Clodagh Rodgers appeared in various song festivals, finishing third in the European Song Cup competition in Greece with "Powder Your Face With Sunshine".
23 Facts About Clodagh Rodgers
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On his Irish tour earlier that year he had recognised that Clodagh Rodgers was a promising artist with a bright future.
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Clodagh Rodgers appeared with Honeybus on BBC Two's music programme Colour Me Pop on 12 October, 1968.
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Clodagh Rodgers's career changed dramatically when she married John Morris, who became her manager.
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Clodagh Rodgers signed a three-single deal with RCA in 1968, but the first two failed to chart.
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Clodagh Rodgers finally shot to chart success in 1969 under his creative wing and with Morris' management, "Come Back and Shake Me" and "Goodnight Midnight" both were Top 5 hits and made her the best-selling female singles artist of 1969.
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Clodagh Rodgers recorded "Scrapbook," penned by Billy Ritchie, which appeared on her 1969 album Midnight Clodagh.
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Clodagh Rodgers picked this track as one of her eight favourite discs when she appeared as the featured castaway on the BBC's Desert Island Discs in March 1971.
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In May 1970 Clodagh Rodgers appeared on the bill at the NME poll-winner's concert, hosted by Tony Blackburn and Jimmy Savile.
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Clodagh Rodgers finished in fourth place, behind Monaco, Spain and Germany.
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Clodagh Rodgers admitted to Ken Bruce during his eponymous BBC Radio 2 show in an interview broadcast on Friday, 25 May 2012, that the intention had been to release "Another Time, Another Place", which had placed fourth of the six entries in the Song for Europe contest as the follow-up single to "Jack in the Box" and she began promoting it whilst in Dublin for the Eurovision final.
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On Irish television, The Clodagh Rodgers Show won an award at the Golden Rose TV festival in Montreux.
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Clodagh Rodgers starred in many other shows, including Sunday Night at the London Palladium in 1974, singing three songs, including her latest single "Get It Together".
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Clodagh Rodgers appeared in Seaside Special for BBC Television in 1975 and The Morecambe and Wise Show in 1970.
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Clodagh Rodgers was a regular guest of The Two Ronnies.
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Clodagh Rodgers made a mark with her impressions of fellow artists such as Cilla Black, often working with Mike Yarwood, Des O'Connor, Tommy Cooper, Bob Monkhouse, and Dickie Henderson in variety.
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Clodagh Rodgers was a regular performer in UK resorts' summer seasons, sharing the bill with Mike and Bernie Winters, among others.
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In 1978, Clodagh Rodgers hosted UK ITV's St Patrick's Day variety show for the first time, appearing on the cover of the TVTimes to promote the show and at the same time was confirmed as the host for the 1979 show.
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Clodagh Rodgers has appeared in two musicals in the West End.
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Clodagh Rodgers appeared in the UK tour of Blood Brothers between 1995 and 1998.
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In 1999, Mint Royale issued the track "Shake Me," which sampled Clodagh Rodgers' original recording of "Come Back And Shake Me"; it was featured in the UK TV production Queer As Folk.
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In 2001, Clodagh Rodgers played a recurring character in the ITV drama series The Bill.
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Clodagh Rodgers retired from the music business in 2015 at the age of 68.