Summary
The castaway this week is Lulu, who, in conversation with Michael Parkinson, recalls her upbringing in a Glasgow tenement and her subsequent career as a singer and actress. In choosing her eight records to take to the island, she reveals an admiration for the vocal styles of Ella Fitzgerald and Ray Charles.
[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]
Favourite track: The Greatest Love Of All by Whitney Houston Book: Where Are You Going? by Swami Muktananda Luxury: Telephone
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| 0:00.0 | Hello I'm Kresti Young and this is a podcast from the Desert Island Discs archive. |
| 0:05.0 | For rights reasons we've had to shorten the music. |
| 0:08.0 | The program was originally broadcast in 1987 and the presenter was Michael Parkinson. Our castaway started life in atlasgo tenement and went on to become one of our most versatile and popular stars. |
| 0:36.0 | She survived the fickle hit parade mentality of the 60s to mature as an actress and entertainer |
| 0:42.0 | equally at home on stage, screen and television. |
| 0:45.0 | She's Mary, McDonald McLaughlin, Laurie, better known as Lulu. |
| 0:50.0 | Lulu, where was a lot of music in your life as a child? |
| 0:53.4 | Oh, a lot. |
| 0:54.5 | I mean, where I come from, they have parties at the weekends, |
| 0:58.8 | because they work like dogs or during the week. |
| 1:01.5 | I mean, that is if you've got a job, of course Well in those days when I was a wee girl they did have jobs and |
| 1:07.9 | so they'd spend a lot of the money drinking and singing and having a good time at the weekends |
| 1:12.3 | but the parties you didn't stand around you know saying drinking and singing and having a good time at the weekends. |
| 1:12.6 | But the parties you didn't stand around, you know, saying, |
| 1:14.8 | hello darling, how are you? |
| 1:15.9 | Obviously, they said, hello jama, you know, but they would also sing. |
| 1:20.4 | Everybody would have to do their wee bit, have to do their ton. |
| 1:23.0 | Right, come on, do your ton, hen. |
| 1:25.0 | It's time for you to day your ton. |
| 1:26.0 | And most of my family thought they were Frank Sinatra, |
| 1:30.0 | whether they were male or female. |
| 1:32.0 | They all used to sing, |
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