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Barbara Dickson OBE (born 27 September 1947) is a Scottish actress and singer, known for her work on stage (Blood Brothers) and television (Band of Gold).

Barbara Dickson was born in Dunfermline, and was educated at Woodmill High School In 1964 she started singing and playing guitar in local folk clubs, and soon afterwords took up work at the Registrar General's Office in Edinburgh. Her first commercial recording was in 1967. She recorded an album with Archie Fisher "The Fate O' Charlie" in 1969, and started gigging in the north of England. Her first solo album was "Do Right Woman" in 1970. She became a professional folk singer in 1973, but after a year she had a big break as the part of the singer and pianist in Willy Russell's play "John Paul George Ringo ... and Bert". In 1975 her career was boosted further, by her rendition of the role of the Discarded Mistress, on the original album version of Evita.

Her version of "Another Suitcase in Another Hall" was a UK hit in March 1977, reaching its peak of Number 18, exactly 20 years before the Madonna version made Number 7. She had earlier reached Number 9 with a version of the 1950s hit "Answer Me" in January 1976, and climbed to Number 11 with "January February" (confusingly enough in April 1980). She went on to score a 1985 UK #1 hit with a duet, 'I Know Him So Well' from Chess, with Elaine Paige. Despite her well-publicised image as a powerful pop-ballad singer, every decade or so she has recorded an album of traditional folk songs.

She received an OBE in 2002.

Her latest album, a collection of songs by The Beatles, is due for release in June 2006.

Recordings of folk music:

- The Fate o Charlie (with Archie Fisher) (1969) - From The Beggar's Mantle (1971) - Parcel of Rogues (1993) - Full Circle (2004)

Other Albums

The Fate o'Charlie (1969)
Thro' The Recent Years (1970)
Do Right Woman (1970)
From The Beggar's Mantle (1977)
Answer Me (1976)
Morning Comes Quickly (1977)
Sweet Oasis (1978)
The Barbara Dickson Album (1980)
You Know It's Me (1981)
All For A Song (1982)
Here We Go (1982)
Tell Me It's Not True (1983)
Heartbeats (1984)
The Barbara Dickson Songbook (1985)
Gold (1985)
The Right Moment (1986)
After Dark (1987)
Coming Alive Again (1989)
Don't Think Twice It's Alright (1992)
Parcel of Rogues (1994)
Dark End of the Street (1995)
The 7 Ages of Woman (1998)
For The Record (2002)
The Platinum Collection (2004)
Full Circle (2004)
Beatles Songs (2006)

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