| Lyn Paul |
| | Background information | | Birth name | Lynda Susan Belcher | | Born | 16 February 1949 in Wythenshawe | | Genre(s) | Popular Music and Musical Theatre | | Occupation(s) | Singer/Actress | | Years active | 1960 - Present | | Website | [1] | Lyn Paul, born Lynda Susan Belcher (16 February 1949 in Wythenshawe, Manchester), is an English pop singer. She changed her name to Lyn Paul before joining the The New Seekers in 1970. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...
February 16 is the 47th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1949 calendar). ...
Wythenshawe is a district in the south of the City of Manchester, in North West England. ...
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February 16 is the 47th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1949 calendar). ...
Wythenshawe is a district in the south of the City of Manchester, in North West England. ...
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Motto (French) God and my right Anthem No official anthem specific to England â the anthem of the United Kingdom is God Save the Queen. See also Proposed English National Anthems. ...
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A singer is a musician who uses their voice to produce music. ...
The New Seekers was an Australian pop group, formed in 1969 by Keith Potger after the break-up of his group, The Seekers. ...
Lyn began her career in show business as a child actress with a small part in the television drama Coronation Street (1960). In the early 1960s she changed her name to Tansy Paul and began a solo career as a pop singer. Coronation Street is an award winning British soap opera. ...
Then she went on to lead her own teenage girl band the Crys-Do-Lyn's and toured all over the continent in the 1960s before joining the much respected Manchester group the Nocturnes along with Eve Graham, who left to join The New Seekers. The 1960s decade refers to the years from January 1, 1960 to December 31, 1969, inclusive. ...
Nocturnes is an orchestral composition by the French composer Claude Debussy. ...
Eve Graham was the joint lead singer with the New Seekers and sang lead on many of their hit records including the No. ...
Lyn Paul (centre) in The New Seekers When Sally Graham left The New Seekers, Eve recommended Lyn for the position. Graham sang lead on most of their earlier hits, but Paul was gradually entrusted with alot of the lead parts. She was the featured vocalist on hits including their 1972 Eurovision Song Contest entry, "Beg, Steal or Borrow"; the 1974 Number 1 hit "You Won't Find Another Fool Like Me"; and the Top 10 single, "I Get A Little Sentimental Over You". She also sang lead on the groups' final single "Sing Hallelujah" which, although being a decent song, without the group to promote it, sank without trace. They also recorded the song "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing", adapted from an advertising jingle for Coca-Cola, which is one of the 100 best-selling singles in the UK issued in 2002. And they had the privilege for performing for such people as President Nixon. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...
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In music a singer or vocalist is a type of musician who sings, i. ...
In popular music, a chart-topper is an extremely popular recording, identified by its inclusion in a ranked list—a chart—of top selling or otherwise judged most popular releases. ...
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In popular music, a chart-topper is an extremely popular recording, identified by its inclusion in a ranked list—a chart—of top selling or otherwise judged most popular releases. ...
You Wont Find Another Fool Like Me was a popular song by The New Seekers. ...
A top 10 list is a generic term used to indicate a list of items, usually ten in number, which are considered to be best, worst, or notable in some other way, typically a record chart. ...
Order: 37th President Vice President: Spiro Agnew (1969â1973), Gerald R. Ford (1973â1974) Term of office: January 20, 1969 â August 9, 1974 Preceded by: Lyndon B. Johnson Succeeded by: Gerald R. Ford Date of birth: January 9, 1913 Place of birth: Yorba Linda, California Date of death: April 22...
In 1974 after she left the group, she performed as a solo artist for many years. Her first solo single was the Golden Globe nominated "Sail The Summer Winds" which had a very good pedigree being a John Barry/Don Black composition and also the theme to the first film produced by Gregory Peck, 1974's The Dove. She had a British Top 40 hit in 1975 with "It Oughta Sell A Million". Ironically, it didn't. In music, a band is a company of musicians, or musical ensemble, usually popular or folk, playing parts of or improvising a musical arrangement on different musical instruments. ...
In music, a solo is a piece or a section of a piece played or sung by a single performer (solo is an Italian word literally meaning alone). ...
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The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and television programs, given out each year during a formal dinner. ...
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Gregory Peck (April 5, 1916 â June 12, 2003) was an Oscar-winning American film actor. ...
Year 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. ...
The Dove is an American film released in 1974 and directed by Charles Jarrott. ...
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Her other Polydor singles include "Who's Sorry Now", "Love", "Here Comes That Wonderful Feeling" and "Mama Don't Wait For Me". In 1977 Paul sang "If Everybody Loved The Same As You" in the Song for Europe pre-Eurovision heats, coming fourth. She then went on to record "I Don't Believe You Ever Loved Me", the Doobie Brothers' "Echoes Of Love" and an '80's power-ballad "Make The Night".She also recorded lead vocals for a Gonks Christmas single "The Gonks Are Here For Christmas" in 1985. Times became hard, however, she endured a brief unhappy marriage. Polydor Records is a record label once headquartered in Germany. ...
Whos Sorry Now? is a popular song. ...
Love is any of a number of emotions and experiences related to a sense of strong affection or profound oneness. ...
The term Eurovision has several meanings: technically, the Eurovision Network created by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). ...
The Doobie Brothers are an American rock band, best known for hit singles like Black Water. They were popular throughout the 1970s. ...
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Lyn Paul as Mrs. Johnstone Shortly afterwards, an upturn occurred, when she starred in the West End production of Blood Brothers, as the lead Mrs. Johnstone. It was a part she debuted in 1997, and carried in many times up to and including 2006 very succesfully. Lyn was arguably one of the best Mrs Johnstones there has been performing the show stopping "Tell Me It's not True" to standing ovations everynight. The role has previously been played by people such as Kiki Dee,Petula Clark and some of The Nolans sisters. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...
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West End theatre is a popular term for mainstream professional theatre in London, England, or sometimes more specifically for shows staged in the large theatres of Londons Theatreland. Along with New Yorks Broadway theatre, West End theatre is usually considered to represent the highest level of commercial theatre...
A blood brother is a male who swears loyalty to another male. ...
Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays full 2006 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Kiki Dee (born Pauline Matthews on 6 March 1947, in Little Horton near Bradford, West Yorkshire, England) is a highly successful singer/songwriter, with a career that has lasted over 40 years. ...
Petula Clark, CBE (born November 15, 1932), is an English singer, actress and composer best known for her upbeat popular international hits of the 1960s. ...
The Nolans, previously billed as The Nolan Sisters are siblings from Ireland, who reached the peak of their success as a vocal act in the late 1970s and early 1980s. ...
She also starred in the stage production of the Boy George musical, Taboo in which she played the role of Josie and sang one of the shows leading songs "Talk Amongst Yourselves". The cast album was held back in production to allow Lyn to feature in it. George Alan ODowd, better known as Boy George (born June 14, 1961 in Eltham) is a rock singer-songwriter. ...
The Fantasticks is the longest-running musical in history Musical theatre is a form of theatre combining music, songs, spoken dialogue and dance. ...
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Paul has also turned to television acting with some success, appearing in ITV's Emmerdale, as the role of, ballroom dancer Freda Danby, who stole Jarvis' heart, she returned to the role in 2005 after popular demand. She has also recorded episodes of Doctors and In Deep on BBC TV. She was also seen on British TV screens in December 2006 in the BBC's Holby City. As well as these acting roles Paul has appeared on "Songs of Praise" as a performer and "The Weakest Link" as a contestant. Actors in period costume sharing a joke whilst waiting between takes during location filming. ...
Independent Television (ITV) is the name given to the original network of British commercial television broadcasters, set up to provide competition to the BBC. In England and Wales, the channel that it broadcasts was recently rebranded ITV1 by ITV plc who own the regional broadcasting licences for the regions. ...
For the 1994 debut album by The Cardigans, see Emmerdale (album). ...
In Deep is the third album by Australian alternative rock singer Tina Arena, released in 1997 (see 1997 in music). ...
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The British Broadcasting Corporation, which is usually known as the BBC, is the largest broadcasting corporation in the world in terms of audience numbers, employing 26,000 staff in the United Kingdom alone and with a budget of more than GB£4 billion. ...
Holby City is a medical drama television serial, formerly a drama series, broadcast on BBC One in the United Kingdom. ...
Songs of Praise is a BBC television programme based around traditional Christian hymns. ...
Weakest Link UK Version The Weakest Link (now officially titled Weakest Link) is a television game show which first appeared in the United Kingdom on BBC Two on 14 August 2000. ...
She released a new album in 2006 entitled Late Night. It contains her versions An album or record album is a collection of related audio or music tracks distributed to the public. ...
Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays full 2006 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Late Night is shorthand for several different things: Late night television - generally United States programming airing after 11:30pm EST Late Night with David Letterman (1982 to 1993) Late Night with Conan OBrien (1993 to present) See also, The Late Show (disambiguation) for similar shows and topics. ...
Lyn Paul's album cover Late Night of some of her favourite songs, including "Crying", "I Only Have Eyes For You", Luther Vandross' "Dance With My Father" and Nanci Griffiths' "Late Night Grande Hotel". In addition, it also contains two new tracks written for her, "Dance With Desire" and "Clouds". Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...
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Tears trickling down the cheeks Lacrimation is the bodys process of producing tears, which are a liquid to clean and lubricate the eyes. ...
I Only Have Eyes For You was a UK #1 single in October 1975 for two weeks by Art Garfunkel. ...
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Dance With My Father is the final album by Luther Vandross. ...
Late Night Grande Hotel was released in September 1991 on MCA, and was produced by Peter Van Hooke and Rod Argent , with a slightly more pop-orientated sound than previous albums. ...
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Lyn Paul is very happily married, and with her husband Alan Young, has a son Ryan. From late 2006 to February 2007 they turned their hands at being publicans and ran a pub, The Beehive, in Englefield Green, Surrey. Ryan is a name from Irish Gaelic whose meaning and origin are derived from the old gaelic word righ and the old Irish diminutive of an which together form the meaning of the name as little king. The modern Irish form of this name is O Riain - a contraction of...
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She is a fan of the English football club Sunderland AFC. Her support of the team borne out of the happy memories she has of appearing in the Sunderland Empire Theatre's 1987 Christmas pantomime production of Aladdin. According to an interview she gave to the local newspaper Sunderland Echo, on September 6, 2005, "Sunderland has some great people...they welcomed us all and were so friendly". She also recalls "...being invited to the football on New Year’s Day [1988] too. I’ve had some terrific times in Sunderland". As well as appearing in Sunderland's Pantomime, Lyn is always on demand and played Dick Whittington in the Windsor Theatre Royal's annual production. Sunderland Association Football Club (Sunderland AFC or SAFC) is a professional football club, based at the Stadium of Light in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, North-East England. ...
Year 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar). ...
The Sunderland Echo is a provincial newspaper published in Sunderland, England by Northeast Press at the Sunderland Echo House. ...
is the 249th day of the year (250th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The Christmas Pantomime colour lithograph bookcover, 1890 Pantomime (informally, panto) refers to a theatrical genre, traditionally found in Great Britain, Australia, South Africa, New Zealand and Ireland, which is usually performed around the Christmas and New Year holiday season. ...
Lyn joined the cast of "Footloose the musical" in the West-End 2007 national Tour as the role of Vi Moore, who was previously played by Cheryl Baker and kicked up a high octane storm around the country. She played the emotional mother of the main character Ariel and wife of the evil vicar, Reverend Moore, previously played by David Essex. She sings lead songs such as "Can You Find It In Your Heart" and duets "Learning To Be Silent" as well as being in the company numbers. Footloose the Musical opened at Broadways Richard Rodgers Theatre on October 5th, 1998 and ran until July 2nd, 2000. ...
Cheryl Baker (born Rita Crudgington, on 8 March 1954, in Bethnal Green, England) is a television presenter. ...
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The cast have re-opened the show at the Playhouse Theatre London from August 17th 2007 after the 6 month tour; Lyn is continuing her role as Vi Moore. The Playhouse, with hoarding for 2006 production of My Name Is Rachel Corrie The Playhouse Theatre is a West End theatre in the City of Westminster, located in Northumberland Avenue, near Trafalgar Square and very close to the river Thames. ...
Exterior links
- Lyn Paul Official web site.
- [2] Official Footloose The Musical web site.
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