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{{short description|American rock singer and songwriter (born 1947)}}

'''Ian Lloyd''' is the singer of the band [[Stories]], who had the hit single "[[Brother Louie]]" in the USA. The song made #1 in the [[Billboard top 100]] charts. Formed by former [[Left Banke]] founding member Michael Brown, Stories also had the Brown composed hit single "[[I'm Coming Home]]" sung by Ian Lloyd.

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Lloyd later worked with the band [[Foreigner]] singing backup vocals. His subsequent solo efforts never matched the commercial success of Stories. He now lives in New York City and works at a baseball camp in Connecticut.

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Ian Lloyd

| image = Ian Lloyd in 2011.jpg

| caption = Lloyd performing in 2011

| landscape = no

| birth_name = Lloyd Buonconsiglio

| origin = [[Seattle, Washington]], United States

| birth_place =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1947|7|19}}

| death_date = {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}}

| instrument = {{flat list|

* [[Singing|Vocals]]

* [[guitar]]

* [[Bass guitar|bass]]

* [[Keyboard instrument|keyboards]]

}}

| genre = {{flat list|

* [[Rock music|Rock]]

* [[Pop music|pop]]

}}

| occupation = Singer, songwriter, musician

| years_active =

| label =

| associated_acts = {{flat list|

* [[Stories (band)|Stories]]

* Social Hero

* [[Fast Forward (band)|Fast Forward]]

}}

| website = {{URL|http://www.machinedreamrecords.com/}}

}}

'''Lloyd Buonconsiglio''', known professionally as '''Ian Lloyd''', (born July 19, 1947) is an American rock singer and songwriter best known as the lead singer of the band [[Stories (band)|Stories]]. The band's single "[[Brother Louie (Hot Chocolate song)|Brother Louie]]" rose to No. 1 on the U.S. [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] chart in August 1973.<ref name="#1">{{Cite web | last = US Top 100 Music Hits | date = August 25, 1973 | title = ''Brother Louie'' | publisher = [[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] website | url = http://www.billboard.com/charts/1973-08-25/hot-100 | accessdate=May 7, 2012}}</ref>

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In 1971, [[Michael Brown (rock musician)|Michael Brown]] and Ian Lloyd formed [[Stories (band)|Stories]]. They released two albums (''Stories'' and ''About Us'') with a handful of Billboard Top 100 charting singles. Brown left before the band recorded their third (and final) album, ''Traveling Underground'', which was released under the name, '''Ian Lloyd and Stories''', and included the Billboard #50 hit "Mammy Blue". After Stories, he pursued a solo career, with six albums to his credit. Lloyd has performed with numerous recording artists, assuming the role of a [[session musician]]. Lloyd continues to record, perform, and write, his most recent release being ''Everybody's Happy 'Cause It's Christmas Time''.{{fact|date=February 2024}}

==Stories==

Although Lloyd was classically trained on both [[piano]] and [[violin]], he first reached international acclaim as lead singer and bassist for the band [[Stories (band)|Stories]], formed with [[Michael Brown (rock musician)|Michael Brown]] of [[the Left Banke]] in the early 1970s. Lloyd sang lead on Stories' songs like "I'm Coming Home" (played as an anthem during the return of the [[Iranian hostage crisis|Iranian hostages]]), "Mammy Blue" and "Brother Louie". A re-recorded version of the latter with Lloyd on vocals is used as the theme song for [[Louis CK]]'s comedy series ''[[Louie (U.S. TV series)|Louie]]''.

''[[Rolling Stone]]'' praised Lloyd's songwriting, saying he displayed "a lyricist's most essential gift — the ability to produce a verbal approximation of the music's ambiance."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.superseventies.com/spstories.html|title=Stories - About Us|website=www.superseventies.com|accessdate=13 November 2017}}</ref>

==The Ian Lloyd Band and Social Hero==

In addition to projects of his own, Ian has worked with The Ian Lloyd Band with Dan Natelli on Guitar (1995-2010) recording two CD’s, Planet X and O-de-Poe. Ian Lloyd has been a member of New York rock act Social Hero since 1998, performing alongside his son, [[frontman]] David Lloyd. He contributed vocals to Social Hero's first album, ''The Famous'', released in 2009.<ref name="Social Hero history">{{cite web|url=http://www.socialhero.com/about/|title=Social Hero rock band from NYC|year=2011|work=official website|accessdate=17 November 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111005111755/http://www.socialhero.com/about/|archive-date=5 October 2011|url-status=dead}}

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==Other work==

He wrote a song for [[Elkie Brooks]]'s 1975 album, ''[[Rich Man's Woman]]''.

==Discography==

===Albums===

====Solo albums====

* 1976 ''Ian Lloyd'' (Polydor)

* 1979 ''Goose Bumps'' (Scotti Bros. Records)

** 1979 ''Love Stealer'' (Scotti Bros. Records, Japan version of "Goose Bumps")

* 1980 ''3WC*'' (aka "Third Wave Civilization") (Scotti Bros. Records)

* 1997 ''Planet X'' (Efa Records)

* 2009 ''In The Land of O-de-Po'' (Machine Dream)

====With [[Stories (band)|Stories]]====

* 1972 ''Stories'' (Kama Sutra) #182 released June 1972

* 1973 ''About Us'' (Kama Sutra) #29 (charted after it was reissued with "Brother Louie" added to the end of side two)

* 1973 ''Traveling Underground'' (Kama Sutra) #208

====With [[Fast Forward (band)|Fast Forward]]====

*1984 ''[[Living in Fiction]]''

===Singles===

====Solo singles====

*1976 "Never Been A Man" b/w "Silver Chains" (Polydor)

*1976 "Oh Let Me In" b/w "Sensations" (Polydor)

*1976 "Silver Chains" b/w "Never Been A Man" (Polydor, New Zealand release)

*1979 "She Broke Your Heart" b/w "Easy Money" (Scotti Bros. Records)

*1979 "Slip Away" b/w "Easy Money" (Scotti Bros. Records)

*1979 "Goosebumps" b/w "Slip Away" (Scotti Bros. Records)

*1979 "Love Stealer" b/w "Slip Away" (Scotti Bros. Records)

*1980 "Do You Wanna Touch (Oh Yeah)" b/w "Stop In The Name Of Love" (Scotti Bros. Records)

*1980 "Straight From The Heart" b/w "Third Wave Civilization" (Scotti Bros. Records)

*1983 "Stop In The Name Of Love" b/w "Dedicated To You" (Scotti Bros. Records, Germany release)

*2010 "Everybody's Happy 'Cause It's Christmas Time" (Machine Dream)

====With [[Stories (band)|Stories]]====

*1972 "I'm Coming Home" b/w "You Told Me" (Kama Sutra 545) #42

*1972 "Top of the City" b/w "Step Back" (Kama Sutra 558)

*1973 "Darling"(see below) b/w "Take Cover" (Kama Sutra 566) #111

*1973 "Love Is In Motion" b/w "Changes Have Begun" (Kama Sutra 574)

*1973 "[[Brother Louie (Hot Chocolate song)|Brother Louie]]" b/w "What Comes After?" (Kama Sutra 577) #1

*1973 "[[Mammy Blue]]" b/w "Travelling Underground" (Kama Sutra 584) #50

*1974 "If It Feels Good, Do It" b/w "Circles" (Kama Sutra 588) #88

*1974 "[[Another Love (Stories song)|Another Love]]" b/w "Love Is In Motion" (Kama Sutra 594)

==References==

{{Reflist}}

==External links==

*[http://www.machinedreamrecords.com/ Ian Lloyd homepage]

*[http://www.socialhero.com/ Social Hero homepage]

*[{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p18971/discography|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic discography]

*[http://ianlloyd.bandcamp.com/ Ian Lloyd Bandcamp]

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[[Category:Living people]]

[[Category:Singers from Seattle]]

[[Category:American male singers]]

[[Category:American session musicians]]