Early Life and Career
Hamilton was born in Lancashire, England, the eldest of four children. Her career as a singer began as a teenager when she joined a backing group The Desperadoes. They appeared on the same bill as acts such as The Who, Freddy and the Dreamers and The Animals. Lynne Hamilton knew the Beatles personally, having been signed with the same record labels and having been on the same TV shows and at the same parties and social promotional events for the record label for 4 years. Lynne and Paul McCartney were close friends for some years - This was while Lynne was in her four year stint as a singer with The Caravelles, who successfully toured in the UK and across Europe. In 1971 Hamilton moved to Australia where she variously owned and operated a car hire company and restaurants - later returning as a number one hit singer with the theme song of the TV series Prisoner.
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