Barbara Ruth Dickson, OBE (born Dunfermline, Fife, 27 September 1947) is a Scottish singer whose hits include "I Know Him So Well" and "January February". Dickson has placed fifteen albums in the UK Albums Chart from 1977 to date, and had a number of hit singles, including four which reached the Top 20 in the UK Singles Chart.The Scotsman newspaper has described her as Scotland's best-selling female singer in terms of the numbers of hit chart singles and albums she has achieved in the UK since 1976.
She is also a two-time Olivier Award-winning actress, with roles including Viv Nicholson in the musical Spend Spend Spend, and she was the original Mrs. Johnstone in Willy Russell's long-running musical Blood Brothers. On TV she starred as Anita Braithwaite in Band of Gold.
Career
Early years
Dickson went to Woodmill High School. Previously she lived in "Dolly Town", Rosyth, which no longer exists as it was demolished in the early 1970s. Her father was a cook on a tugboat at Rosyth Dockyard and her mother was from Liverpool. She went to Camdean Primary School.
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A rose is a perennial plant of the genus Rosa, or the flower it bears.
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The Rose is a 1979 American drama film which tells the story of a self-destructive 1960s rock star who struggles to cope with the constant pressures of her career and the demands of her ruthless business manager. The film stars Bette Midler, Alan Bates, Frederic Forrest, Harry Dean Stanton, Barry Primus and David Keith.
The story is loosely based on the life of singer Janis Joplin. Originally titled Pearl, after Joplin's nickname, and the title of her last album, it was fictionalized after her family declined to allow the producers the rights to her story. It was written by Bill Kerby and Bo Goldman from a story by Bill Kerby, and directed by Mark Rydell.
The Rose was nominated for four Academy Awards including Best Actress in a Leading Role (Bette Midler, in her screen debut), Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Frederic Forrest), Best Film Editing and Best Sound.
Midler performed the soundtrack album for the film, and the title track became one of her biggest hit singles.
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"The Rose" is a classic pop song written by Amanda McBroom and made famous by Bette Midler who recorded it for the soundtrack of the 1979 film The Rose in which it plays under the closing credits.
Background and Bette Midler version
"The Rose" was first recorded by Bette Midler for the soundtrack of the 1979 film The Rose in which it plays under the closing credits. However the song was not written for the movie: Amanda McBroom recalls, "I wrote it in 1977 [or] 1978, and I sang it occasionally in clubs. . . . Jim Nabors had a local talk show, and I sang ["The Rose"] on his show once." According to McBroom she wrote "The Rose" in response to her manager's suggestion that she write "some Bob Seger-type tunes" to expedite a record deal: McBroom obliged by writing "The Rose" in forty-five minutes. Said McBroom: "'The Rose' is . . . just one verse [musically] repeated three times. When I finished it, I realized it doesn't have a bridge or a hook, but I couldn't think of anything to [add]."
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ALBUMS
- To Each & Everyone: The Songs of Gerry Rafferty released: 2013
- Nothing's Gonna Change My World released: 2006
- January, February: The Best of Barbara Dickson released: 2006
- Thro’ the Recent Years released: 2004
- Full Circle released: 2004
- The Platinum Collection released: 2004
- Memories released: 2003
- The World of Barbara Dickson released: 1996
- The Best of Barbara Dickson released: 1996
- Dark End of the Street released: 1995
- Tenderly released: 1994
- Parcel of Rogues released: 1994
- Don't Think Twice It's All Right released: 1992
- Now and Then released: 1991
- Coming Alive Again released: 1989
- The Collection released: 1987
- After Dark released: 1987
- The Right Moment released: 1986
- Gold released: 1985
- Heartbeats released: 1984
- All for a Song released: 1982
- You Know It's Me released: 1981
- The Fate o’ Charlie released: 1969
- The Best of Elaine Paige & Barbara Dickson Together released:
January, February: The Best of Barbara Dickson
Released 2006- Answer Me
- Another Suitcase in Another Hall
- January, February
- I Know Him So Well
- I Don't Know How to Love Him
- Don't Cry for Me Argentina
- Memory
- My Lagan Love
- Who Knows Where the Time Goes
- Farewell to the Whisky
- Blowin' in the Wind
- A Day in the Life
- I Will Wait for You
- Skye Boat Song
- All the Pretty Little Horses
- Anyone Who Had a Heart
- Pride (In the Name of Love) (live)
The Platinum Collection
Released 2004- Answer Me
- Another Suitcase In Another Hall
- Caravan Song
- January, February
- In the Night
- I Know Him So Well
- It's Really You
- Only Seventeen
- My Heart Lies
- Run Like the Wind
- I Believe in You
- Take Good Care
- Stop in the Name of Love
- Tell Me It's Not True
- I Don't Believe in Miracles
- If You're Right
- Still in the Game
- Song of Bernadette
- Coming Alive Again
- Love Hurts
- Wayfarin' Stranger
Memories
Released 2003- Answer Me
- January Febuary
- Love Hurts
- I Know Him So Well
- Anyone Who Had a Heart
- I Heard It Through the Grapevine
- Don't Cry for Me Argentina
- Another Suitcase in Another Hall
- I Don't Know How to Love Him
- Memory
- Natural Woman
- Don't Think Twice... (It's Alright)
- She's Leaving Home
- The First Time I Ever Saw Your Face
- Angie Baby
- You Send Me
- Missing You
- Caravan Song (live)
The World of Barbara Dickson
Released 1996- Answer Me
- Here Comes the Sun
- Lover's Serenade
- Morning Comes Quickly
- Deep Into My Soul
- High Tide
- Who Was It Stole Your Heart Away
- My Man
- Driftaway
- People Get Ready
- From the Heart
- When You Touch Me This Way
- I Could Fall
- There's a Party in My Heart
- Stolen Love
- It Makes Me Feel Good
- Lean on Me
- The Long and Winding Road
The Best of Barbara Dickson
Released 1996- January February
- The Long and Winding Road
- In the Night
- Tonight (live)
- I Don't Believe in Miracles
- Stardust
- Run Like the Wind
- Caravan Song
- The Crying Game
- Answer Me, My Love (live)
- Now I Don't Know
- Can't Get by Without You
- It's Really You
- With a Little Help From My Friends
- Tell Me It's Not True (Theme From Blood Brothers)
- Will You Love Me Tomorrow?
- As Time Goes By
- I Believe in You
- Drift Away (live)
- Stop in the Name of Love
Tenderly
Released 1994- What Is Love
- Don't Cry for Me Argentina
- Another Suitcase in Another Hall
- I Know Him So Well
- Angie Baby
- If You Go Away
- I Don't Know How to Love Him
- Anyone Who Had a Heart
- The Right Moment
- It's Money That I Love
- Same Sky
- Memory
- My Johnny Was a Shoemaker
- Tenderly
- Missing You
- Geordie
- Only a Dream in Rio
- Lush Life
Now and Then
Released 1991- Follow You Follow Me
- Fine Partly Cloudy
- I Think It's Going to Rain Today
- Friend in Need
- It Might Be You
- Fortress Around Your Heart
- If You Go Away
- Same Sky
- September Song
- If You're Right
- Peter
- The West Coast of Clare
- I Don't Believe in You
- Angie Baby
- Who Are You Anyway
- Caravans
- No Milk Today
- Thousands Are Sailing
- Dream of You
- It's Raining Again Today
The Collection
Released 1987- Drift Away
- Medley
- Will You Love Me Tomorrow
- I Don't Believe in Miracles
- Stardust
- Come Rain or Come Shine
- Take Good Care
- With a Little Help From My Friends
- In the Night
- January, February
- The Crying Game
- As Time Goes By
- Stop in the Name of Love
- Little by Little in Love
- My Heart Lies
- Fallen Angels
- Think It Over
- I Know You Know Me
- Hold On
- You Know It's Me
The Fate o’ Charlie
Released 1969- Cam Ye O’er Frae France
- The Three Healths
- Wha Wadna Fight For Charlie
- The White Cockade
- My Bonny Hieland Laddie
- The Highland Widow’s Lament
- Prestonpans
- The Battle of Prestonpans / Killicrankie
- O’er The Water to Charlie
- Prince Charlie
- Highland Harry
- The Fate o’ Charlie
- The Highlander's Lament
- O’er the Water
- The Flowers o’ the Forest
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The Barbara Dickson Album
by: Barbara DicksonDid you ever have a plan, dream
Think it would be right for you
For a moment in your life, believe
Heaven would decide for you
That a feeling deep inside will guide you
To a love you'll treasure it's you and I forever
Keep on believing
It's really you, It's really me,
We're all the things we ever wanted to be
The time is right and you're here tonight
So hold my hand and know that you'll understand
If there is something on your mind, a need
And you feel you want to shake it
Let it go let it fall, leave it
You don't have to chase it
'Cos there's a new world all around you that's so good
Darling then it's made for you ther's nothing more you need to do
It's really you, It's really me,
We're all the things we ever wanted to be
The time is right and you're here tonight
So hold my hand and know that you'll understand
Our love, love that I've tasted
Now there is love and I aint gonna waste it
Like I did before
Now I know it's really you it's me
It's really you it's me
It's really you it's me
You and I
You and I
It's really you it's really me,
We're all the things we ever wanted to be
The time is right and you're here tonight
So hold my hand and know that you'll understand
It's really you it's really me
The time is right and you're here tonight
It's really you it's really me (fade)