winner, 1969
Lulu
Lulu represented the United Kingdom at Eurovision 1969 in Madrid with “Boom Bang-a-Bang”, and was one of the joint winners.
- who
- Scottish singer
- born
- 3 November 1948, Glasgow, United Kingdom
- contest
- 1969
- win
- 1969
- music
- pop
- active
- since 1964
- record labels
- Decca, Atco Records, Epic Records
- studied at
- Whitehill Secondary School
- sang for
- United Kingdom
Biography
Lulu is a Scottish singer, songwriter, actor and television personality whose career is in its seventh decade. The debut single, a cover of the Isley Brothers’ “Shout”, reached the British top ten in 1964. In 1967 came a part in the film To Sir, with Love, and its theme song, which spent five weeks at the top of the American chart.
“Boom Bang-a-Bang” was one of the four joint winners of the 1969 contest. Lulu fronted several television shows between 1968 and 1973, sang the title song of the James Bond film The Man with the Golden Gun in 1974, and had a first British number one in 1993 with “Relight My Fire”, recorded with Take That.
Written by ESC Predictions, 8 October 2026. Sources: Wikipedia, “Lulu (singer)”.
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At Eurovision
One song, and what became of it.
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1969 Madrid
“Boom Bang-a-Bang”
Joint winner Joint winner with 18 points: one of four songs that tied for first place.
- Sung in
- English
- Written by
- Alan Moorhouse, Peter Warne
- Conductor
- Johnny Harris
- Running order
- 7th of 16
- Age on the night
- 20
Play: Lulu — “Boom Bang-a-Bang”, the winning performance at Eurovision 1969 hear it YouTube the contest’s channel Spotify search Apple Music search
The story of Eurovision 1969: Four winners and not enough medals
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Away from Eurovision
Awards
- Officer of the Order of the British Empire
As recorded on Wikidata, which is rarely the whole list.
In the drama file
The scene from our index of scandals, mishaps and lore that Lulu is part of.
- 1969 Eighteen, four times Ties and photo finishes
In our contest stories
What we wrote about Lulu, year by year. Follow a link for the rest of that night.
- 1969 Eighteen, four times
Spain — Salomé, "Vivo cantando"; United Kingdom — Lulu, "Boom Bang-a-Bang"; Netherlands — Lenny Kuhr, "De troubadour", which she co-wrote; France — Frida Boccara, "Un jour, un enfant"
Results as published by the European Broadcasting Union. Biographical details from Wikidata. The photo is from Wikimedia Commons and is credited beside it. Spotted a mistake? Tell us and we'll fix it.