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===1980s: Other ventures=== Lulu's chart success waned in the 1980s but she remained in the public eye, acting and hosting a long-running radio show on London's [[Capital London|Capital Radio]] station.<ref>Lulu 2002, p. 164.</ref> She was associated with [[Freemans]] fashion catalogue during the late 1970s and early 1980s. In 1979 she recorded for Elton John's label [[The Rocket Record Company]] and released "I Love to Boogie". Notable London stage appearances came in the early 1980s and included [[Andrew Lloyd Webber]]'s ''[[Song and Dance]]'' and the [[Royal National Theatre]]'s ''[[Guys and Dolls (musical)|Guys and Dolls]]''. Lulu damaged her [[Vocal folds|vocal cords]] while performing in the Lloyd Webber show, requiring surgery that threatened her singing voice. She co-hosted a revived series of ''[[Oh Boy! (TV series)|Oh Boy!]]'' for [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] in the early 1980s. In 1981, she returned to the US chart with "[[I Could Never Miss You (More Than I Do)]]", a Top 20 hit that also reached No. 2 on the [[Adult contemporary music|Adult Contemporary]] chart despite stalling at No. 62 in the UK. Early the following year, she had a more modest US hit with "If I Were You", which just missed the Top 40, appeared in the video for "[[Ant Rap]]" alongside [[Adam and the Ants]], and was nominated for a [[Grammy Award|Grammy]] for "Who's Foolin' Who" from the "Lulu" album. She won the [[Rear of the Year]] award in 1983<ref>{{cite web |title=Past Winners |url=http://www.rearoftheyearcompetition.com/past-winners/ |website=Rear of the Year |publisher=Rear of the Year Ltd |access-date=20 December 2014}}</ref> and rerecorded a number of her songs. They included "Shout", which reached the Top 10 in 1986 in the UK, securing her a spot on ''[[Top of the Pops]]''. Lulu was one of only two performers ([[Cliff Richard]] being the other) to have sung on ''Top of the Pops'' in each of the five decades that the show ran. A follow-up single to "Shout", an updated version of [[Millie (singer)|Millie]]'s 1960s hit "[[My Boy Lollipop]]", failed to chart and Lulu stopped recording until 1992, focusing instead on TV, acting and live performances. The two tracks were released on the [[Jive Records]] label. Lulu has had releases on the Decca, Columbia, Atco, [[Polydor Records|Polydor]], [[Chelsea Records|Chelsea]], [[Alfa Records|Alfa]], Jive, Dome, [[RCA Records|RCA]], [[Mercury Records|Mercury]] and [[Universal Records|Universal]] labels. She has also released singles for [[GTO Records|GTO]], Atlantic, Globe, [[EMI]], Concept, Lifestyle, Utopia and Rocket, and [[Epic Records|Epic]] in the US. In 1985 her first autobiography, ''Lulu : Her Autobiography'', was published.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lulu |title=Lulu : her autobiography. |date=1985 |publisher=Granada |location=London |isbn=0246124768}}</ref> On television, she replaced [[Julie Walters]] as [[Adrian Mole]]'s mother in ''[[The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole (TV series)|The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole]]'' in 1987. In 1989 and 1990 she voiced the title character in the animated series ''[[Nellie the Elephant (TV series)|Nellie the Elephant]]'' on [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]]. In 1989, Lulu and her manager of 25 years, Marion Massey, parted company. During their twenty-five year association, Massey and Lulu were equal partners as a business enterprise but, encouraged by her husband [[John Frieda]], Lulu ended their business association in 1989 as she was frustrated that she was no longer seen as a recording artist and Massey was unable to further her recording career.<ref>Lulu 2002, page unknown.</ref>
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