At 75, Lulu Confesses He Was the Love of Her Life

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  • Опубліковано 28 лип 2024
  • Lulu, born Marie McDonald McLaughlin Lawrie on November 3, 1948, in Lennoxtown, Scotland, has enjoyed a remarkable life and career that has left an indelible mark on the music and entertainment industry. Her journey began in the 1960s when she burst onto the scene as a teenager with a powerhouse voice that belied her age. Her debut single, "Shout," skyrocketed to the top of the UK charts, establishing her as a bona fide star.
    ▬Contents of this video▬
    00:00 - Intro
    00:26 - Early Life
    01:52 - Career Highlights
    03:10 - Lulu and David Bowie
    04:19 - Lulu and Maurice Gibb
    06:00 - Lulu’s Health
    06:55 - Recent Years
    08:06 - Outro
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    One of the defining moments in Lulu's career was her collaboration with The Beatles. She recorded the hit song "To Sir, with Love" for the soundtrack of the film of the same name, starring Sidney Poitier. The song became an international sensation, topping the charts in both the UK and the US. This partnership not only solidified her status as a prominent singer but also showcased her ability to deliver emotionally charged performances.
    Lulu's versatility extended beyond music. She ventured into acting, appearing in various films and television shows during the 1960s and 1970s. Her acting talents were as compelling as her singing, and she became a recognizable face on both the big and small screens.
    Now, at the age of 75, Lulu continues to defy the passage of time. Her enduring popularity and relevance in the industry are a testament to her unwavering passion and talent. She has managed to navigate the evolving music landscape, adapting to changing tastes while maintaining her distinctive style and vocal prowess.
    In addition to her creative pursuits, Lulu has openly discussed her personal struggles, including battles with anxiety and a diagnosis of early-stage breast cancer in 2011. Her willingness to address these challenges has not only raised awareness but also inspired others facing similar issues.
    As a seasoned artist and performer, Lulu's legacy is firmly cemented in the annals of music history. Her iconic status, chart-topping hits, and enduring charm continue to captivate audiences worldwide. At 75, she remains a vibrant and beloved figure in the entertainment world, a testament to the timeless quality of her talent and her enduring spirit.
    At 75, Lulu Confesses He Was the Love of Her Life
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  • @simonstevens8745
    @simonstevens8745 4 місяці тому +12

    One of the few artists who kept her beauty and voice through out the years ❤.

  • @billmcle
    @billmcle 5 місяців тому +158

    Don't bother watching. There is no confession to the love of her life. This is just a dishonest title to make you watch.

  • @malcolmdivorty6852
    @malcolmdivorty6852 5 місяців тому +25

    A good review of Lulu’s life. You though missed the fact that her big career break came when she not only sang to Sir With Love but also stared in the movie.To Sir. With Love..

  • @mrsmiggins6435
    @mrsmiggins6435 4 місяці тому +7

    To Sir with Love is a favourite of mine. Lulu was a positive person in my younger life, on so many different shows.

  • @rozzgrey801
    @rozzgrey801 5 місяців тому +45

    Disappointed that the video didn't reveal what it promised. This use of fake clickbait will lose you viewers.

  • @suziewade
    @suziewade Місяць тому +1

    She has the most underrated, superb recognisable and utterly fantastic singing voice ever.

  • @alanserjeant4947
    @alanserjeant4947 5 місяців тому +27

    Click Bait title. I don't know why they stoop so low. It isn't necessary.

  • @awfelia
    @awfelia 5 місяців тому +14

    Thanks..I was always a Lulu fan but lost track of her in later years :(
    Glad to know she's still doing well in spite of all the odds 🎉
    Sad about Mr Gibb..drugs n alcohol..the downfall of mankind and even more so today :/

    • @linbennett5291
      @linbennett5291 5 місяців тому +3

      What about the Take That con😊nection

  • @Cradley684
    @Cradley684 5 місяців тому +5

    Saw LuLu back in the 60s got her autograph I thought what a looker WOW !!!. xx.

  • @janefreeman995
    @janefreeman995 5 місяців тому +10

    I feel fortunate to have spoken with her a handful of times. She's so lovely.

  • @moiragallagher5857
    @moiragallagher5857 4 місяці тому +2

    Lulu sings shout and to sir with love like noone else can ..She.is great level headed too comes from Glasgow like me ...she is very pretty always has been

  • @dawnyWestScotland
    @dawnyWestScotland 5 місяців тому +16

    Loved the olden days 💙☀️

  • @peterhaynes8258
    @peterhaynes8258 5 місяців тому +11

    Great Artist/Legend/Icon, Lulu, is only human after all, Good Luck to her.

  • @lilolil9604
    @lilolil9604 5 місяців тому +14

    No mention of her husband John Frieda the hairdresser . They had a son together too.

    • @angelapietras1235
      @angelapietras1235 5 місяців тому +5

      Yes that’s weird they never mentioned him,John Frieda especially seeing they had a child together her only child.

  • @56Truex
    @56Truex 2 місяці тому +2

    Lulu and The Beatles were friends. Nothing more. No "collaboration" on anything, much less her biggest hit.

  • @arthurwitts529
    @arthurwitts529 5 місяців тому +20

    How about Maurice gibb the best of all them

    • @misscoutts6193
      @misscoutts6193 Місяць тому

      He was married to someone else for twenty seven years. Give her the credit.

  • @jjharson7344
    @jjharson7344 5 місяців тому +5

    So it was Maurice Gibb, which isn't a revelation at all considering they were married.

  • @janet7580
    @janet7580 5 місяців тому +13

    The Beatles didn't have anything to do with this song. Get your facts straight facts verse.

  • @phyllanders9503
    @phyllanders9503 5 місяців тому +17

    It was John Frieda, I read it in an article once.

  • @grantstewart130
    @grantstewart130 5 місяців тому +10

    Much of the information given here is inaccurate. ‘Shout’ did not top the charts in the UK. The Beatles did not collaborate with Lulu on her US No1 ‘To Sir With Love’. Just two of many inaccuracies.

    • @purplefee9210
      @purplefee9210 5 місяців тому

      I was wondering about that too - I had never heard that the Beatles had anything to do with her career . I’ve always wanted to be able to meet lovely Lulu . She shares the same birthday as my mum .

  • @barbarahanratty4174
    @barbarahanratty4174 5 місяців тому +6

    No mention of her marriage to John Frieda and the son she had with him.

  • @jamestilby2223
    @jamestilby2223 5 місяців тому +8

    I'D LOVE TO MEET HER SHE HAS A GREAT SENCE OF HUMOUR SHE'S ONE OF US ARN'T YOU SWEETHEART LOVE YOU TO SIR WITH LOTS OF LOVE ♥️⚘......

  • @user-yg4xf4rs3e
    @user-yg4xf4rs3e 5 місяців тому +6

    Married to Maurice gibb

  • @veronicwbrennan4002
    @veronicwbrennan4002 5 місяців тому +12

    Okay, who was the love of her life? Reeled us in didn't you?

  • @user-ob7mn4pq8d
    @user-ob7mn4pq8d 5 місяців тому +9

    I think LuLu has been round the block she’s had many Lovers not as sweet as u mite think

    • @elaineduker.6355
      @elaineduker.6355 5 місяців тому +3

      She was seeing the Monkees Davy Jones, I think he got married or announced his wedding, whilst with Lulu.

  • @captainnathan3690
    @captainnathan3690 2 місяці тому +1

    Vid was a good mini compilation of her career but agree completely that it was click bait. My curiosity with this was to show my husband how much LuLu and I look alike, much more so when we were in our twenties and thirties. When To Sir With Love came out I was constantly told I looked just like her. It’s a little weird that in some of the images we are eerily like twins. I’m American and do have about 20% Scottish/Irish, so who knows😂?
    I saw the vid of her singing with Maurice Gibb just a few months before he died. They remained close and I thought I had heard it said before that he was the real love of her life. Who knows. In either event, they were both very nice people from humble beginnings who never let fame and fortune change them on a personal level. God rest Maurice and Bless LuLu.

  • @markhooper4532
    @markhooper4532 5 місяців тому +7

    Winnie Wallace...The love of her life must have been herself because she doesn't name anybody.

  • @user-vy2it2fl2p
    @user-vy2it2fl2p 4 місяці тому +1

    I remember lulu from the lyndella in Galsgow

  • @007Yasir
    @007Yasir 2 місяці тому

    Very well written, but I wish we could here a track of those songs you mentioned👌

  • @cedarmillman52
    @cedarmillman52 Місяць тому +1

    To Sir!

  • @thereselittle6347
    @thereselittle6347 5 місяців тому +1

    To sit with love ...
    .beautifull .
    .

  • @petemoring67
    @petemoring67 4 місяці тому +1

    My Favourite Memory will always BE! the 1st Time I heard her SCREAM! - 'Shout!' - on Ready-Steady-GO! Mid 60's - After the Beatles Changed the Music Scene - Lulu Kicked! It UP A Notch! .....

  • @pollypop793
    @pollypop793 5 місяців тому +9

    she annoys me the way she changes her accent every 5 minutes. she should just be herself!

  • @vinceaccardi9731
    @vinceaccardi9731 5 місяців тому +4

    What did The Beatles have to do with the song To Sir With Love?

  • @CoCoSkylark1
    @CoCoSkylark1 4 місяці тому +1

    I would be surprised to hear a 'celebrity' say that he /she is fine is body and mind and everything is hunky dory. The world and his wife seem to have ''anxiety'' and ''panic attacks.''

  • @paulmclaine6413
    @paulmclaine6413 5 місяців тому +4

    Love of her life was Bowie.

  • @normasimpson4300
    @normasimpson4300 4 місяці тому +1

    Best song independance

  • @stwads
    @stwads 5 місяців тому +8

    Lulu was besotted with Scott Walker!

    • @m1nn1s
      @m1nn1s 5 місяців тому +3

      Not the only one there, form an orderly queue please, ladies! 💖 🤗 😍

    • @purplefee9210
      @purplefee9210 5 місяців тому +2

      Me too 😂

    • @linbennett5291
      @linbennett5291 5 місяців тому +2

      Me too xx

    • @purplefee9210
      @purplefee9210 5 місяців тому +3

      @stwads I didn't know that! 🙀 I was 10 years old and used to melt every time I heard Scott Walker sing. 💜

    • @m1nn1s
      @m1nn1s 5 місяців тому +2

      In the end, Lulu had an ill-fated relationship and short marriage with Robin Gibb.. (BEE GEES), she would have been better off with Scott 🚶 Walker, he already been through his melancholic phase, with..
      'Without Love' classic song! 💖 🤗 🤔☮️💖

  • @LibbyzLibby
    @LibbyzLibby 4 місяці тому +1

    I had no idea she is a breast cancer survivor! 🙏

  • @francescalev1366
    @francescalev1366 5 місяців тому +7

    Wasn't she married to John Frieda - had a child together?

    • @JanetJames-dw6xo
      @JanetJames-dw6xo 5 місяців тому +1

      I thought she married one of the Gibb brothers.

    • @MoragBray
      @MoragBray 5 місяців тому +3

      Son was called Jordan I think

    • @francescalev1366
      @francescalev1366 5 місяців тому +6

      @@JanetJames-dw6xo She was married to Maurice Gibb..divorced....then married John Frieda 1977 to 1991. They have a son Jordon

    • @francescalev1366
      @francescalev1366 5 місяців тому +1

      I'm going to see her in Southampton in May! Yeaahh! Looking forward to the event!

    • @catherinebarlow3079
      @catherinebarlow3079 4 місяці тому

      ​@francescalev1366 well don't think will get to see her now that officially retired now it was on news here in UK couple weeks ago

  • @jeangemmel7895
    @jeangemmel7895 5 місяців тому +4

    The heading is only to get you to watch what already is common knowledge, and it reveals no such person!

  • @susanking8867
    @susanking8867 5 місяців тому +1

    She was also support for the Monkees at their London concerts.

    • @misscoutts6193
      @misscoutts6193 Місяць тому

      Her career was finished at that point.

  • @lotlot
    @lotlot 3 місяці тому

    She does confess to this on her road show though. I e seen it and she talks a little about her relationships and heartbreaks

  • @maggiemorrissey494
    @maggiemorrissey494 5 місяців тому +3

    I agree. Don't do this. I like Lulu, but don't you dare treat me this way.

  • @user-yg4xf4rs3e
    @user-yg4xf4rs3e 5 місяців тому +2

    In to sir with love

  • @sophieashton1430
    @sophieashton1430 4 місяці тому +1

    What about John Freida and their son?

  • @tonymaroni8773
    @tonymaroni8773 4 місяці тому +1

    So who was the love of her life?

  • @ThePixey1000
    @ThePixey1000 4 місяці тому +6

    Lulu was never on Oppertunity knocks she was famous before that programme this is all made up crap

    • @jimmcdowall6461
      @jimmcdowall6461 4 місяці тому

      You have just saved me the time and effort,,,,,,she was never on opportunity knocks........................

  • @scapinapolotska1215
    @scapinapolotska1215 5 місяців тому +13

    Exactly what did the BEATLES add to the song To Sir, With Love? This is nonsense.

  • @jacquelineithell307
    @jacquelineithell307 5 місяців тому +7

    The love of her life was herself l was under the opinion she retired 30 odd years ago !!!!!

    • @catherinebarlow3079
      @catherinebarlow3079 4 місяці тому

      It was on news couple weeks ago she's officially retired now

    • @misscoutts6193
      @misscoutts6193 Місяць тому

      Only retired from Touring but she never did many tours anyway. Just another publicity hype.

  • @gilchristryall7996
    @gilchristryall7996 4 місяці тому +1

    you never said who Was the Love of Her Life....bowie,gibb?? the titles is a bait title.so many people are at it to get more views.you disgust me

  • @LilyGazou
    @LilyGazou 5 місяців тому +2

    Clickbait.

  • @catherinebarlow3079
    @catherinebarlow3079 4 місяці тому +3

    Crap clickbate

  • @fayhaighton2306
    @fayhaighton2306 5 місяців тому +3

    Find this with these supposed reveals in videos are usually hog wash ....

  • @user-wu9vu5eu3i
    @user-wu9vu5eu3i 5 місяців тому +2

    Clickbait

  • @marymorgan1498
    @marymorgan1498 5 місяців тому +9

    Another load of rubbish

  • @brendalitwin6135
    @brendalitwin6135 3 місяці тому

    She made a couple of good songs ...think both were Eurovision ...

  • @lesleycooper7544
    @lesleycooper7544 5 місяців тому +3

    Never liked SHOUT

  • @joannagreen1762
    @joannagreen1762 4 місяці тому +2

    Mediocre

  • @jimosullivan1389
    @jimosullivan1389 5 місяців тому +2

    Shite .

  • @billyshane3804
    @billyshane3804 22 дні тому

    Poo poo

  • @robertjames6640
    @robertjames6640 5 місяців тому +11

    Who was the love of her life? Are you down to click bait for an audience now?

    • @HektorBandimar
      @HektorBandimar 5 місяців тому +5

      Yes, I missed who was meant to be the love of her life, who the hell was it?

    • @m1nn1s
      @m1nn1s 5 місяців тому +2

      ​@@HektorBandimarMaurice Gibb, from the BEE GEES.... 💖☮️🎶,...
      Yes, they WERE actually married! 💖
      (Four 4⃣ years of partying!..) 🎉😂

  • @maxinesteele2644
    @maxinesteele2644 5 місяців тому +2

    Clickbait

  • @michaelmarron8441
    @michaelmarron8441 4 місяці тому +1

    Clickbait