled how as a young girl another Parsi neighbour in Mumbai would clap and gift her four annas whenever he heard her sing along with the radio.<ref name="Telegraph2015"> {{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/7-days/hello-lorna/cid/1669461 |title=Hello, Lorna |date=4 January 2015 |website=The Telegraph India |access-date=16 December 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Dorin |first1=Stéphane |title=Swingin' India: The Colonial and Postcolonial Diffusion of Jazz in India, May 2012 |url=https://www.cairn-int.info/revue-l-homme-2012-2-page-169.htm |journal=L'Homme |date=4 June 2012 |volume=202 |issue=2 |pages=169–192 |publisher=Cairn International Edition |doi=10.4000/lhomme.23059 |access-date=8 February 2022}}</ref>
==Career== ===1960–1973: Initial career=== Lorna began her career by singing at weddings as part of a band called Bajaj and his Dance Band.<ref name="Telegraph2015" /> She was recognized by a musician<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.tajmahalfoxtrot.com/the-man-with-the-golden-guitar/ | title=The Man with the Golden Guitar – Taj Mahal Foxtrot | date=3 June 2011 }}</ref> who first heard her sing "Where The Boys Are" on Marvé Beach. He then invited her to sing "Under the Mango Tree" from ''Dr. No'' with his band at the Bandra fair. This performance impressed musician Chris Perry, who was in the audience and had been looking for a crooner.<ref name="DantasAvaz2019">{{Cite web|url=http://amchoavaz.in/viewpage.php?edition=Amcho%20Avaz&date=2019-06-15&edid=AMCHOAVAZ_AMC&pn=5#Page/5/Article/AMCHOAVAZ_AMC_20190615_5_2/326px/1C9BA1C|title=Lorna Cordeiro – Goychi Utkruxt Gavpi|language=gom|last=Dantas|first=Isidore|author-link=Isidore Dantas|date=15 June 2019|website=Amcho Avaz by Herald|access-date=16 June 2019}}</ref> After an audition, she began singing for Perry's band at the age of 15 and continued with them until she turned 26. He thus helped her launch her career and she regards him as her ''guru''. She became a popular jazz singer in nightclubs and star hotels in Mumbai, Calcutta, Madras, Delhi and Bangalore.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.firstpost.com/living/indias-jazz-age-is-documented-in-a-stunning-new-exhibition-at-the-serendipity-arts-festival-4267545.html|title=India's jazz age is documented in a stunning new exhibition at the Serendipity Arts Festival|last=Foss|first=Matthieu|date=20 December 2017|website=Firstpost|access-date=16 December 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://scroll.in/article/698052/morning-you-play-different-evening-you-play-different|title=Morning you play different, evening you play different|last=Fernandes|first=Naresh|date=3 January 2015|website=Scroll.in|access-date=16 December 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ingoanews.com/interview-with-goan-nightingale-lorna-by-william|title=INTERVIEW WITH GOAN NIGHTINGALE LORNA BY WILLIAM|last=Lad|first=Akshay|date=30 August 2015|website=In Goa 24X7|access-date=16 December 2018}}</ref>
Lorna is known mainly for singing in Konkani. Most of these songs were arranged and composed by Chris Perry. Her first song was "Bebdo" ({{Translation|"Drunkard"}}), which she performed on Miramar Beach, Goa. It shocked the audience due to its explicit nature. She soon became well known for her other songs, such as "Nachomia Kumpasar", "Pisso", "Red Rose", "Lisboa", "Adeus", "Tuzo Mog", "Noxibak Roddttam", "Abghat", "Calangute", "Aik Re Khobrankara", "Sorga Rajeant", "Pavsachea Tempar", "Amerikak Pavxi", "Sorg Tujea Dolleamni", "Tum Ani Hanv", "Ugddas" and "Mhoji Mai". As her popularity increased, the public started demanding only her solo performances from Perry, who then bound her by contract to not perform with anyone else for twenty years. She subsequently left music for a period of 23 years after a disagreement with him when she was 26 years old.<ref name="DantasAvaz2019" />
===1995–present: Comeback and other projects=== thumb|right|Lorna performing at a concert in 2015 In 1995, music director Ronnie Monseratte, who had been a part of Perry's band, managed to convince her to sing again. After a year of hesitation, she agreed to perform in a concert titled Hello Lorna, which was directed by Monseratte. However, on the day of the first show at Miramar Beach, on 1 December 1995, Perry came to the venue and showed the media the contract that she had signed to not sing with anyone else and threatened legal proceedings. After hiring new musicians, the concert began with Cordeiro performing "Aikat Mazo Tavlo" ({{Translation|"Listen to my voice"}}).<ref name="Telegraph2015" /> The concert's songs were released in a 1996 album of the same name.<ref name="dajview" />
In her long career, Cordeiro has sung for many great Bollywood music directors such as Bappi Lahiri, Kalyanji-Anandji, Laxmikant–Pyarelal and Rajesh Roshan. She has even sung alongside Mohammed Rafi ("Maria") and Sudesh Bhosle. After her comeback, she has performed in countries of the Middle East like Dubai, Kuwait, Qatar and Bahrain and even in parts of Europe like London.<ref name="dajview" /> She is seen performing in the 2004 Konkani film ''Aleesha'',<ref name="DantasAvaz2019" /> and the 2019 Konkani musical film, ''Kantaar'', features Lorna singing some jazz songs.<ref name="NavhindGomes2018">{{Cite news |url=https://www.navhindtimes.in/a-mumbaikars-perspective-of-goa-on-reel/ |title=A Mumbaikar's perspective of Goa on reel |last=Gomes |first=Venita |date=2 August 2018 |access-date=28 December 2018}}</ref>
==Personal life== While she was underage, Cordeiro was in a relationship with Goan musician, Chris Perry, who was sixteen years older and was also married, while they were both working together. However, following their breakup on her 27th birthday in 1973, she was unable to perform for nearly 23 years. Perry would threaten and assault anyone who would approach her to sing professionally. Lorna also remained unmarried because Perry also threatened possible suitors. She then began working as a compounder in a dentist's clinic, and was a victim of alcoholism before musician Ronnie Monserrate convinced her to start singing again in 1995. She currently lives in Dhobitalao, Mumbai.<ref name="Telegraph2015" />
==In popular culture== ===Films=== * ''Bombay Velvet'', the Bollywood film, is set in the 1960s and Lorna's voice was inspirational to Bollywood actress Anushka Sharma. Anurag Kashyap says that Anushka's character is a tribute to Lorna.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/the-love-song-of-lorna-cordeiro-the-inspiration-behind-bombay-velvet/|title=The love song of Lorna Cordeiro, the inspiration behind Bombay Velvet|last=Nagpaul|first=Dipti|date=25 May 2015|work=The Indian Express|access-date=4 December 2018}}</ref> * ''Nachom-ia Kumpasar'' ({{Translation|''Let's dance to the rhythm''}}), is a Konkani film. It is based on the lives of jazz musicians Chris Perry and Lorna. The film takes its title from the name of a song by the two artists. The story is told through over 20 popular Konkani songs from the 1960s and 1970s that have been re-recorded for this film. It is set in the 1960s and is a tribute to the "unsung" Konkani musicians of that era.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Lorna-inspired-my-film-Kashyap/articleshow/49899265.cms|title=Lorna inspired my film: Kashyap|last=Sayed|first=Nida|date=24 November 2015|work=The Times of India|access-date=4 December 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/magazine/story/tale-of-a-scarlet-fever/294380|title=Tale of a Scarlet Fever|last=Joshi|first=Namrata|date=1 June 2015|website=Outlook India|access-date=16 December 2018}}</ref>
===Advertisements=== In 2007, an international ad campaign by Nike for its cricket equipment featured a Konkani song "Rav Patrao Rav", based on the song "Bebdo". The advertisement was created and executed by the J. Walter Thompson advertising agency that made the ad and the song was recomposed by Ram Sampath.<ref> {{Cite web |url=http://specials.rediff.com/wc2007/2007/feb/27sld2.htm |title=Nike just did it! |date=27 February 2007 |work=Rediff.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181216090218/http://specials.rediff.com/wc2007/2007/feb/27sld2.htm |archive-date=16 December 2018 |url-status=live |access-date=16 December 2018 }}</ref>{{Promotion inline|date=August 2021}}
==Awards== In 2015, Cordeiro was presented with a Lifetime Achievement award at the "Film, Food, Fashion Festival", by Vishnu Wagh, then MLA and Vice-Chairman of Entertainment Society of Goa (ESG).<ref> {{Cite news |date=27 May 2015 |title=Lorna gets lifetime achievement award |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Lorna-gets-lifetime-achievement-award/articleshow/47435846.cms |access-date=4 December 2018 |work=The Times of India}}</ref> In 2018, she was awarded the ''Krutadnyata Puraskar'' (Lifetime Achievement Award) at the 11th Goa Marathi Film Festival, held at Kala Academy.<ref> {{Cite web |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/lifetime-achievement-award-for-lorna-at-marathi-film-fest/articleshow/64514534.cms |title=Lifetime achievement award for Lorna at Marathi film fest |date=9 June 2018 |website=The Times of India |access-date=16 December 2018 }}</ref>
==Discography==
'''Albums''' *''Concanim Hit Parade With Chris Perry And A Galaxy Of Top Artistes'' (1969), EMI, His Master's Voice<ref>{{cite web |title=Chris Perry – Concanim Hit Parade |url=https://www.discogs.com/master/1490294-Chris-Perry-Concanim-Hit-Parade-With-Chris-Perry-And-A-Galaxy-Of-Top-Artistes |website=discogs.com |date=20 August 1969 |publisher=Discogs |access-date=6 February 2022}}</ref> *''Hit Music From Goa'' (1977), EMI<ref>{{cite web |title=Various – Hit Music From Goa |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/5066830-Various-Hit-Music-From-Goa |website=discogs.com |date=20 August 1977 |publisher=Discogs |access-date=6 February 2022}}</ref> *''Chris Perry's Golden Hits'' (1979, re-released 2006)<ref>{{cite web |title=Chris Perry's Golden Hits |url=https://www.amazon.com/Chris-Perrys-Golden-Hits-Soundtracks/dp/B00NUAAKYI |website=amazon.com |publisher=Amazon |access-date=6 February 2022}}</ref> * ''Hello Lorna'' (1996), Ronnie M. Productions<ref>{{cite web |title=Hello Lorna |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/13262641-Lorna-Hello-Lorna |website=discogs.com |date=20 August 1996 |publisher=Discogs |access-date=6 February 2022}}</ref><ref name="dajview" /> *''Unforgettable Hits'' (2007), Sinaris<ref>{{cite web |title=Lorna (12) – Unforgettable Hits |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/14009875-Lorna-Unforgettable-Hits |website=discogs.com |date=January 2007 |publisher=Discogs |access-date=6 February 2022}}</ref>
'''Singles''' {{div col}} * "Aikat mazo tavlo"<ref name="Daiji2018Ryan" /> * "Nachomia Kumpasar" * "Pisso" * "Bebdo"<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.heraldgoa.in/Cafe/The-Bombay-to-Goa-Konkani-rap-connection/129160.html |title=The Bombay to Goa Konkani rap connection |date=7 April 2018 |website=oHeraldo |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181216091240/https://www.heraldgoa.in/Cafe/The-Bombay-to-Goa-Konkani-rap-connection/129160.html |archive-date=16 December 2018 |url-status=live |access-date=16 December 2018 }}</ref> * "Red Rose" * "Lisboa" * "Adeus" * "Tuzo Mog" * "Noxibak Roddttam" * "Maria", with Mohammed Rafi<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/music/Goan-song-and-dance/article17037599.ece|title=Goan song and dance|last=Kusnur|first=Narendra|date=14 January 2017|work=The Hindu|access-date=16 December 2018|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> * "Sorga Rajeant" * "Abghat" * "Aik re khobrankara" * "Amerikak Pavxi" * "Sorg Tujea Dolleamni" * "Tum Ani Hanv" * "Ugddas" * "Mhoji Mai" * "Calangute"<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.livemint.com/Leisure/AJVHke7VvvvVPerV1jv8WO/Konkani-a-language-in-crisis.html|title=Konkani: a language in crisis|last=Menezes|first=Vivek|date=13 September 2017|website=Livemint|access-date=16 December 2018}}</ref> * "Pavsachea Tempar"<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.heraldgoa.in/Cafe/Striking-a-chord-with-his-soulstirring-music/131716.html|title=Striking a chord with his soul-stirring music|last=Miranda|first=Karsten|date=5 June 2018|website=oHeraldo|access-date=16 December 2018}}</ref> {{div col end}}
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