Lulu (singer)

Lulu (2004)

Lulu (* 3. November 1948 in Lennoxtown , East Dunbartonshire as Marie McDonald McLaughlin Lawrie ) is a Scottish pop - singer and actress .

life and career

Lulu (TV fan club, 1965)

Already at the age of 15 Lulu became famous with her version of the song Shout by the Isley Brothers , which she performed with her group "The Luvvers". In 1965 she separated from the band and landed several single hits, including I'm a Tiger . In the USA she was in 1967 with her title To Sir with Love for five weeks at number one on the singles hit parade. That same year Lulu had a hit in the UK with The Boat That I Row . Also worth mentioning is her rendition of the David Bowie song The Man Who Sold the World , which was a top 10 hit in Great Britain in 1974.

In between, Lulu appeared again and again as an actress in various movies and especially on television (including as the mother of Adrian Mole ). In 1967 she starred alongside Sidney Poitier in the film Challenged - Young Thorns ( To Sir, with Love ) and also sang the theme song. She is also known to cineastes as the interpreter of the James Bond title song The Man with the Golden Gun (1974). In 1969 she represented Great Britain at the Eurovision Song Contest with the title Boom Bang-a-Bang and won tied with three other participants. Lulu also recorded this title in German, which also became a single hit. Lulu also recorded three other singles in German.

Together with Shakin 'Stevens , Freddie Fingers Lee , Alvin Stardust and Joe Brown, Lulu appeared on over 30 shows on the Let's Rock music show, directed by Jack Good, in 1980 and 1981 .

From 1977 to 1991 she was married to the British celebrity hairdresser John Frieda . Their son is the actor Jordan Frieda (* 1977).

In the 1990s she made a comeback with the boy band Take That and landed again at number one in the British charts . In 2002, she released an album with pop duets , which she sang with Elton John and Paul McCartney . Lulu was married to Maurice Gibb of the Bee Gees from 1969 to 1973 .

While working with Take That, she was said to have a relationship with the singer of the band Jason Orange . This was denied by both on the show An Audience with Take That .

Lulu currently works for the BBC, hosting a show on Radio 2 on Sunday afternoons from 3:30 pm to 5:00 pm (UK time).

Her autobiography was published in 2003 under the title Don't Wanna Fight No More .

In November 2009, Here Come the Girls started , a joint tour through Great Britain with the singers Chaka Khan and Anastacia . The program contained both own hits and cover versions. A year later the tour continued, this time with a concert in Ireland. Instead of Chaka Khan, Heather Small , the lead singer of the band M People, sang .

Discography

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Studio albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
		UK	US
1967	Love Loves to Love Lulu (UK) / To Sir with Love (US)	-	US24 (20 weeks) US	First published: October 1967 Producer: Mickie Most
1970	New routes	-	US88 (14 weeks) US	First published: February 1970 Producers: Arif Mardin , Jerry Wexler , Tom Dowd
1981	Lulu	-	US126 (10 weeks) US	First published: August 1981 Producer: Mark London
1993	Independence	UK67 (1 week) UK	-	First published: February 1993 Producers: Errol Henry, Ian Green, Cary Baylis, Eliot Kennedy , Mike Ward, Nick Martinelli, Barry Gibb , Maurice Gibb , Essentials
2002	Together	UK4th gold (10 weeks)UK	-	First published: May 20, 2002 Executive Producer: Elton John
2004	Back on track	UK68 (1 week) UK	-	First published: March 15, 2004
2005	A Little Soul in Your Heart	UK29 (3 weeks) UK	-	First published: August 8, 2005 Producer: Simon Climie
2015	Making Life Rhyme	UK35 (1 week) UK	-	First published: April 13, 2015 Producers: Richard Cardwell, Billy Lawrie

More studio albums

• 1965: Something to Shout About (UK) / 1973: Lulu! (US)
• 1967: From Lulu… with Love
• 1969: Lulu's Album (UK) / 1970: It's Lulu (US)
• 1970: Melody Fair
• 1973: Lulu
• 1976: Heaven and Earth and the Stars
• 1979: Don't Take Love for Granted
• 1982: Take Me to Your Heart Again
• 1989: The Man Who Sold the World
• 1997: Absolutely

Filmography (selection)

• 1967: Young Thorns (To Sir, with Love)

swell

1. ^ Text and music: Don Black and Mark London; Producer: Mickie Most; US catalog number: Epic 10187
2. ↑ For more information on the title, see: Bronson, Fred: The Billboard Book of Number One Hits . 3rd revised and expanded edition. New York City, New York: Billboard Publications, 1992, p. 231
3. ↑ M People singer Heather Small touring with Anastacia and Lulu , ProSieben.de, September 7, 2010, accessed on July 20, 2011.
4. ↑ Chart sources: Singles DE UK US

Web links

Commons : Lulu  - collection of images

• Lulu recordings in the catalog of the German National Library
• Lulu in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Official Lulu website
• Weekly BBC Show
• Lulu on Ready Steady Girls!