Lulu (singer)

Lulu
CBE
Lulu performing at The Sound of 007, 2022
Lulu performing at The Sound of 007, 2022
Background information
Birth nameMarie McDonald McLaughlin Lawrie
Also known asLulu Kennedy-Cairns
Born (1948-11-03) 3 November 1948 (age 76)
Lennoxtown, Stirlingshire, Scotland
OriginGlasgow, Scotland
Genres
Occupations
  • Singer
  • songwriter
  • actress
  • television personality
InstrumentVocals
Years active1964–present
Labels
Spouses
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(m. 1969; div. 1973)​
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(m. 1977; div. 1991)​
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Lulu Kennedy-Cairns CBE (born Marie McDonald McLaughlin Lawrie; 3 November 1948) is a Scottish singer, songwriter, actress, and television personality. Her career has spanned six decades. Her debut single, a cover version of The Isley Brothers song "Shout", reached the top ten of the UK singles chart in 1964. In 1967, she rose to international prominence after appearing in the film To Sir, with Love, singing the theme song, which topped the US Billboard Hot 100 for five consecutive weeks.

During the 1960s, she achieved another five top-ten hits in the United Kingdom, including "Boom Bang-a-Bang", which won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1969. With a powerful voice,[1] in 1974, she sang the title song for the James Bond film The Man with the Golden Gun. In the mid-1990s, Lulu had her first number-one single in the UK: "Relight My Fire", with English boy band Take That.

In 2002, she achieved her most recent top-ten entry in the UK chart when her collaboration with Irish singer Ronan Keating, "We've Got Tonite", peaked at number four. She has released 15 studio albums, with Together (2002) being her highest-charting, peaking at number four on the UK albums chart. She was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 2000 Birthday Honours and Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2021 Birthday Honours for services to music, entertainment and charity.[2][3]

  1. ^ Lulu (2002). I Don't Want to Fight. Time Warner Books. p. 214. ISBN 0751546259.
  2. ^ "No. 63377". The London Gazette (Supplement). 12 June 2021. p. B9.
  3. ^ "Birthday Honours: Lulu and Linda Bauld among Scottish recipients". bbc.co.uk. 11 June 2021. Retrieved 12 June 2021.