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Julie Rogers
Known not only for her superb singing, but also for her outstanding looks and personality, all of which are matched by her stunning clothes, Julie continues to delight and excite her audiences both at home and abroad, be it in the Concert Hall or the Cabaret Room.
Julie started her professional career with the TEDDY FOSTER ORCHESTRA. She sang with the band for two seasons at Butlins, Filey, UK. Building on her success she formed a double act with Ted, a la Louis Prima and Keely Smith and toured all the American bases throughout Europe. This was a great grounding for her and really taught her the business.
They did this for about eighteen months, by which time Ted suggested that Julie should go solo and took her to see Johnny Franz at Philips Records (now Phonogram). Johnny immediately said that he was going to sign her up and in April of 1964 she signed a five-year agreement.
Her first record, 'It's Magic' introduced her to radio and TV stations. Her second record, 'The Wedding', was a worldwide number one and has sold in the region of 12 million copies to date . . . and is still selling. Of course, this opened up the world to her and she has been touring ever since.
With the success of her first hit she was in demand to appear on television shows. She appeared as a guest artiste in every major show, such as 'Sunday Night At The Palladium' in the early days and guested with Tom Jones, Roy Orbison, Benny Hill, Tommy Cooper and many other superstars. Julie has also presented music shows for the BBC and continued to be a regular on our screens until the mid eighties when they stopped presenting variety shows on television.
Subsequently, she had three more hits 'Like A Child', 'Hawaiian Wedding' and 'In My Room'.
Julie appeared for a staggering eleven times at the 'Talk of The Town' in London, not to mention many times at the Savoy Hotel, which used to have cabaret. She also had a record breaking three-week season at 'The Green Room' last year and also the 'Pizza On The Park'.
She also appeared in Hong Kong in May 1998 before the "take-over" and then at the Dusit Thani Hotel, Bangkok, for two gala shows. Although she is also kept very busy with corporate appearances in all the London hotels and prestige venues around the world, Julie has also performed at many royal shows for the Duke of Edinburgh, Princess Margaret, Diana Princess of Wales, The Duke of Kent and the Duke of York, and has appeared several times at Buckingham Palace.
In addition to performing in the UK, Julie's talents are in constant demand throughout the world. Australia, America, Canada, The Far East, Middle East, Spain, Italy and the South of France are just some of the countries that have enjoyed her talents. The 'Sporting Club' in Monte Carlo is without doubt the most prestigious venue in the world and Julie has been repeatedly booked there following such stars as Frank Sinatra, Shirley Bassey and many other top celebrities. In fact she was presented with a silver cup for the best show in 15 years! Another part of her busy working life are regular performances on some of the world's luxury liners, amongst which are the celebrated QE2, Canberra, and the Sea Goddess.
Julie was very proud to have been made a Freeman of the City of London for all her charity work involvement with Variety Club of Great Britain, Grand Order of Lady Ratlings, Stars Organisation for Spastics and many others.
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