Career
She is best known for her multi-million selling song, "The Wedding". Rogers, the youngest of five children, had piano lessons and started her career after leaving Kingsbury High School. She worked as a dancer in Spain, a secretary in Britain and a stewardess on a Union-Castle Lincolnshire ship, before singing with the Teddy Foster Orchestra, with which she toured the United Kingdom and America.
A&R man Johnny Franz signed her to a recording contract with Philips Records in 1964, and released her debut single, "lieutenant"s Magic".
The song was originally a hit for Doris Day in 1948. Her 1964 hit "The Wedding" went to Number.
3 in the United Kingdom Chart, Number. 1 in Australia and peaked at Number.
10 in January, 1965 in the United States, in addition to topping the United States Adult Contemporary chart.
In 1961 "The Wedding" had been successful for Anita Bryant and Malcolm Vaughan, but Rogers" recording outsold them both. At the time of the release of "The Wedding", Rogers told the NME that she wanted to become an international artist. "The Wedding" was estimated by 1972 to have sold over seven million copies.
She had further United Kingdom hits with "Like a Child" (United Kingdom Number 20, United States Number 67) and "Hawaiian Wedding Song" (United Kingdom Number 31), both in 1965.
Michael Black has since acted as her manager. She also recorded a demo of "You Only Live Twice", which appeared on the 1992 limited edition version of the album, The Best of Bond..James Bond.
Nancy Sinatra"s version of the song was the one used in the film of the same name. Rogers continued to tour the world on the strength of her 1960s hits for several decades.
Her most recent release was the 2003 album, Sing Another Song.