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Lulu Kennedy-Cairns,
OBE (born Marie McDonald McLaughlin Lawrie, 3 November 1948,
Lennoxtown, Stirlingshire), best known by her stage name Lulu, is a
Scottish singer-songwriter, actress and television personality who
has been successful in the entertainment business from the 1960s
through to the present day. She is most famous worldwide for her hit
"To Sir, with Love" and in the UK for "Shout".
On 29 March 1969, she represented the United Kingdom by performing
the song "Boom Bang-a-Bang" at the Eurovision Song Contest. "Boom
Bang-a-Bang" was the winner - with three other songs. The entries
from Spain, ("Vivo cantando" by Salomé), Netherlands, ("De
Troubadour" by Lenny Kuhr) and France, ("Un jour, un enfant" by
Frida Boccara) also finished in first place with 18 votes each.
There had never been a tie before, and the rules were altered to
prevent it ever happening again.
Only weeks before her
Eurovision appearance, Lulu married fellow musical star Maurice Gibb
of the Bee Gees in a ceremony in Gerrard's Cross. Maurice's older
brother Barry was opposed to their marriage as he believed them to
be too young. 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, childless, in 1973
but remained on good terms.
In 1977, Lulu
married John Frieda, who was previously her hairdresser, and
remained with him for twenty years until divorcing him in 1995,
having separated in 1991. They had one son, Jordan Frieda, later in
1977.
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