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Lynsey de Paul

1948 - 2014

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Lynsey de Paul (born Lyndsey Monckton Rubin; 11 June 1948 – 1 October 2014) was an English singer-songwriter and record producer. After initially writing hits for others, she had her own chart hits in the UK and Europe in the 1970s, starting with UK top 10 single "Sugar Me", and became the first British female artist to achieve a number one with a self-written song (in 1972 in Belgium, Spain and the Netherlands). She represented the UK in the 1977 Eurovision Song Contest, finishing in second place and scoring another chart-topping hit in Switzerland, and had a successful career as a songwriter, record producer, actress and television celebrity. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lynsey de Paul is the 1,910th most popular singer (down from 1,747th in 2019), the 5,099th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,665th in 2019) and the 196th most popular British Singer.

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Lynsey de Paul ranks 1,910 out of 4,381. Before her are Lil Yachty, Alan Jackson, Lee Jun-ho, Thérèse Steinmetz, Koshi Inaba, and Nayeon. After her are Tony Kakko, Natalia Gordienco, Lil' Kim, Andy, Kelly Clarkson, and Tennessee Ernie Ford.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Lynsey de Paul ranks 637. Before her are Lisbeth Korsmo, Sven-Åke Lundbäck, Gustavo de Simone, Kiyomi Kato, Carlos Ruiz, and Roelof Wunderink. After her are Richard Masur, Alf Hansen, Rudy Tomjanovich, Peggy Fleming, Charles Bradley, and Dick Quax. Among people deceased in 2014, Lynsey de Paul ranks 471. Before her are Levente Lengyel, Steven Sotloff, Farley Mowat, Edmund Bruggmann, Ernest Mühlen, and Maxine Kumin. After her are Annemarie Buchner, Çolpan İlhan, Mae Young, Ghiță Licu, Ralph Giordano, and Howard Baker.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Lynsey de Paul ranks 5,101 out of 8,785. Before her are John M. Allegro (1923), Herbert Austin, 1st Baron Austin (1866), Frederick E. Morgan (1894), James, Viscount Severn (2007), Eric A. Havelock (1903), and Carol V. Robinson (1956). After her are Æthelwold of Winchester (900), Anthony Powell (1905), Ernest Townsend (1880), Mary Lamb (1764), R. J. Mitchell (1895), and Bernard Pyne Grenfell (1869).

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Among SINGERS In United Kingdom

Among singers born in United Kingdom, Lynsey de Paul ranks 196. Before her are Skin (1967), Colin Hay (1953), Kirsty MacColl (1959), Vashti Bunyan (1945), Teddy Sinclair (1986), and Simon Fuller (1960). After her are Paul Banks (1978), Justin Hayward (1946), Ewan MacColl (1915), Duffy (1984), Tom Odell (1990), and Steve Strange (1959).

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