Barbara Dickson Parent: Meet Ruth Malley

Barbara Dickson was born in Dunfermline and went to Woodmill High School and Dunfermline High School. Her father was a cook on a tugboat at Rosyth Dockyard and her mother was from Liverpool.

There isn’t much information about her parents on the internet.

Dickson’s singing career started in folk clubs around her native Fife in 1964. Her first commercial recording was in 1968. Her early work included albums with Archie Fisher, the first of which, was The Fate O’Charlie, a collection of songs from the Jacobite rebellions, which was released in 1969.

On television, she starred as Anita Braithwaite in Band of Gold.

Between March and April 2022, Barbara and her band toured the UK in support of the album, “Time Is Going Faster”. In March 2022, Barbara starred in Radio 4’s The Road and the Miles to Dundee written by Val McDermid and directed by Turan Ali.