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Tarryn Lamb (born 5 August 1985) is a South African singer and songwriter. She is best known as a member of the Blackbird. She started as a restaurant singer and has blown to a pop star.
The singer dropped her first solo album, Mal Oor Jou, in 2018. She bagged three Ghoema Music Awards in 2019. She has appeared in movie and television productions, including the 2017 film danZ!
Lamb started the girl band La Vuvuzela by placing an ad for dancers on Gumtree. She met the late BlackByrd band member Tamsyn Maker, her cousin. The band was a hit before the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa.
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| Name: | Tarryn Lamb |
| Born: | 5 August 1985 (age 38 years old) |
| Origin: | Ocean View, Cape Town |
| Nationality: | South African |
| Education: | Musical performance |
| Alma mater: | Waterfront Theatre School |
| Occupation: | Actress, songwriter, dancer, and pop singer |
| Spouse: | Mario Thompson, Lester Timothy |
| Affiliation: | BlackByrd |
| Net worth: | $19 Million |
Early Life and Education
Tarryn Lamb was born on 5 August 1985 to a teacher and navy man. She grew up in a fishing village in Cape Peninsula known as Ocean View. She acquired her first experience in showbiz as a national teen ballroom champion. Lamb studied musical performance at the Waterfront Theatre School.
Career
The singer was a nominee for the South African Awards (SAMA). Her exceptional acting skills won her a South African Film and Television Award. She is the former lead singer of the bands Blackbyrd and La Vuvuzela.
Establishing her presence in the industry was a bumpy ride. She entered the first season of SA Idols and got rejected. She fronted two failed bands and sang as a restaurant singer in Woodstock. She sang five songs a night and three nights a week.
After ten years of hits and misses, Tarryn became the lead singer of BlackByrd. The female band consisted of three members. It topped many charts. Their award-winning debut album, Strong (2012), is one of their known work.
Lamb wrote All for Me, which the Gauteng and Western Cape radio stations voted as the 2012’s SA song of the year. SABC breakfast show Espresso adopted another song she wrote titled I Feel Good Today as their theme song. As a solo artist, she has many hit singles.
The label EMI Records approached them for a record deal. Tarryn Lamb joins Carl Wastie on The Flash Drive on Kfm. She took over from Zoë Brown after he left Kfm in June.
Tarryn has also appeared on television shows such as Suidooster and Binnelanders. She serves as a mentor on Die Kontrak on e.tv. She has co-presented the kykNET hit series Maak My Famous.
Personal Life
Tarryn Lamb met her husband, entrepreneur Mario Thompson, at the restaurant where she sang. The couple got married in St George’s Cathedral.
Reading Crack the Songwriting Code by Clive Ridgway changed her life. She married her fiancé, Lester Timothy, in an intimate wedding with only family and close friends. Her cousin, Tamsyn Maker, a former member of Blackbyrd, tragically passed away in March 2022.
Songs
- My Way
- Vier Woorde
- Mal Oor Jou
- Geheueverlies
- Afrikaans Is Groot Temalied
- Hoor Jy My
- America’s Sweetheart
- ‘n Liefde Soos Die
- How Men of Yarn
- Let’s Get it Started Medley
- Stand Up
- Sunny
- Iemand In Die Niemand
- Grease
- The Living Years
- 9 to 5
- Kalm Voor Die Storm
- Dis Nie Ek Nie
- Girls Pop The World Medley
- Dis Hoe Ons Sokkie Medley
- Ons Word Een Medley
- Speel
- Jy Is Te Dierbaar
- Set Me Free
- The Greatest Show
- This Is Me
- Shallow
- Ek Wil Vir Jou
- Dit Is My Storie
- World in Union
- Treffer Na Treffer Finale Medley
- Perfect
