Barbara Dickson

Person · Open Library

Works

7

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Film & TV

Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland, UK

Barbara Ruth Dickson OBE (born 27 September 1947) is a Scottish singer and actress whose hits include "I Know Him So Well" (a chart-topping duet with Elaine Paige), "Answer Me" and "January February". Dickson has placed fifteen albums on the UK Albums Chart from 1977 to date, and had a number of hit singles, including four which reached the top 20 on the UK Singles Chart. The Scotsman newspaper…

Known for

• Set the Night on Fire: The Story of Ewan MacColl — Self2021
• ABBA: In Their Own Words — Self2020
• The Real Marigold Hotel — Self2016
• Sofia the First — Flora (voice)2013
• …Sings Musicals — Self (archive footage)2012
• Gerry Rafferty: Right Down the Line — Self2011
• The Alan Titchmarsh Show — Self2007
• Larry presents: Best of The 80s — Self2004
• Prachtig 80: Volume 2 — Self2003
• The Terry and Gaby Show — Self2003

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Gender

Female

Origin

United Kingdom

Active from

1947-09-27

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

27,485

Total plays

208,950

Barbara Dickson is a Scottish singer, best known for her stage and concert performances. Dickson was born in Dunfermline. Her singing career started in folk clubs around her native Fife in the sixties, exposing her to a rich combination of traditional and contemporary music. In the early seventies, she sang at a Liverpool folk club run by a young student teacher called Willy Russell. He showed Barbara the first draft of what would later become the award winning musical, ‘John, Paul, George, Rin

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Given name

Ruth

Family name

Dickson

Gender

female

Citizenship

United Kingdom

Place of birth

Dunfermline

Occupation

recording artist

Languages spoken

English language

Award

Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical

Field of work

music composing

Genre

middle of the road

Instrument

voice

Record label

Voiceprint Records

Official website

www.barbaradickson.net

Image

Barbara Dickson (22280529515).jpg

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