Lita Roza

Lita Roza ( born March 14, 1926 in Liverpool, England; † August 14, 2008 in London; actually Lilian Roza ) was a British singer, who is successful in their home mainly in the 1950s as lead singer of the Ted Heath band and as a solo artist had. Her most famous hit was the number-one hit " ( How Much Is ) That Doggie in the Window ".

Career

At 13 Lita Roza was accompanied by a dance troupe to be educated in London; at 15 she was part of a comedy stage show with Ted Ray. Even during the Second World War, she got a job as a singer in a club in the seaside resort of Southport. Soon she went back to London, where she sang for the Ros orchestra by Harry Roy and Edmundo. At 18, she got married and went with her husband to Miami U.S.; However, the marriage lasted only five years, and soon after the divorce, she was back in London. In the spring of 1950 she began to work for Ted Heath at the microphone, with whom she recorded songs like " Allentown Jail " or " Blacksmith Blues". From 1952 to 1954 she was chosen by readers of music magazine New Musical Express for the best British singer. In 1956, she married again, the trumpeter Ronnie Harris.

However, the song for which she is known today, is a cover version of a U.S. Hits by Patti Page, " ( How Much Is ) That Doggie in the Window ". In March 1953, the number in which the singer wants to buy a puppy in the window rose, because she moved to California and she wants to give her beloved animals as comfort and protector in the charts. A special gimmick of the song was that was to be heard by the headline an animal " woof woof " of the coveted dog. Lita Rozas Version rose on 17 April at the number-one position on the British charts; the version of Patti Page made ​​it at No. 9 (but it was in the U.S. a number one ).

She left the Ted Heath band in 1954 and took on record as a solo artist, but was able to repeat the success of their big hits not nearly. She also appeared in television shows and movies to an actress and singer and went on tour, sometimes even again with Ted Heath, but also with colleagues such as Matt Monro world.

In 2001 she was one of the honorees present, as the Wall of Fame was established in Liverpool. On this located opposite the Cavern Club Liverpool wall music groups and solo artists, each with a bronze record will be immortalized, their song in the charts Place "One" reached. Among the currently acknowledged 57 (as of 2008 ) include Lita Roza ( first ), Cilla Black, Gerry & The Pacemakers and the Beatles ( 17 plaques ).

Your last public appearance was on 28 November 2002 at Radio Merseyside. Lita Roza died at the age of 82 years on August 14, 2008.

Quotes

" Singers like Lita Roza are simply no longer made ​​today. " Sir Elton John