In the late 1960s, Lulu's pop career in the UK thrived and she had several television series of her own. In the UK, "To Sir With Love" was released on the B-side of "Let's Pretend", a number 11 hit. It sold well in excess of one million copies and was awarded a gold disc, being ranked by Billboard magazine as the number 1 song of the year. " To Sir with Love" became the best-selling single of 1967 in the United States. Lulu both acted in the film and sang the title song, with which she had a major hit in the United States, reaching No. Lulu made her acting debut in 1967 To Sir, with Love, a British vehicle for Sidney Poitier. When Most died in 2003, Lulu was full of praise for him and told the BBC that they had been very close. All seven singles she cut with Mickie Most made the UK Singles Chart, ending with "Boom Bang-A-Bang" reaching number 2 in 1969. 6 with " The Boat That I Row", written by Neil Diamond. She returned to the UK singles chart in April 1967, reaching No. After two hit singles with the Luvvers, Lulu embarked on a solo career.Īfter failing to reach the charts in 1966, Lulu left Decca and signed with Columbia, to be produced by Mickie Most. All her Decca recordings were made available in 2009 on a 2-CD set entitled Shout!, issued on RPM Records. In the same year, she recorded two German-language tracks, "Wenn du da bist" and "So fing es an", for the Decca Germany label. In 1966, Lulu toured Poland with the Hollies, being the first British female singer to appear live behind the Iron Curtain. Her next record, "Try to Understand", made the Top 40. Īfter the success of "Shout", Lulu's next charting single was "Leave a Little Love" in 1965, which returned her to the UK Top Ten. Massey guided her career for more than 25 years, for most of which time they were partners in business, and Massey's husband Mark produced some of Lulu's recordings. While only fifteen, her version of the Isley Brothers' " Shout", credited to "Lulu & the Luvvers", and delivered in a raucous but mature voice, peaked at No. In 1964, under the wing of Marion Massey, she was signed to Decca Records. Lulu in 1965 on the set of Fanclub, Dutch TV 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. Cairns had been a member of a Catholic gang and found in the research to have been in and out of prison at time of the birth of Lulu's mother. Her grandfather Hugh Cairns was a Catholic and her grandmother, Helen Kennedy, was a Protestant. The investigation into her genealogy showed that Lulu's maternal grandparents had different religions. 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. 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 of a kid." She has two brothers and a sister and her father, who died at 71 was reportedly a heavy drinker. She appeared with them every Saturday night: Alex Thomson, the group's bass player, has reported that even then her voice was remarkable. When she was 12 or 13, she and her manager approached a band called the Bellrocks seeking stage experience as a singer. She lived in Gallowgate for a while before moving to Garfield Street, Dennistoun. 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. In European countries, she is also widely known for the Eurovision Song Contest 1969 winning entry " Boom Bang-a-Bang", and for her 1964 hit " Shout", which she performed at the closing ceremony of the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. She had major chart hits with " To Sir with Love" from the 1967 film of the same name, which topped the Billboard Hot 100, and with the title song to the 1974 James Bond film The Man with the Golden Gun. Noted for her powerful singing voice, Lulu began her career in the UK but soon became known internationally. Lulu Kennedy-Cairns CBE (born Marie McDonald McLaughlin Lawrie 3 November 1948) is a Scottish singer, actress, and television personality.
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