sentences:  Lydia Pense was born in San Francisco on December 14, 1947 and lived there until age 10 until the family moved to Redwood City, California.At age 14, while attending Sequoia High School, Pense started singing with a band called "The Dimensions," with Guitarist Fred Tatman, Larry Hatch and Kerry Yates.She was a fan of Brenda Lee and was singing her songs, but the band encouraged her to sing R&B in the style of James Brown, Chuck Berry, Fats Domino, and Ray Charles.