Lulu - Shout

Lulu Kennedy-Cairns, OBE (born Marie McDonald McLaughlin Lawrie, 3 November 1948, Lennoxtown, East Dunbartonshire, which was then in Stirlingshire), 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 through to the present day. She is famous for the title song from the James Bond film The Man with the Golden Gun, in North America for the film theme "To Sir, with Love" and in the UK for her first hit "Shout" and her Eurovision Song Contest winning entry "Boom Bang-a-Bang".

Lulu grew up in Dennistoun, Glasgow, where she attended Thomson Street Primary School and Onslow Drive Junior School. She lived in Gallowgate for a while before moving to Garfield Street. At the age of 12 or 13 she and her manager approached a band called the Bellrocks seeking stage experience as a singer. She appeared with them every Saturday night: Alex Thomson, the group's bass player, has reported that even then her voice was unbelievable.

Under the wing of Marion Massey, she was signed to Decca Records and at the age of fifteen her version of The Isley Brothers' "Shout", delivered in a raucous but mature voice, reached the UK charts. Massey guided her career for more than 25 years, for most of which time they were partners in business. Massey's husband, Mark, wrote many of Lulu's hits. Her backing group, The Luvvers, was quickly dropped.

In 1966 Lulu toured Poland with The Hollies, the first British female singer to appear live behind the Iron Curtain. In the same year she recorded two German language tracks, "Wenn du da bist" and "So fing es an" for the Decca Germany label. All of Lulu's Decca recordings were made available in 2009 on a 2-CD entitled Shout!, issued on RPM Records.

(extract from Wikipedia 2011)

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[CenaTv2]

Just wondering what this is from, as the quality is amazing.

I know it's from Ready Steady Go!, but what is the source that you transfered this from? As this looks far better than the crappy seven 25 minute avi files i have of these ready steady go clips. My copies of these are all blury and have a green tinge to them.

[mybestmusicvideo11]

@CenaTv2 - Hi sorry to take forever to reply... I'm working in the bush away from a good internet connection - it's a real pain in the arse! The source for the uploads was the Australian EMI 1983 Dick Clark Productions VHS video titled Ready Steady Go. I use an LG DVD/VHS combi drive to archive the old VHS tapes to DVD. It does a good job and only cost a couple hundred off Ebay. Cheers

[robaxx]

I love this clip.. pants, wiggle and all! Can you render it so that it's not squashed in the vertical?

[schwuppable]

The song rocks, but these pants...

[idontsignin]

She went to whitehill secondary school which is the same school I went to

[PrettyBlack1966]

This is an excellent version of this song! Lulu did a wonderful job!

[CenaTv2]

@mybestmusicvideo11 thanks. I'll have to look out for that VHS, as your uploads of Ready Steady Go far surpass the ones i got off the net.

[CenaTv2]

I'll also add that this clip has been edited. The opening intro has been shortened, and the line "you certainly knocked yourself out" at the start of the interview has been edited.

Original line "you certainly knocked yourself out" and then accidentally calls her Millie.

On this clip of yours, the words "dont you lulu" have been pasted over the mistake the presenter had made.