Lulu has unveiled a blue plaque celebrating Glasgow city centre club where she was discovered as a teenage singer.
The Scottish star attended the ceremony at City Chambers today, becoming the first artist honoured on Glasgow’s new Music Heritage Trail. The project will feature ten plaques at locations of musical significance across the city.
Her plaque will be installed at the site of the former Lindella Club on Union Street, connecting one of Scotland’s most successful performers with the venue that helped launch her career.
Lulu sang “I Belong to Glasgow” during the City Chambers appearance, marking the occasion with a musical tribute to her home city.
The honour takes her story back to Glasgow’s club scene, before hit records, television appearances and international success made her a household name.
Born Marie McDonald McLaughlin Lawrie, Lulu grew up in Glasgow’s East End and was just 15 when her version of the Isley Brothers’ Shout reached the UK top ten in 1964.
Three years later, she achieved an American number one with To Sir, with Love, the title song from the film in which she also appeared alongside Sidney Poitier. She went on to become one of four joint winners of the 1969 Eurovision Song Contest with Boom Bang-a-Bang.
Her career has since included the James Bond theme The Man with the Golden Gun and a UK number one with Take That on Relight My Fire.
The Union Street plaque will give that story a permanent Glasgow landmark.