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Clodagh Rodgers


Clodagh Rodgers (born 5 March 1947, Ballymena) is a singer from Northern Ireland, probably best known for her hit "Jack in the Box"; which was the United Kingdom's entry in the 1971 Eurovision Song Contest. The song is also a running joke in the "Cycling Tour" episode of Monty Python's Flying Circus.

Contents

  • 1 Career
  • 2 Notes
  • 3 Discography
    • 3.1 Singles
    • 3.2 Album
  • 4 References
  • 5 External links

Career

Rogers signed for Decca records in 1961, at the age of 14. She made four singles before moving to Columbia in 1965, where she was known as "Cloda Rogers", the name under which she made the 1966 single "Stormy Weather"/"Lonely Room" .

Rogers shot to fame in 1969 with two Top 5 chart hits - "Come Back and Shake Me", and "Goodnight Midnight", which resulted in her being the best selling female singles artist of that year. The further single releases "Biljo", "Everybody Go Home, The Party's Over" and "Lady Love Bug", continued her chart success in the next few years. Many of her songs around this time were written and produced by the American songwriter, Kenny Young. In 1970 Rodgers recorded a single called "Give Me Just a Little More Line" with Young which enjoyed moderate success. The duo called themselves Moonshine for this release.

Rodgers third and last Top 10 success in the UK came with "Jack in the Box" in 1971. With this song she represented the UK at the Eurovision Song Contest in Dublin. She came fourth.[1]

Rodgers has had a varied and successful career. On Irish TV, 'The Clodagh Rodgers Show' won an award at the Golden Rose TV festival in Montreux, and Rodgers starred in many variety shows, including Seaside Special for the BBC Television (she hosted the first ever show from Great Yarmouth), and The Two Ronnies. This success was mirrored on stage, where she has starred in London's West End in her own show at the Talk of the Town (breaking Sammy Davis, Jr.'s box office record); in "Cinderella" at the London Palladium (again breaking box office records); and in two musicals (to date). These were "Pump Boys and Dinettes" at the Piccadilly and Albery, and "Blood Brothers" at the Phoenix.

She also appeared in the UK tour of "Blood Brothers" between 1995-1998. She says she would like to do more musicals.

She appeared in The Morecambe and Wise Show, both on TV and radio.

Notes

  1. Sleeve notes, Backcomb 'n' Beat: Dream Babes Volume Three (RPM CD, 2001)

Discography

Singles

Album

References

  1. Sleeve notes, Backcomb 'n' Beat: Dream Babes Volume Three (RPM CD, 2001)
  2. External links