Robert Carlyle

Born  14 April 1961 Maryhill, Glasgow, Scotland

Occupation  Actor

Carlyle was born in Maryhill. Glasgow, the son of Elizabeth, a bus company employee, and Joseph Carlyle, a painter and decorator  He was brought up by his father after his mother left when Carlyle was four years old. He left school at the age of 16 without any qualifications and worked for his father as a painter and decorator; however, he continued his education by attending night classes at Cardonald College in Glasgow.

 

 

 

 

 

Billy Connolly Comedian/Actor

Born 24 Novemebr 1942, Anderston, Glasgow, Scotland

 

William Billy" Connolly, CBE is a Scottish comedian, musician, presenter and actor. He is sometimes known, especially in his native Scotland, by the nickname "The Big Yin" ("The Big One"). His first trade, in the early 1960s, was as a welder (specifically a boilermaker in the Glasgow Shipyards, but he gave it up towards the end of the decade to pursue a career as a folk singer in the Humblebums and subsequently as a soloist. In the early 1970s, he made the transition from folk-singer with a comedic persona to full-fledged comedian

 

 

 

 

Eddi Reader

Singer

 

Eddi Reader MBE is a Scottish singer-songwriter, known both for her work with Fairground Attraction and for an enduring solo career. She is the recipient of three BRIT Awards and has topped both the album and singles charts. Wikipedia

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Born: August 29, 1959 (age 54), Glasgow

 

Music groups: Fairground Attraction (1987 – 1990), The Waterboys(1984)

 

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Deacon Blue are a Scottish pop band formed in Glasgow during 1985.

 

Their name was taken from the title of the Steely Dan song "Deacon Blues".

The line-up of the band consists of vocalists Ricky Ross and Lorraine McIntosh, keyboard player James Prime and drummer Dougie Vipond.

The band released their debut album, Raintown on 1 May 1987 which was a chart success.

Their seventh album, The Hipsters was released in 2012.

As of 2012, Deacon Blue's total album sales stood at six million, with twelve UK Top 40 singles, along with two UK number one albums.

 

 

Texas are a rock/pop band from Glasgow, Scotland.

 

They were founded by Johnny McElhone (formerly of the bands Altered Images andHipsway) in 1986 and feature Sharleen Spiteri on lead vocals.

 

Texas made their performing debut in March 1988 at the University of Dundee.

 

They took their name from the 1984 Wim Wenders movie Paris, Texas.

The band released their debut album Southside in 1989, along with the debut single "I Don't Want a Lover" which was an international hit, reaching the top ten in the UK and other high charting positions in Europe.

 

Southside debuted at number three in the UK and eighty-eight on the US Billboard 200 album charts. Despite the success of Southside, the follow-up albums Mothers Heaven (1991) and Ricks Road(1993) were less successful, peaking at #32 and #18 respectively in the UK.

 

Del Amitri are a Scottish alternative rock band, formed in Glasgow, Scotland in 1983.

The band grew out of Justin Currie's Jordanhill College Schoolband and came together after teenager Currie placed an advertisement in the window of a music store asking for people who could play to contact him.

 

The band was formed with the original line-up of Currie (bass and vocals), Iain Harvie (lead guitar), Bryan Tolland (guitar) and Paul Tyagi (drums). Currie and Harvie were the only members of the band to remain present throughout its history.

 

They were also the main songwriters of the group.The band had five Top 10 albums in the UK, and one Top 10 single, "Roll to Me", on the Billboard Hot 100 in the US.

 

Travis are a British post-Britpop alternative rock band formed in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1990, comprising Fran Healy (lead vocals, rhythm guitar),Dougie Payne (bass guitar, backing vocals), Andy Dunlop (lead guitar, banjo, backing vocals) and Neil Primrose (drums, percussion).

 

The band has released 7 studio albums: Good Feeling (1997), The Man Who (1999), The Invisible Band (2001), 12 Memories (2003), The Boy With No Name (2007), Ode To J. Smith (2008) and Where You Stand (2013).

 

Travis have twice been awarded best band at the BRIT Awards, and are often credited for having paved the way for bands such as Coldplay andKeane (Coldplay's Chris Martin has called himself "a poor man's Fran Healy", while saying that Travis "invented" Coldplay "and lots of others"[1]). The band named themselves after the Harry Dean Stanton character Travis Henderson from the film Paris, Texas.

 

Runrig are a Scottish Celtic rock group formed in Skye, in 1973 under the name 'The Run Rig Dance Band'.

 

Since its inception, the band's line-up has included songwriters Rory Macdonald and Calum Macdonald. The current line-up also includes longtime members Malcolm Jones, Iain Bayne, and more recently, Bruce Guthro, and Brian Hurren.

To date, the band has released thirteen studio albums, with a number of their songs sung in Scottish Gaelic.Initially formed as a three-piece dance band, which played wedding receptions, the trio's first performance took place at Kelvin Hall, in Glasgow.

Runrig's music is often described as a blend of folk and rock music, with the band's lyrics often focusing upon locations, history, politics and people that are unique to Scotland. Songs also make references to agriculture and land conservation.

At present, Runrig's largest fan bases can be found in the United Kingdom, Denmark, and Germany. Since 1999, the band has gained attention inCanada, following Nova Scotian singer Bruce Guthro's entry to the band.

 

Ann "Annie" Lennox, OBE (born 25 December 1954) is a Scottish singer-songwriter, political activist and philanthropist.

 

After achieving moderate success in the late 1970s as part of the new wave band The Tourists, she and fellow musician David A. Stewartwent on to achieve major international success in the 1980s as Eurythmics, with the 1983 hit single "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" their commercial breakthrough. Lennox is the most recognised female artist at the Brit Awards, winning a total of eight awards. She has also been named the "Brits Champion of Champions".

 

Lennox embarked on a solo career in 1992 with her debut album, Diva, which produced several hit singles including "Why" and "Walking on Broken Glass". To date, she has released five solo studio albums and a compilation album, The Annie Lennox Collection(2009). Aside from her eight Brit Awards, she has also collected four Grammy Awards and an MTV Video Music Award. In 2002, Lennox received a Billboard Century Award; the highest accolade from Billboard Magazine.[2] In 2004, she won both the Golden Globeand the Academy Award for Best Original Song for "Into the West", written for the soundtrack to the feature film The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.

 

In addition to her career as a musician, Lennox is also a political and social activist, notable for raising money and awareness for HIV/ AIDS as it affects women and children in Africa. In 2011, Lennox was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire by QueenElizabeth II for her "tireless charity campaigns and championing of humanitarian causes". On 4 June 2012, Lennox performed at the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Concert in front of Buckingham Palace, London. Lennox performed the song Little Bird during the 2012 Summer Olympics closing ceremony in London on 12 Aug 2012.

 

Lennox has been named "The Greatest White Soul Singer Alive" by VH1 and one of The 100 Greatest Singers of All Time by Rolling Stone. In 2012, Lennox was listed at number 22 on VH1's 100 Greatest Women in Music.

She has earned the distinction of "most successful female British artist in UK music history" due to her commercial success since the early 1980s. As of June 2008, including her work within Eurythmics, Lennox had sold over 80 million records worldwide.