Who was the first British female singer to have a UK No.1 hit in the 1950's?
"the Window"", with the flip side being ""My Jealous Eyes"". It reached No. 1 on both the ""Billboard"" and ""Cash Box"" charts in 1953, and sold over two million copies. Mercury, however, had poor distribution in the United Kingdom. Therefore, a recording by Lita Roza was the one most widely heard in the UK, reaching No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart in 1953. It also distinguished Roza as the first British woman to have a number-one hit in the UK chart. It was also the first song with a question in the title to reach number 1. ""Doggie"" was"
"Ruby Murray Ruby Florence Murray (29 March 1935 – 17 December 1996) was a Northern Irish singer and actress. One of the most popular singers in the British Isles in the 1950s, she scored ten hits in the UK Singles Chart between 1954 and 1959. She also made pop chart history in March 1955 by having five singles in the Top Twenty in a single week. Ruby Florence Murray was born on Donegall Road in south Belfast, Northern Ireland, the youngest child in a Protestant family. Her voice's distinctive sound was partly the result of an operation on her throat"
"complications of pneumonia, aged 87. † Ruby Murray with Anne Warren Ruby Murray Ruby Florence Murray (29 March 1935 – 17 December 1996) was a Northern Irish singer and actress. One of the most popular singers in the British Isles in the 1950s, she scored ten hits in the UK Singles Chart between 1954 and 1959. She also made pop chart history in March 1955 by having five singles in the Top Twenty in a single week. Ruby Florence Murray was born on Donegall Road in south Belfast, Northern Ireland, the youngest child in a Protestant family. Her voice's distinctive"
"in the U.S. for almost seven months, hit #1 on the UK singles chart, and sold more than two million copies. Voted ""most popular female singer"" in 1954 in both ""Billboard"" and ""Variety"" polls, Kallen lost her voice at the London Palladium in 1955 at the top of her career and stopped singing before an audience for four years. After testing her voice under a pseudonym in small town venues, she ultimately returned and went on to achieve 13 top-ten career hits. Born Katie Kallen (her birth name has been at times erroneously reported as Katherine Kalinsky) on May 25,"
"Marion Ryan Marion Ryan (4 February 1931 – 15 January 1999) was a popular British singer in the 1950s. Born in Middlesbrough, North Riding of Yorkshire, England, she attended Notre Dame Collegiate School for Girls in Leeds, now Notre Dame Catholic Sixth Form College. She was once called ""the Marilyn Monroe of popular song"", Marion Ryan was a pop singer of the 1950s in the early years of British Independent Television. Her song ""Love Me Forever"" peaked at number five on the UK Singles Chart in 1958. She was the regular singer in the popular musical quiz ""Spot the Tune"""
"Winifred Atwell Una Winifred Atwell (27 February or 27 April 1910 or 1914 – 28 February 1983) was a Trinidadian pianist who enjoyed great popularity in Britain and Australia from the 1950s with a series of boogie-woogie and ragtime hits, selling over 20 million records. She was the first black person to have a number-one hit in the UK Singles Chart and is still the only female instrumentalist to do so. Atwell was born in Tunapuna in Trinidad and Tobago. She and her parents lived in Jubilee Street. Her family owned a pharmacy and she trained as a pharmacist herself"
"Cilla Black Priscilla Maria Veronica White OBE (27 May 1943 – 1 August 2015), better known as Cilla Black, was an English singer, television presenter, actress, and author. Championed by her friends in the Beatles, Black began her career as a singer in 1963, and her singles ""Anyone Who Had a Heart"" and ""You're My World"" both reached number one in the UK in 1964. She had 11 Top Ten hits on the British charts between then and 1971, and an additional eight hits that made the top 40. In May 2010, new research published by BBC Radio 2 showed"
"August 22, 1952, and lasted 12 weeks on the chart, peaking at No. 4. A cover version by Jo Stafford became the most popular version. Issued by Columbia Records as catalog number 39811, it was Stafford's biggest hit, topping the charts in both the United States and the United Kingdom (the first song by a female singer to top the UK Singles Chart). It first entered the US chart on August 1, 1952 and remained there for 24 weeks. In the UK, it appeared in the first ever UK chart of 14 November 1952 (then a top 12) and reached"
"You Heard?"", ""Come What May"", ""That Old Feeling"", ""Too Marvelous for Words"" and ""The Mama Doll Song"". Lita Roza Lita Roza (14 March 1926 – 14 August 2008) was an English singer whose 1953 hit record ""(How Much Is) That Doggie in the Window?"" made her the first British solo singer to top the UK Singles Chart. Born Lilian Patricia Lita Roza in Liverpool, Lancashire, England, she was the eldest of seven children. and began work at an early age to support the family. She owed her sultry looks and passion to her father, an amateur accordionist who also played"
"Seaforth. She is buried beside husband Lew Levisohn in South Gundurimba Private Cemetery in northern New South Wales, just outside Lismore. In 1969 she was awarded Trinidad and Tobago's national award, the Gold Hummingbird Medal, for her achievements in music. Winifred Atwell Una Winifred Atwell (27 February or 27 April 1910 or 1914 – 28 February 1983) was a Trinidadian pianist who enjoyed great popularity in Britain and Australia from the 1950s with a series of boogie-woogie and ragtime hits, selling over 20 million records. She was the first black person to have a number-one hit in the UK Singles"
"Lynsey de Paul Lynsey de Paul (born Lynsey Monckton Rubin; 11 June 1948 – 1 October 2014) was an English singer-songwriter. She had chart hits in the UK and Europe in the 1970s, starting with the UK top 10 single ""Sugar Me"", becoming the first British female artist to achieve a number one with a self-written song (in Belgium, Spain and The Netherlands). She represented the UK in the Eurovision Song Contest, scoring another chart topping hit in Switzerland and had a successful career as an Ivor Novello Award-winning composer, actress and television celebrity. Lyndsey Monckton Rubin was born to"
"Alma Cogan Alma Angela Cohen (19 May 1932 – 26 October 1966), known professionally as Alma Cogan, was an English singer of traditional pop music in the 1950s and early 1960s. Dubbed the ""Girl with the Giggle in Her Voice"", she was the highest paid British female entertainer of her era. She was born on 19 May 1932 in Whitechapel, London, of Russian-Romanian Jewish descent. Her father's family, the Kogins, arrived in Britain from Russia, while her mother's family were refugees from Romania. Cogan's parents, Mark and Fay Cohen, had another daughter, the actress Sandra Caron, who went on to"
"Sweetheart"" in 1952. ""Downtown"" also made Clark the first UK female artist to have a single certified as a Gold record for US sales of one million units. On Billboard's annual Disk Jockey poll, ""Downtown"" was voted the second best single release of 1965 and Petula Clark was voted third most popular female vocalist. ""Downtown"" would be the first of fifteen consecutive hits Clark would place in the US Top 40 during a period when she'd have considerably less chart impact in her native UK, there reaching the Top 40 eight times. Petula Clark, who had been playing to her"
"However, it was far more successful in the United Kingdom, where it entered the UK Singles Chart on 7 March 1958, and reached the no. 1 position on 25 April, replacing Perry Como's ""Magic Moments"". It stayed at no. 1 in the UK for three weeks.</small> Rainwater toured in the UK to promote the record, starting on 20 April 1958. Whole Lotta Woman (Marvin Rainwater song) ""Whole Lotta Woman"" is a song written and originally performed by American country and rockabilly singer Marvin Rainwater. It was released as a single by MGM Records in January 1958. The song was recorded"
"questions for ... Kay Starr. ""Goldmine"", 29, 26. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/1499165 Kay Starr Katherine Laverne Starks (July 21, 1922November 3, 2016), known professionally as Kay Starr, was an American pop and jazz singer who enjoyed considerable success in the late 1940s and 1950s. She is best remembered for introducing two songs that became No. 1 hits ""Wheel of Fortune"" in 1951 and ""(The) Rock and Roll Waltz"" in 1955. Starr was successful in every field of music she tried, such as jazz, pop, and country; but her roots were in jazz. Billie Holiday called her ""the only white woman who"
"Lita Roza Lita Roza (14 March 1926 – 14 August 2008) was an English singer whose 1953 hit record ""(How Much Is) That Doggie in the Window?"" made her the first British solo singer to top the UK Singles Chart. Born Lilian Patricia Lita Roza in Liverpool, Lancashire, England, she was the eldest of seven children. and began work at an early age to support the family. She owed her sultry looks and passion to her father, an amateur accordionist who also played piano in Liverpool nightclubs. Her father was of Filipino ancestry. At the age of 12, she saw"
"Jo Stafford Jo Elizabeth Stafford (November 12, 1917July 16, 2008) was an American traditional pop music singer and occasional actress, whose career spanned five decades from the late 1930s to the early 1980s. Admired for the purity of her voice, she originally underwent classical training to become an opera singer before following a career in popular music, and by 1955 had achieved more worldwide record sales than any other female artist. Her 1952 song ""You Belong to Me"" topped the charts in the United States and United Kingdom, the record becoming the first by a female artist to reach number"
"was interred with a Humanist funeral at Hendon Cemetery. She is listed on the official Grammy website under ""remembering the music people we lost in 2014–2015"". Lynsey de Paul Lynsey de Paul (born Lynsey Monckton Rubin; 11 June 1948 – 1 October 2014) was an English singer-songwriter. She had chart hits in the UK and Europe in the 1970s, starting with the UK top 10 single ""Sugar Me"", becoming the first British female artist to achieve a number one with a self-written song (in Belgium, Spain and The Netherlands). She represented the UK in the Eurovision Song Contest, scoring another"
"and ""You Belong to Me""around this time. ""You Belong to Me"" was Stafford's biggest hit, topping the charts in the United States and the United Kingdom. In the U.K., it was the first song by a female singer to top the chart. The record first appeared on U.S. charts on August 1, 1952, and remained there for 24 weeks. In the U.K., it entered the charts on November 14, 1952, at number 12, reached number one on January 16, 1953, and stayed on the charts for 19 weeks. In a July 1953 interview, Paul Weston said his wife's big hit"
"the theatre in his youth. A blue plaque commemorating Cogan was installed by the entrance of 44 Stafford Court, her longtime residence, on 4 November 2001. Alma Cogan Alma Angela Cohen (19 May 1932 – 26 October 1966), known professionally as Alma Cogan, was an English singer of traditional pop music in the 1950s and early 1960s. Dubbed the ""Girl with the Giggle in Her Voice"", she was the highest paid British female entertainer of her era. She was born on 19 May 1932 in Whitechapel, London, of Russian-Romanian Jewish descent. Her father's family, the Kogins, arrived in Britain from"
"Kirby had one charted single on the US ""Billboard"" Hot 100. ""The Way of Love"" peaked at No. 88 in 1965; Cher also recorded the track. Kathy Kirby Kathy Kirby (born Kathleen O'Rourke; 20 October 1938 – 19 May 2011) was an English singer, reportedly the highest-paid female singer of her generation. She is best known for her cover version of Doris Day's ""Secret Love"" and for representing the United Kingdom in the 1965 Eurovision Song Contest where she finished in second place. Her physical appearance often drew comparisons with Marilyn Monroe. Her popularity peaked in the 1960s, when she"
"UK Singles Chart began on 31 October 1959 and lasted 17 weeks. The last chart-topper of the 1950s, it retained the number one position for the first three weeks of 1960 until it was replaced by Michael Holliday's 'Starry Eyed' on 29 January 1960. The 1945 film ""Nob Hill"", starring George Raft, Joan Bennett and Peggy Ann Garner, featured Vivian Blaine singing this song. The 1950 film ""Wabash Avanue"", starring Betty Grable, Victor Mature and Phil Harris, had used the chorus as a transition between scenes, following ""I've Been Floating Down the Old Green River"" In 1960, Danish rock singer"
"sales of American records dominated British popular music. In the first full year of the charts in 1953 major artists were Perry Como, Guy Mitchell and Frankie Laine largely with orchestrated sentimental ballads, beside novelty records like ""(How Much Is) That Doggie in the Window?"" re-recorded by British artist Lita Roza. Some established British wartime stars like Vera Lynn were still able to chart into the mid-1950s, but successful new British acts like Jimmy Young who had two number one hits in 1955, did so with re-recorded versions of American songs ""Unchained Melody"" and ""The Man from Laramie"" or Alma"
"and facilitate her singing career. This project was financed with Clark's earnings. She scored a number of major hits in the UK during the 1950s, including ""The Little Shoemaker"" (1954), ""Majorca"" (1955), ""Suddenly There's a Valley"" (1955) and ""With All My Heart"" (1956). ""The Little Shoemaker"" was an international hit, reaching No. 1 in Australia, the first of many No. 1 records in her career. Although Clark released singles in the United States as early as 1951 (the first was ""Tell Me Truly""/""Song of the Mermaid"" on the Coral label), it was 13 years before the American record-buying public discovered"
"instrumental to reach number one in the UK Singles Chart. She is the only holder of two gold and two silver discs for piano music in Britain, and was the first black artist in the UK to sell a million records. Millions of copies of her sheet music were sold, and she went on to record her best-known hits, including ""Let's Have a Party"", ""Flirtation Waltz"", ""Poor People of Paris"" (which reached number one in the UK Singles Chart in 1956), ""Britannia Rag"" and ""Jubilee Rag"". Her signature ""Black and White Rag"" became famous again in the 1970s as the"
"of cancer in 1992, aged 44. In 1969 she married the show business millionaire Harold Davison, after which she retired. She died at age 67 in Boca Raton, Florida, United States. Marion Ryan Marion Ryan (4 February 1931 – 15 January 1999) was a popular British singer in the 1950s. Born in Middlesbrough, North Riding of Yorkshire, England, she attended Notre Dame Collegiate School for Girls in Leeds, now Notre Dame Catholic Sixth Form College. She was once called ""the Marilyn Monroe of popular song"", Marion Ryan was a pop singer of the 1950s in the early years of British"
"Kathy Kirby Kathy Kirby (born Kathleen O'Rourke; 20 October 1938 – 19 May 2011) was an English singer, reportedly the highest-paid female singer of her generation. She is best known for her cover version of Doris Day's ""Secret Love"" and for representing the United Kingdom in the 1965 Eurovision Song Contest where she finished in second place. Her physical appearance often drew comparisons with Marilyn Monroe. Her popularity peaked in the 1960s, when she was one of the best-known and most-recognised personalities in British show business. Kirby was born in Ilford, London, the eldest of three children of Irish parents."
"of Jill Day"": Jill Day Jill Day (Yvonne Page, 5 December 1930, Brighton, England – 16 November 1990, Kingston-Upon-Thames, England) was a successful pop singer and actress in Britain in the 1950s and early 1960s. She was born in Brighton and found fame in movies, radio and television. She appeared in the film ""All for Mary"" in 1955, and sung on the soundtrack of ""The Good Companions"" and ""Doctor at Sea"". In 1957, she competed in the heats of the contest to represent the United Kingdom in the 1957 Eurovision Song Contest, eventually losing out to Patricia Bredin. In the"
"seeing the best of British and international acts. From the 1960s British Jazz began to develop more individual characteristics, absorbing a variety of influences, including free jazz, British blues, as well as European and world music. In the early 1950s sales of American records dominated British popular music. In the first full year of the charts in 1953 major artists were Perry Como, Guy Mitchell and Frankie Laine largely with orchestrated sentimental ballads, beside novelty records such as ""(How Much Is) That Doggie in the Window?"" re-recorded by British artist Lita Roza. Some established British wartime stars such as Vera"
"on which she sang 10 songs in nine different languages, followed later in the year. A continuous programme of radio work and tours followed, leading to more than one mental breakdown. She faded from public view as public tastes for pop music changed through the late 1950s and 1960s, eventually returning to live in Durban, South Africa, where she died. Eve Boswell Eve Boswell (born Eva Keleti, 11 May 1922, Budapest, Hungary – 14 August 1998, Durban, South Africa) was a successful pop singer in Britain in the 1950s. She was born in Hungary to professional musician parents who toured"
"Jill Day Jill Day (Yvonne Page, 5 December 1930, Brighton, England – 16 November 1990, Kingston-Upon-Thames, England) was a successful pop singer and actress in Britain in the 1950s and early 1960s. She was born in Brighton and found fame in movies, radio and television. She appeared in the film ""All for Mary"" in 1955, and sung on the soundtrack of ""The Good Companions"" and ""Doctor at Sea"". In 1957, she competed in the heats of the contest to represent the United Kingdom in the 1957 Eurovision Song Contest, eventually losing out to Patricia Bredin. In the early 1960s, Day"
"later recordings. Soon she was dubbed the ""Girl with the giggle in her voice"" (""Giggle"" has sometimes been quoted as ""chuckle"".) Many of her recordings were covers of U.S. hits, especially those recorded by Rosemary Clooney, Teresa Brewer, Georgia Gibbs, Joni James and Dinah Shore. Her voice was often compared with Doris Day's. One of these covers, ""Bell Bottom Blues"", became her first hit, reaching no. 4 on 3 April 1954. Cogan would appear in the UK Singles Chart eighteen times in the 1950s, with ""Dreamboat"" reaching no. 1. Other hits from this period include ""I Can't Tell a Waltz"
"best known number one hits on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 Singles Charts were ""Blue Moon"" by the Marcels in the spring of 1961 (also a number one in the UK, where Colpix was licensed to Pye International), and ""Johnny Angel"" by Shelley Fabares in the spring of 1962. Bernadette Castro recorded for the label ""Get Rid of Him""/""A Girl in Love Forgives"" and ""His Lips Get in the Way""/""Sportscar Sally"". Singer Jo Ann Greer, who dubbed several of the actresses at Columbia Pictures, recorded two albums with the studio's musical director, Morris Stoloff: ""Soundtracks, Voices and Themes"" and ""The Naked"