Marie MacDonald McLaughlin Lawrie (Lulu)

1969 - She represented the United Kingdom by performing the song "Boom bang-a-bang" at the Eurovision Song Contest, and was joint winner with the representatives of Spain, the Netherlands and France.

1975 - She hosted the BBC's A Song for Europe contest, the qualifying heat for the Eurovision Song Contest.

1969 - Married Maurice Gibb of the Bee Gees in a ceremony in Gerrards Cross.

1972 - She starred in the Christmas pantomime Peter Pan at the Palace Theatre, Manchester where she broke a box-office record.

1974 - She performed the title song in the James Bond movie The Man with the Golden Gun.

1979 - His career suffered a minor setback when she was in a car accident that nearly took her life, having collided head on with another car on Brooksend Hill.

1981 - Returned to the US chart with I Could Never Miss You (More Than I Do).

1983 - Won the Rear of the Year award and re-recorded a number of her songs.

1987 - She played Adrian Mole's mother on television replacing Julie Walters.

2000 - Awarded an OBE by the British Government.

2002 - Her gold album Together was a collection of duets with the likes of Elton John and Paul McCartney.

2004 - Became the host of her own 2-hour radio show, on BBC Radio 2.

2005 - She released A Little Soul in Your Heart, a collection of Motown Soul Covers and Soul classics, entered the UK charts at a dissapointing #28 even after a huge amount of TV advertising.

2006 - Launched her official MySpace profile, where she could keep in contact with current fans, and reconnect with old ones.