Clodagh Rodgers
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Clodagh Rodgers (5 March 1947 – 18 April 2025) was a Northern Irish singer, best known for her hit singles including "Come Back and Shake Me", "Goodnight Midnight" and "Jack in the Box" and albums including You Are My Music, It's Different Now and Save Me. Rodgers was born in County Down in 1947 and started singing at the age of 13. She made her television debut in September 1962. She represented the United Kingdom at the 1971 Eurovision Song Contest with "Jack in the Box", and finished in fourth place. After the contest, the single reached #4 on the UK singles chart. After her divorce in 1979, Rodgers stopped making new music and reduced her live appearances. She released two final singles in 1980 and her last overall release was a 2012 CD. Rodgers lived the last years of her life in Surrey in relative obscurity until her death in 2025.
Infobox
Born
(1947-03-05)5 March 1947Warrenpoint, County Down, Northern Ireland
Died
18 April 2025(2025-04-18) (aged 78)Cobham, Surrey, England
Genres
Pop
Occupation
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Years active
1961–2015
Labels
Decca, Columbia (EMI), RCA, Precision Records
Spouse(s)
mw- John Morris (m. 1968; div. 1979) Ian Sorbie (m. 1987; died 1995)
Tables
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| Preceded byMary Hopkinwith "Knock Knock, Who's There?" | UK in the Eurovision Song Contest 1971 | Succeeded byThe New Seekerswith "Beg, Steal or Borrow" |
References
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- RTÉhttps://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2025/0419/1508511-irish-eurovision-star-clodagh-rodgers-dies-aged-78/
- Sky Newshttps://news.sky.com/story/clodagh-rodgers-eurovision-star-and-face-of-bisto-gravy-dies-13351655
- Irish Daily Starhttps://www.irishstar.com/culture/entertainment/eurovision-legend-clodagh-rodgers-dies-35085308
- National Worldhttps://www.nationalworld.com/news/obituaries/clodagh-rodgers-eurovision-legend-dies-aged-78-illness-5091106
- The Guardian Weekly
- "Biography by Jason Ankeny"https://www.allmusic.com/artist/p300623/biography
- Sleeve notes, Backcomb 'n' Beat: Dream Babes Volume Three (RPM CD, 2001)
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- Wilde, Diana: The Glam Rock Files. Independent September 2017. ISBN 978-1549647253. pp. 62–63
- University of Michigan Presshttps://dx.doi.org/10.3998/mpub.9824609.cmp.4
- "Desert Island Discs – Castaway: Clodagh Rodgers"https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p009nd4m
- NME Rock 'N' Roll Years
- The i Paperhttps://inews.co.uk/news/eurovision-singer-clodagh-rodgers-dead-aged-78-3650193?srsltid=AfmBOopSDpvEQ_8xD9eZ3cdwHWKlrsCFd_ZsnbIZQ_EwC9YUeeAUWOOM
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- Official Charts Companyhttps://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/The%20Persuaders
- BBChttps://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01hq292
- Officialcharts.comhttp://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/another-time,-another-place/
- Genome.ch.bbc.co.ukhttps://web.archive.org/web/20160305203218/http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/9fe1eec7951242cf8e981bcf54941861
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- Genome.ch.bbc.co.ukhttps://web.archive.org/web/20180220213406/http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/027fd46a081c4198b05e697d87501200
- Genome.ch.bbc.co.ukhttps://web.archive.org/web/20160305193122/http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/ca6448aac84b4a49b218f37b35547c55
- Genome.ch.bbc.co.ukhttps://web.archive.org/web/20160305200638/http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/bc693adf18f6401a8e35c80bac9a9d42
- The Daily Telegraphhttps://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2025/04/19/clodagh-rodgers-northern-ireland-pop-eurovision-jack-box/
- BBC Newshttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj3x8mpznlgo
- independent.co.ukhttps://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/clodagh-rodgers-eurovision-death-b2736082.html
- British Hit Singles & Albums
- Australian Chart Book 1970–1992
- https://www.flavourofnz.co.nz/index.php?qpageID=search%20listener&qartistid=745#n_view_location search Listenerhttps://www.flavourofnz.co.nz/index.php?qpageID=search%20listener&qartistid=745#n_view_location
- Tvpopdiaries.co.ukhttp://www.tvpopdiaries.co.uk/decades.html
- Sources referring to her as Northern Irish include: