Julie Covington was born on 11 September 1946 and is an English singer and actress, best known for recording the original version of "Don't Cry for Me Argentina", which she sang on the 1976 concept album Evita.
12 Facts About Julie Covington
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Julie Covington's parents were Ernest Gladden and Elsie Gladden.
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Julie Covington's parents divorced and her mother married Leslie Covington in 1957.
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Julie Covington started acting at school, and performed both acting and singing at two Edinburgh festivals.
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Julie Covington won the first Edinburgh Festival Fringe Best Actress Award.
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Julie Covington toured North America with the Oxford and Cambridge Shakespeare Company.
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Julie Covington's break came in 1967 when, as a student at Homerton College, Cambridge, she was invited to sing on David Frost's television show.
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Julie Covington was then cast as Janet Weiss in the original production of The Rocky Horror Show in 1973.
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Julie Covington starred in the BBC's 1975 Christmas production Great Big Groovy Horse, a rock opera based on the story of the Trojan Horse shown on BBC2.
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Julie Covington's recording of the song "Don't Cry for Me Argentina" reached No 1 in the UK Singles Chart in February 1977.
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In 1978, Julie Covington performed the role of Beth, wife of Parson Nathaniel, on the recording of "The Spirit of Man" from Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds.
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Julie Covington achieved chart success with a cover version of Alice Cooper's "Only Women Bleed" which reached No 12 on the UK Singles Chart.