Lulu

Lulu is, to me, one of the great survivors of British pop, six decades and counting. She burst out of Glasgow as a teenager with her ferocious cover of "Shout" in 1964, and that voice, far bigger than her frame, still astonishes me. She topped the US chart with the title song from To Sir with Love, and she even sang a James Bond theme with "The Man with the Golden Gun." What I respect is how she kept reinventing, scoring a 1990s hit alongside Take That. The OBE-honoured singer is a genuine institution, and her sheer staying power is something I find endlessly impressive.

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.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Name (English)

Lulu

Name (Japanese)

ルル

Reading

るる

Born

November 3, 1948 (age 77)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Rat

Origin

Glasgow, United Kingdom

Blood type

Private

Height

Private

Agency

Private

Occupation

actor / singer / entrepreneur / film actor / songwriter

Elementary school

Private

Junior high

Private

High school

Private

University

Private

Awards & achievements

• Officer of the Order of the British Empire

Spouse

Private

Children

Private

Parents

Private

Siblings

Private

Motto

Private

• Official sitehttps://luluofficial.com
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/lulukc/
• Xhttps://x.com/lulushouts
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AB%E3%83%AB%20(%E6%AD%8C%E6%89%8B)

Tags

• actor
• singer
• entrepreneur

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.