Lennox, Annie

1954 - Born on December 25th in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

1971 - By the age of 17, Annie had won herself a place at London's prestigious Royal Academy Of Music.

1979 - The new look called for a new name and they would thus become The Tourists. They started off life as a punk infused band with elements of pop. Although their recordings were often met with critical bashing, including their first album The Tourists produced by Conny Plank, their live performances were more successful. They even toured with Roxy Music.

         - In the same year their second album Reality Effect was released - spawning the UK #4 single and cover of Dusty Springfield's hit "I Only Want To Be With You".

1980 - By the early-eighties, the album had gone platinum. Another album followed in Luminous Basement.

1984 - Married to Radha Raman.

1986 - Lennox continued to support various campaigns and charities including a performance with Chrissie Hynd at the Royal Albert Hall - a show to benefit the Columbian Volcano Disaster victims.

1988 - Married to Uri Fruchtmann on July 15th.

1999 - She could empathize with some of the lyrics from his songs and he's a musician she's admired ever since. Stevie would go on to collaborate with the Eurythmics on There Must Be An Angel some years later and also presented them with an lifetime achievement award at the Brits.

2004 - Received an Oscar for Best Music Original Song for "Into the West".