10 Facts About Joan Regan

Joan Regan's successful singing career began in 1953, when she made a demo record of "Too Young" and "I'll Walk Alone".

Joan Regan had a number of Top 40 hits for the label, many of them were cover versions of American hits.

Joan Regan appeared on the Six-Five Special, and was given her own BBC television series, Be My Guest, which ran for four series starting in 1959.

In November that year, the Daily Herald reported Joan Regan was to have a baby in February 1958, seven months after the wedding.

Joan Regan's defence was that he had only "borrowed" some money from the London Palladium, where he was box-office manager, and would have paid it back.

Joan Regan married her third and last husband, Martin Cowan, a medical doctor, at Caxton Hall, London on 12 September 1966.

Joan Regan recorded for Nectar Records from 1989 to 1996, for whom she recorded a single "You Needed Me" and two albums, The Joan Regan Collection and Remember I Love You.

Joan Regan continued singing, entertaining and supporting her charities, including the Not Forgotten Association, until she was 84.

Joan Regan died on 12 September 2013, at the age of 85.

Joan Regan recorded a number of other songs, including "It's a Big, Wide, Wonderful World" and "That Old Feeling".