December 16, 2008
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Lulu & The Luvers - I'll Come Running Over

Lulu & The Luvers - I’ll Come Running Over
I love this song by Lulu & The Luvers, released in 1965 on Decca. It’s a fairly  straightforward 60’s R&B track, but lead vocalist Marie McDonald McLaughlin Lawrie (now you see why she went by Lulu) has a distinct attitude and snarl… it’s amazing this song didn’t come out in 1977, alongside other powerful frontmen like Patty Smith and Debbie Harry. The Luvers only stayed together for three years, but in that time the band opened for the Beatles, made a movie, and became the first female fronted act to perform behind the Iron Curtain. Lawrie would go on to perform solo, releasing a handful of albums over the next few decades, and even had a stint married to Bee Gee Maurice Gibb.

Edit: Apparently, she was also a celebrity coach on American Idol in 2007, and performed a rendition of “To Sir With Love” with one of the contestants. I just typed out “talk about a low point in your career”, but then I remembered she was married to Maurice Gibb.