1. A song from Dumbo ignited her singing career Allen got her first taste of celebrity when singing at school in London. "I was in the playground, listening to Oasis – I think it was Wonderwall – on my Walkman, and a teacher of mine.
.. heard me and said, 'You've got a beautiful singing voice.
Why don't we do some lessons?'" Allen was encouraged to sing Baby Mine, a song from Dumbo, in a school assembly. "It brought the house down," she says. "People were really, really moved.
.. It was a powerful moment for me.
.. From that moment on it was something I wanted to develop.
" Lily Allen performs at the Top of the Pops Christmas Special in 2006 2. She went to 13 schools Allen struggled in education. She attended 13 different schools and "definitely was asked to leave a few".
She says "I didn't really understand the point of it. I think maybe because I'd been [around] the creative industries and it didn't really seem..
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