Barbara Dickson
Scottish singer, actress (b. 1947) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Barbara Ruth Dickson OBE (born 27 September 1947)[1] is a Scottish singer and actress whose hits include "I Know Him So Well" (a chart-topping duet with Elaine Paige), "Answer Me" and "January February". Dickson has placed fifteen albums on the UK Albums Chart from 1977 to date, and had a number of hit singles, including four which reached the top 20 on the UK Singles Chart.[2] The Scotsman newspaper has described her as Scotland's best-selling female singer in terms of the numbers of hit chart singles and albums she has achieved in the UK since 1976.[3]
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Birth name | Barbara Ruth Dickson |
Born | (1947-09-27) 27 September 1947 (age 76) Dunfermline, Scotland |
Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter, musician, actress, presenter |
Instrument(s) | Vocals, guitar, piano |
Years active | 1968–present |
Labels | RSO, Epic, Voiceprint Greentrax, Transatlantic |
Website | www |
She is also a two-time Olivier Award-winning actress,[4] with roles including Viv Nicholson in the musical Spend Spend Spend, and was the original Mrs. Johnstone in Willy Russell's long-running musical Blood Brothers.[5] On television she starred as Anita Braithwaite in Band of Gold.