Clodagh Rodgers
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Clodagh Rodgers (born 5 March 1947, in Ballymena) is a singer from Northern Ireland, probably best known for her hit "Jack in the Box"; which was the United Kingdom's entry in the 1971 Eurovision Song Contest. The song is also a running joke in the "Cycling Tour" episode of Monty Python's Flying Circus.
[edit] Career
Earlier singles from 1962 were on the Decca and Columbia record labels, one of which was heard in the film Just For Fun.
Clodagh shot to fame in 1969 with two Top 3 chart hits - "Come Back and Shake Me", and "Goodnight Midnight", which resulted in her being the best selling, female singles artist of that year. The further single releases "Biljo", "Everybody Go Home" and "Lady Love Bug", continued her chart success in the next few years. Many of her songs around this time were written and produced by the American songwriter, Kenny Young.
Rodgers has had a varied and successful career. On Irish TV, 'The Clodagh Rodgers Show' won an award at the Golden Rose TV festival in Montreux, and Rodgers starred in many variety shows, including Seaside Special for the BBC Television (she hosted the first ever show from Great Yarmouth), and The Two Ronnies. This success was mirrored on stage, where she has starred in London's West End in her own show at the Talk of the Town (breaking Sammy Davis, Jr.'s box office record); in "Cinderella" at the London Palladium (again breaking box office records); and in two musicals (to date). These were "Pump Boys and Dinettes" at the Piccadilly and Albery, and "Blood Brothers" at the Phoenix.
She also appeared in the UK tour of "Blood Brothers" between 1995-1998. She says she would like to do more musicals.
She realised an ambition in appearing in "The Morecambe and Wise Show", both on TV and radio.
