Lanah P, born in 1959 near the docks of Grimsby, United Kingdom, emerged as a pop singer with a diverse performance background. After leaving school at fifteen, she relocated to Manchester, where she performed drag impersonations of Shirley Bassey, Eartha Kitt, and others in working‑men’s clubs, building a reputation that led to a role in The Comic Strip Presents and the 1987 film Eat the Rich. Her breakthrough in music came with the single "Pistol in My Pocket" in 1986, which reached number 17 in Australia and number 40 in New Zealand, marking her first chart success. That same year, she released the single "I Can Make a Man Out of You". In 1991, she collaborated with Gary Clail on "Human Nature", contributing the line “Let the carnival begin… Every pleasure, every sin!”. Later releases included "Pistol In My Pocket (Vince Clarke Erasure Mix)" in 2018, "Winter of Love" in 2019, and "Human Race" and "Ghosts of Christmas Past" in 2020. Throughout her career, she maintained a presence in cabaret, theatre, and television, notably performing in the one‑person play Glitter & Twisted and the cabaret show A Life in Song, solidifying her role as a versatile performer in the UK pop scene.
