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Barbara Dickson

Simon Mayo talks to Scottish singer and actor Barbara Dickson about her glittering career and her upcoming UK tour.

Multi-million selling recording artist and Olivier Award winning Barbara Dickson OBE reveals details of her 2015 UK-tour.

Emerging from the Scottish Folk Revival of the 1960s, Barbara Dickson became the biggest selling Scottish female album artist of all time, earning 6 platinum, 11 gold and 7 silver albums. Known to a wider audience in the 1970s and 1980s with hits including 'Answer Me', 'Another Suitcase in Another Hall', 'The Caravan Song' and 'I Know Him So Well', she enjoyed ten years of chart success as a pop star. So much was her contribution that she was awarded an OBE from Her Majesty The Queen in 2002 for Services to Music and Drama.

As an actress, she has appeared in the award winning theatre productions, 'John, Paul, George, Ringo and Bert', 'Blood Brothers' and 'Spend, Spend, Spend'. She was the original Mrs Johnstone and Willy Russell's muse.

1 hour, 55 minutes

Last on

Wed 14 Jan 2015 17:05
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Michael McDonald

    Sweet Freedom

    • Michael McDonald - Sweet Freedom.
    • Warner Bros.

  • Olly Murs

    Up (feat. Demi Lovato)

    • Never Been Better.
    • Epic.
    • 004.

  • Ian Dury & the Blockheads

    Reasons To Be Cheerful, Part 3

    • The Best Of Ian Dury.
    • Repertoire.

  • Barbara Dickson

    January February

    • Me Without You O.S.T. - Various.
    • Columbia.

  • Elvis Costello & The Attractions

    Pump It Up

    • Elvis Costello & Attractions- The Man.
    • Imp Records.

  • Taylor Swift

    Blank Space

    • (CD Single).
    • Big Machine Records.
    • 1.

  • The Hollies

    Gasoline Alley Bred

    • The Hollies.
    • EMI.
    • 2.

  • Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band

    Born To Run

    • Born To Run.
    • CBS.

  • Barbara Dickson

    Caravan Song

    • Sophisticated Ladies Vol 3.
    • Connoisseur.

  • Echosmith

    Cool Kids

    • (CD Single).
    • Warner Bros.
    • 001.

  • Supertramp

    Take The Long Way Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ

    • The Very Best Of Supertramp.
    • Polygram Tv.

  • Pearl Jam

    Spin The Black Circle

    • Epic.

  • Fleet Foxes

    Lorelai

    • Helplessness Blues.
    • Bella Union Records.
    • 1.

Broadcast

  • Wed 14 Jan 2015 17:05
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2