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Barbara Dickson

Barbara Ruth Dickson (born 27 September 1947) is a Scottish singer and actress whose hits include "I Know Him So Well" (a chart-topping duet with Elaine Paige), "Answer Me" and "January February". Dickson has placed fifteen albums on the UK Albums Chart from 1977 to date, and had a number of hit singles, including four which reached the top 20 on 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 was the original Mrs. Johnstone in Willy Russell's long-running musical ''Blood Brothers''. On television she starred as Anita Braithwaite in ''Band of Gold''. Provided by Wikipedia