Lita Roza was the first British woman to have a No 1 hit in the UK chart.
12 Facts About Lita Roza
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Lilian Patricia Lita Roza was born in Liverpool on 14 March 1926, the eldest of seven children.
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Lita Roza began work at an early age to support the family.
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Lita Roza owed her sultry looks and passion to her father, an amateur accordionist and pianist of Filipino descent who played in Liverpool nightclubs.
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Lita Roza took to the stage at that age in a pantomime, and by the time she was 15, was working with the comedian and fellow Merseysider Ted Ray.
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Lita Roza appeared as a lounge singer in the 1955 film Cast a Dark Shadow.
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Lita Roza disliked her hit single so much that she never performed it live.
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Lita Roza remained a top UK recording artist during the remainder of the 1950s and was voted the Top British Female Singer in the New Musical Express poll winners' charts from 1951 to 1955.
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Lita Roza made three appearances in UK heats for the Eurovision Song Contest selection in 1957,1959 and 1960.
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On 14 March 2001, the Liverpool Wall of Fame was inaugurated opposite the Cavern Club on Mathew Street in Liverpool with Lita Roza's presiding at the ceremony.
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Lita Roza died at her home in London on 14 August 2008 at the age of 82.
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Lita Roza appeared in one feature film, as a singer in Cast a Dark Shadow, 1955.