LINDSAY DRACASS

(Pronounced Draycass) 26 year-old singing phenomenon, as a 15 year old schoolgirl, Lindsay Dracass, was the UK's entrant for 2001's Eurovision Song Contest held in Copenhagen. . Lindsay's story is somewhat of a fairy-tale. She was discovered at just 13 years old by her manager Alan Wood who heard her sing at a charity show in their hometown of Sheffield. Bowled over by her astonishing vocal ability, Alan became Lindsay's manager. Determined to get into the music industry, Lindsay asked if she could complete her 'work experience programme' in his busy music office. Alan went a step further and introduced her to fellow Sheffielder, the internationally renowned hit singer/songwriter, Paul Carrack. As a result, at the age of 15 Lindsay performed live as a backing singer in the UK, Europe and the US with Paul and fulfilled two major career ambitions by performing at the Glastonbury 2000 festival, and in Los Angeles. Lindsay was introduced to hit record producer Peter Van Hooke, who was responsible for launching the multi-million selling career of Tanita Tikaram. As further testimony to her extraordinary voice, the song that launched Lindsay's recording career, 'No Dream Impossible' (which reached No 32 in the UK charts) was written by legendary multi-million-selling hit song writer, Russ Ballard, along with his co-writer, Chris Winter. Russ' long list of international hit songs include 'Since You Been Gone' (Rainbow), 'No More The Fool' (Elkie Brooks), and other international hits by Kiss,Roger Daltry and Santana, among others. Also, a neat previous connection with Eurovision is that Russ has had his songs recorded by both Frida and Agnetha of Abba.

Lindsay teams up again with Paul Carrack and his band for the forthcoming 2009/2010 UK tour, for more info please see

www.carrack-uk.com