1964: Lulu

Most Americans first heard of Lulu when she soared to the top of the charts with the pop ballad “To Sir with Love,” the theme to the film of the same name, in 1967. Actually, the Scottish singer — born Marie McDonald McLaughlin Lawrie — had been a star in Britain since 1964, when she hit the Top Ten with a raucous version of “Shout.”

Lulu’s mid-’60s recordings (which included a version of “Here Comes the Night” that preceded Them’s hit rendition) were often surprisingly rowdy and R&B-influenced. Although she didn’t match Dusty Springfield, her Brenda Lee-like rasp could be quite gutsy and soulful. Her career was headed in a determinedly middle-of-the-road direction by the late ’60s, which saw her hosting a British variety show and marrying Bee Gee Maurice Gibb (they later divorced).

Lulu raised a few eyebrows by traveling to Muscle Shoals studios to record her 1970 album New Routes and releasing a double-sided single of David Bowie tunes (which Bowie also played on and co-produced) in 1973. Lulu has recorded intermittently ever since — her well-received 2004 album Back on Track coincided with a U.K. tour marking 40 years since her first appearance on the charts — and she also continues to make TV and radio appearances in the U.K.

• Lulu Kennedy-Cairns

• Pop
• Pop rock
• Blue-eyed soul

• Glasgow, Scotland

• 1967

• 1964–present

• Something To Shout About ‎ (LP, Album) Decca, Decca 1965
• Lulu Sings To Sir With Love ‎ – (4 versions) Epic 1967
• Love Loves To Love Lulu ‎ – (4 versions) Columbia 1967
• Lulu! ‎ (LP) Ace Of Clubs 1967
• Lulu’s Album ‎ – (5 versions) Columbia 1969
• New Routes ‎ – (3 versions) Atco Records 1970
• Melody Fair ‎ – (4 versions) ATCO Records 1970
• To Love Somebody ‎ (LP, Album) Harmony (4) 1970
• Lulu ‎ (LP, Album) Chelsea Records 1973
• Heaven And Earth And The Stars ‎ (LP) Chelsea Records 1976
• Don’t Take Love For Granted ‎ – (3 versions) The Rocket Record Company 1979
• Lulu ‎  (4 versions) Alfa Records, Inc 1981
• Take Me To Your Heart Again ‎ (LP, Album) Alfa 1982
• Shape Up & Dance Volume 6 ‎ (LP) Lifestyle Records (2) 1984
• Independence ‎ – (4 versions) Dome Records 1993
• Independence ‎ (CD, Album) Dome Records 1993
• Together ‎ (CD, Album) Mercury 2002
• From Lulu With Love ‎ (LP, Album) Parrot Unknown

• 1964 “Shout”* (as Lulu and the Luvvers) (Decca)
• 1964 “Satisfied”/”Surprise Surprise” (as Lulu and the Luvvers) (Decca)
• 1964 “Can’t Hear You No More” (Decca)
• 1964 “Here Comes the Night”* (Decca)
• 1964 “I’ll Come Running Over” (Parrot)*
• 1965 “Leave A Little Love”* (Decca)
• 1965 “Try To Understand”* (Decca)
• 1965 “Tell Me Like it Is”/”Stop Fooling Around” (Decca)
• 1966 “Call Me” (Decca)
• 1966 “What a Wonderful Feeling” (Decca)
• 1966 “Wenn du da bist/So fing es an” (Germany)
• 1967 “Stealing My Love From Me” (US)
• 1967 “The Boat That I Row”* (Columbia)
• 1967 “Let’s Pretend”* (Columbia) (“To Sir, with Love” was the flip side of this single in the UK.)
• 1967 “To Sir, with Love”* (Epic)
• 1967 “Love Loves To Love Love”* (Columbia) — sampled by Fatboy Slim on “Santa Cruz”
• 1967 “Shout!” (US re-issue)*
• 1968 “Best Of Both Worlds”* (Epic) (US)
• 1968 “Me, The Peaceful Heart”* (Columbia)
• 1968 “Boy” (Columbia)*
• 1968 “Morning Dew”* (Epic) (US)
• 1968 “I’m A Tiger”* (Columbia)
• 1968 “This Time” (Epic)(US) (from the film “Hot Millions”)
• 1969 “Boom Bang-a-Bang”* (Columbia) (Recorded in English, French, Spanish, German, and Italian)
• 1969 “Oh Me Oh My (I’m a Fool for You Baby)”* (Atco)
• 1970 “Hum a Song (From Your Heart)”* (with the Dixie Flyers) (Atco)
• 1970 “Oh Me, Oh My (Povera Me)” (Italy)
• 1970 “After The Feeling Is Gone”* (with the Dixie Flyers) (Atco)
• 1971 “Everybody Clap” (Atlantic) featuring Maurice Gibb, John Bonham and Jack Bruce
• 1971 “Ich Brauche Deine Liebe/ Wach’ Ich Oder Träum’ Ich” (Atlantic) (Germany)
• 1971 “Warum Tust Du Mir Weh/Traurig, Aber Wahr” (Atlantic) (Germany)
• 1972 “Even If I Could Change” (Atlantic)
• 1972 “You Ain’t Wrong, You Just Ain’t Right” (Atlantic) (US)
• 1972 “Make Believe World” (Chelsea) (US)
• 1974 “The Man Who Sold the World”* (Polydor) (UK), (Chelsea) (US)
• 1974 “The Man With the Golden Gun” (Chelsea)
• 1975 “Take Your Mama for a Ride (Pt. 1)”* (Chelsea)
• 1975 “Boy Meets Girl” (Chelsea)
• 1975 “Heaven And Earth And The Stars” (Chelsea)
• 1977 “Your Love Is Everywhere” (GTO)
• 1978 “Don’t Take Love For Granted” (Rocket)
• 1979 “I Love To Boogie” (Rocket)
• 1981 “I Could Never Miss You (More Than I Do)”* (Alfa)
• 1982 “If I Were You”* (Alfa)
• 1982 “Who’s Foolin’ Who”* (Alfa)
• 1982 “I Will Do It For Your Love” (Alfa)
• 1982 “Take Me To Your Heart Again” (Alfa)
• 1984 “Is That So?” (Lifestyle)
• 1985 “Love Is The Answer” (Tonpress Poland)
• 1985 “Hello My Friend” (Tonpress Poland)
• 1986 “Shout!”* (Jive) (new version)
• 1986 “My Boy Lollipop”* (Jive)
• 1990 “Nellie the Elephant” (Mercury)
• 1993 “Independence”* (Dome)
• 1993 “I’m Back For More”* (Dome) (with Bobby Womack)
• 1993 “Let Me Wake Up In Your Arms”* (Dome)
• 1993 “Relight My Fire”* (with Take That) (RCA)
• 1993 “How ‘Bout Us”* (Dome)
• 1994 “Goodbye Baby And Amen”* (Dome)
• 1994 “Every Woman Knows”* (Dome)
• 1999 “Hurt Me So Bad”* (Mercury)
• 2000 “Better Get Ready”* (Mercury)
• 2000 “Where the Poor Boys Dance” (Mercury)
• 2002 “Phunk Phoolin'” (Kerphunk Ft. Lulu)
• 2002 “We’ve Got Tonight”* (with Ronan Keating) (Polydor)
• 2003 “All The Love In The World” (Mercury)
• 2004 “Keep Talkin’ I’m Listening” (Mercury)
• 2005 “Put a Little Love in Your Heart” (Globe)
• 2007 “Run Rudolph Run” (Mercury)
• 2010 “The Word Is Love” (Kobalt Music)

Oh Me Oh My

The Man With The Golden Gun

• Decca
• Atco
• Music for Pleasure
• Mercury

• The Luvvers

1. http://www.luluofficial.com/
2. http://www.lulusplace.co.uk/
3. http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJnAZi0dOKN_xI5nCEnc4SA