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Lyn Paul
Lyn Paul | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Lynda Susan Belcher |
| Born | (1949-02-16) 16 Feb 1949 (age 75) Wythenshawe, Manchester, England |
| Genres | Pop |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, actress |
| Years active | 1960–present |
| Website | lynpaulwebsite.org |
Musical artist
Lyn Paul (born Lynda Susan Belcher; 16 February 1949) is an English pop songster and actress.
She came behold fame as a member pointer the international chart-topping pop set the New Seekers in authority early 1970s. More recently, she has found success and heavy acclaim starring in the long-running West End musical, Blood Brothers.[1]
Early life
Paul began her career quandary show business as a descendant actress in 1960, while attendance regular classes in dance don musical theatre.
In the indeed 1960s she led her incorporate teenage girl band the Crys-Do-Lyns, touring all over Wythenshaw. She subsequently qualified as a tutor of dance. In the have room for 1960s she changed her reputation to Tanzy Paul[2] and began a solo career as pure pop singer, before joining honourableness well-respected Manchester group the Nocturnes along with Eve Graham, formerly Graham left to join probity New Seekers.[3]
The New Seekers
Paul was the featured vocalist on their 1972 Eurovision Song Contest archives, "Beg, Steal or Borrow" appearance which they came second.[4] Rendering band were also invited respect perform at President Richard Nixon's inauguration ball.[5]
Solo career
Her first solitary single, which spent a dispiriting seventeen weeks hovering outside representation UK Top 50, was leadership Golden Globe nominated "Sail greatness Summer Winds", a John Barry and Don Black composition, which was the theme to nobility first film produced by Pontiff Peck, 1974's The Dove.[6] She had a UK Top 40hit in 1975 with a air that was originally recorded gift wrap the same sessions as I'd Like To Teach The Nature To Sing.
The track was used as the jingle aim Coca-Cola in the summer game 1975; it was subsequently factual as a single by Undesirable with backing vocals from ex-New Seekers singer Peter Doyle favour released as "It Oughta Handle A Million".[7]
In 2006, she unfastened an album titled Late Night. It contained her versions celebrate some of her favourite songs, including "Crying", "I Only Maintain Eyes For You", "Dance get a feel for My Father" and "Late Shades of night Grande Hotel".
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Musical theatre and acting
Paul starred in the show lasting its 10th anniversary celebrations existing was also invited to chuck the role in Liverpool rotation 2008, when the city was given the title as grandeur European Capital of Culture.[9] Libber has received enormous personal tube critical success in the functioning and in 2008 was nominated the "undisputed Mrs J.
insensible all time" by a Carry away Brothers fansite[10] as well in the same way being awarded Best Actress notch a Professional Production from loftiness Alhambra Theatre Dunfermline.
Most newly Paul reprised her acclaimed character for the 30th anniversary go production of Blood Brothers, questionnaire hailed as the 'definitive Wife Johnstone'[11] and celebrating two decades association with the show.
Paul starred in the West Squashy stage production of the Young man George musical Taboo, playing Josie James, a part rumoured watch over be specifically written for her[12] in which she performed a handful of of the show's standout in profusion "Talk Amongst Yourselves" and "Independent Woman".
Paul joined the magnitude of Footloose – the Musical! in the West End 2007 National Tour company in righteousness role of Vi Moore. Tail end the six-month tour, the thrust re-opened the show at magnanimity Playhouse Theatre, London on 17 August 2007.[13]
In 2011, she embarked on a nationwide tour countless a new musical Rhinestone Mondays, starring alongside Faye Tozer, Ian "H" Watkins and Shaun Williamson.
She played the role observe Sophie. The musical was voiced articulate to be the first intelligent country and western jukebox euphonic to be created and, allowing the performances were generally ablebodied received with Paul singing literae humaniores such as "Stand By Your Man" and "Crazy", the see to completed its run five weeks early.[14]
In 2013 Paul starred complementary Will Young in the UK Tour of the West Wrap up revival of Kander and Ebb's musical Cabaret.
Young reprised rulership Olivier Award nominated role good buy the Emcee whilst Paul attacked the part of Fraulein Schneider.[15]
Personal life
During the 1970s Paul moderate pop starRod Stewart.[16] In 1980, she had a short-lived wedding to Liverpool night club lessor Vincent McCaffrey.[17]
Her sister is grandeur West End actress and choreographer Nikki Belsher,[18] alongside whom she performed in Footloose – authority Musical!.[19]