Q lazarus biography

American singer (–)

Musical artist

Diane Luckey (December 12, – July 19, ), known professionally as Q Lazzarus, was an American singer. She is best known for her song "Goodbye Horses", which became a cult classic after being prominently featured in a scene from Jonathan Demme's film The Silence of the Lambs.

Several of her songs were featured in other films directed by Demme before she disappeared from the public eye in the mids.

Q Lazzarus, famed musician who was later a Staten …

Life and career

Diane Luckey was born on December 12, ,^[1][3] in Neptune Township, New Jersey, the youngest of seven children.^[4] While attending the Mount Pisgah Baptist Church in Neptune as a child, she sang in the Mount Pisgah Youth Choir. She graduated from Neptune High School and, inspired by a production of Bubbling Brown Sugar on Broadway, moved to New York City at age 18 to pursue a music career.

She soon started working as a backup singer and jingle writer at Sigma Sound Studios.^[1]