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Also known as Lulu Kennedy-Cairns, Marie McDonald McLaughlin Lawrie

Scottish singer

Person · Open Library

Born
1979
Died
2000
Works
32

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Acting · Lennoxtown, Stirlingshire, Scotland, UK

Lulu Kennedy-Cairns, (born Marie McDonald McLaughlin Lawrie; 3 November 1948), 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. 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…

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  • Twiggy — Self2025
  • Arthur's Whisky — Susan2024
  • Lulu at the BBC — Self2023
  • My Old School — Mrs. Holmes (voice)2022
  • ABBA V Queen — Self (archive footage)2022
  • The Sound of 007 — Self2022
  • The Sound of 007: Live from the Royal Albert Hall — Self2022
  • Sidney — Self2022
  • Celebrity Lingo — Self - Contestant2022
  • St Andrew’s Day at the BBC — Self2021

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282,780
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There are at least two artists called Lulu: 1) Marie McDonald McLaughlin Lawrie OBE (born 3 November 1948), best known by her stage name Lulu, is a Scottish singer and songwriter most known for the 1960s international hit record To Sir With Love. A native of Glasgow, Lulu shot to fame at the age of fifteen with her version of Shout, delivered in a raucous and extremely mature voice. Her backing group were called The Luvvers, but after several more British hits she left the group to become a so

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Also known as
Lulu Kennedy-Cairns
Born
Marie McDonald McLaughlin Lawrie , ( 1948-11-03 ) 3 November 1948 (age 77) , Lennoxtown , Scotland
Origin
Glasgow , Scotland
Genres
Pop pop rock blue-eyed soul
Occupations
Singer songwriter actress television personality
Instrument
Vocals
Years active
1964–present
Labels
Decca Atco Music for Pleasure Mercury
Formerly of
Lulu & the Luvvers
Spouses
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luluofficial .com

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Lulu | Scottish singer and songwriter

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Official website
luluofficial.com
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date of birth
1948-11-03
Commons category
Lulu
birth name
Marie McDonald McLaughlin Lawrie
name in native language
Lulu Kennedy-Cairns
pseudonym
Lulu
start of work period
1964-00-00
social media followers
47278
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Lulu Kennedy-Cairns (born Marie McDonald McLaughlin Lawrie; 3 November 1948) is a Scottish singer, songwriter, actress and television personality whose 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, the melody written by Mark London, which topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the United States for five consecutive weeks and became America's biggest-selling single of 1967.

During the 1960s, she achieved another five top-ten hits on the UK Singles Chart, including "Boom Bang-a-Bang", which won the Eurovision Song Contest 1969. From 1968–1973, she hosted her own television shows including Lulu's Back in Town (1968), Happening for Lulu (1968–1969) and It's Lulu (1970–1973). With a sought after powerful voice, she was commissioned in 1974 to perform the title song for the James Bond film The Man with the Golden Gun. In 1993, Lulu had her first number-one single on the UK Singles Chart: "Relight My Fire", a collaboration with Take That.

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