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Lulu Kennedy-Cairns, OBE (born: Marie McDonald McLaughlin Lawrie on 3rd November 1948 in Lennoxtown, East Dunbartonshire, Scotland, UK), best known by her stage name Lulu, is a Scottish singer, actress and television personality who has been successful in the entertainment business since 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 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 "Bo
Lulu Kennedy-Cairns, OBE (born: Marie McDonald McLaughlin Lawrie on 3rd November 1948 in Lennoxtown, East Dunbartonshire, Scotland, UK), best known by her stage name Lulu, is a Scottish singer, actress and television personality who has been successful in the entertainment business since 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 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", which was performed at the closing ceremony of the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.
In the late-1960s Lulu's pop career in the UK thrived and she had several television series of her own between 1968 and 1975, including 'Lulu's Back in Town', 'Happening For Lulu', 'Lulu' and 'It's Lulu'.
On 29 March 1969, she represented the United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest performing the song "Boom Bang-a-Bang". "Boom Bang-a-Bang" won it is her second biggest UK hit to date, reaching No.2 on the chart in 1969.
Just weeks before her 1969 Eurovision appearance, Lulu had married Maurice Gibb of the Bee Gees. Their honeymoon in Mexico had to be postponed because of Lulu's Eurovision commitment. Their careers and his heavy drinking forced them apart and they divorced in 1973, but remained on good terms.
In 1974 she performed the title song for the James Bond film 'The Man with the Golden Gun'. The same year she covered David Bowie's songs "The Man Who Sold the World" and "Watch That Man". Bowie and Mick Ronson produced the recordings. Bowie played saxophone and provided back-up vocals.
"The Man Who Sold the World" became her first top 10 hit in five years, peaking at number three in the UK chart in February 1974 and was a top 10 hit in several European countries.
In 1977 Lulu married celebrity hairdresser John Frieda. They had one son, Jordan Frieda, and divorced in 1991.
In 1993 she made a recording comeback with the single "Independence" which reached number 11 in the UK charts. This was the title track from the Independence album; all four singles released from this album reached the UK charts, as did two later singles released in 1994.
Her second single after Independence was 'I'm Back for More', a duet with soul singer Bobby Womack, which charted at a respectable number 27.
Also in 1993, the song "I Don't Wanna Fight", co-written by Lulu with Billy Lawrie and Steve DuBerry, became an international hit for Tina Turner.
Later that year she guested on the cover version of the Dan Hartman song "Relight My Fire", with boy band Take That. The single reached number one in the British charts and Lulu appeared as Take That's support act on their 1994 tour.
In 2000 she was awarded an OBE by Queen Elizabeth II.
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