1970-1979
Tag: Lulu
This week we feature music from the Proclaimers, Rolling Stones, Elton John, Lulu, Paula Cole, Poison, Bon Jovi, Donna Summer, Fleetwood Mac, Joshua Kadison, Marcia Griffiths, Mariah Carey, Cher, Spin Doctors and more. . . .
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Lulu Kennedy-Cairns, OBE (born Marie McDonald McLaughlin Lawrie; 3 November 1948), is a Scottish singer, actress, television personality and businesswoman. She is noted for her powerful singing voice.
She is internationally known, but especially by UK audiences in the 1960s. Later in her career she had hits internationally with “To Sir with Love” from the 1967 film of the same name and with the title song to the 1974 James Bond film The Man with the Golden Gun. In European countries, she is also widely known for her Eurovision Song Contest 1969 winning entry “Boom Bang-a-Bang”, and in the UK for her 1964 hit “Shout”, which was performed at the closing ceremony of the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.
Marie McDonald McLaughlin Lawrie was born in Lennoxtown, Stirlingshire, and grew up in Dennistoun, Glasgow, where she attended Thomson Street Primary School and Onslow Drive School. She lived in Gallowgate for a while before moving to Garfield Street, Dennistoun. At the age of 12 or 13, she and her manager approached a band called the Bellrocks seeking stage experience as a singer. She appeared with them every Saturday night: Alex Thomson, the group’s bass player, has reported that even then her voice was remarkable. She has two brothers and a sister, and her father was a heavy drinker. Aged 14, she received the stage name “Lulu” from her future manager Marion Massey, who commented: “Well, all I know is that she’s a real lulu[a] of a kid.”
In August 2017, Lulu’s family history was the subject of an episode in the UK series Who Do You Think You Are? The research showed that her mother had been brought up by another family. The investigation into her genealogy showed that Lulu’s maternal grandparents had come from across the religious divide in Glasgow. Her grandfather Hugh Cairns was a Catholic and her grandmother, Helen Kennedy, was a Protestant. Cairns had been a member of a Catholic gang and was found in the research to have been in and out of prison at the time of the birth of Lulu’s mother. Kennedy was found to be the daughter of a Worthy Mistress of the Ladies’ Orange Lodge 52; the discovery explained why the two families had opposed the union between Kennedy and Cairns.
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Lulu Kennedy-Cairns, OBE (born Marie McDonald McLaughlin Lawrie; November 3, 1948) is a Scottish singer-songwriter, actress, TV personality and businesswoman.
She is internationally known, but especially by UK audiences in the 1960s. Later in her career she had hits internationally with “To Sir with Love” from the 1967 film of the same name and with the title song to the 1974 James Bond film The Man with the Golden Gun. In European countries, she is also widely known for her Eurovision Song Contest 1969 winning entry “Boom Bang-a-Bang”, and in the UK for her 1964 hit “Shout”, which was performed at the closing ceremony of the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.
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This week on the Vinyl Resting Place – the women who went to number 1 during the Rock and Roll era. Featuring hits from Joan Jett & The Blackhearts, Rosemary Clooney, Carole King, Lulu, Dolly Parton, Sheena Easton, Little Eva, Gladys Knight & The Pips, Vicki Lawrence, Bonnie Tyler, Jo Stafford, Blondie, Brenda Lee, Singing Nun, Laurie London, Little Peggy March and more…. Join Willie B, 5pm ET on RadioMaxMusic.
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Starting Friday at 6pm ET and heard every Friday throughout the month of December we will countdown the Top 300 Hits of the Year. Our Top 300 is based on airplay and listener requests throughout the year between December 1, 2012 and November 30, 2013. Join Ron Kovacs at 6pm ET for the start of the countdown.
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Lulu Kennedy-Cairns, OBE (born Marie McDonald McLaughlin Lawrie, 3 November 1948, Lennoxtown, East Dunbartonshire), best known by her stage name Lulu, is a Scottish singer, actress, and television personality who has been successful in the entertainment business from the 1960s through to the present day. She is internationally identified, especially by North American audiences, with the song “To Sir With Love” from the film of the same name and with the title song to the James Bond film The Man with the Golden Gun. In European countries she is also widely known for her Eurovision Song Contest winning entry “Boom Bang-a-Bang” and in the UK for her first hit “Shout”.
| 1 | Boom Bang-a-Bang | |
| 2 | The Man Who Sold The World | (with David Bowie |
| 3 | Relight My Fire | (Take That featuring Lulu) |
| 4 | We’ve Got Tonight | (Ronan Keating featuring Lulu) |
| 5 | Me, The Peaceful Heart | |
| 6 | The Boat That I Row | |
| 7 | Oh Me Oh My (I’m a Fool for You Baby) | |
| 8 | To Sir, with Love | |
| 9 | I’m A Tiger | |
| 10 | I Could Never Miss You (More Than I Do) | |
| 11 | Boy | |
| 12 | Take Your Mama For A Ride | |
| 13 | Independence | |
| 14 | Morning Dew | |
| 15 | If I Were You | |
| 16 | Shout | (Lulu and The Luvvers) |
| 17 | Love Loves to Love Love | |
| 18 | Hum A Song (From Your Heart) | (with The Dixie Flyers) |
| 19 | Leave a Little Love | |
| 20 | Let’s Pretend | |
| 21 | Baby, I Need Your Loving | |
| 22 | Try to Understand | |
| 23 | I’m Back For More | (with Bobby Womack) |
| 24 | The Best Of Both Worlds | |
| 25 | Here Comes the Night | |
| 26 | After The Feeling Is Gone | (with The Dixie Flyers) |
| 27 | Heaven Must Have Sent You | |
| 28 | Roll The Dice | |
| 29 | Put A Little Love In Your Heart | |
| 30 | Sail On Sailor | (with Sting) |
