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Film & TV

Glasgow, Scotland

Scottish singer-songwriter Eddi Reader MBE was born Sadenia Reader on 29th August, 1959 in Glasgow, the eldest of seven children. Starting out as a busker on Sauchiehall Street, she became a backing singer and session vocalist for Annie Lennox, Alison Moyet, Billy MacKenzie and The Waterboys, before forming Fairground Attraction and scoring a big hit with 1988's Perfect. Following the band's…

Known for

• Icons of Football — Self - Interviewed Guest2023
• St Andrew’s Day at the BBC — Self2021
• The Romantics and Us with Simon Schama — Self2020
• Burns by the Lagan — Self2019
• Billy Connolly: Made in Scotland — Self2018
• Me and Orson Welles — Singer2008
• Fairground Attraction – Full House — Self2005
• Kirsty: The Life and Songs of Kirsty MacColl — Self2001
• Your Cheatin' Heart1990
• Your Cheatin' Heart — Jolene Jowett1990

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Type

Person

Gender

Female

Origin

United Kingdom

Active from

1959-08-29

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

61,512

Total plays

887,708

Eddi Reader MBE (born 28 August 1959) is a Scottish singer, known both for her work with Fairground Attraction and for an enduring solo career, which in 2003 saw her showcase the works of Scotland's national poet, Robert Burns. Reader was born in Glasgow, the daughter of a welder, and the eldest of seven children (her brother, Francis, is vocalist with the band The Trash Can Sinatras). She began playing the guitar at the age of ten, and started her musical career busking <a href="https://www.la

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Gender

female

Citizenship

United Kingdom

Place of birth

Glasgow

Occupation

songwriter

Languages spoken

English language

Award

Member of the Order of the British Empire

Genre

pop music

Instrument

voice

Record label

RCA Records

Official website

eddireader.co.uk

Image

Eddi Reader2.jpg

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