Rosalba Juliana Maria Theresa Blake (2 August 1920 – 18 May 2000),[1] better known by her professional name Julie Dawn, was an English singer, singing with leading dance bands in the 1940s and 1950s, and making recordings and radio broadcasts.
She changed her name on the advice of the showbusiness journalist Collie Knox, and in late 1939 as Julie Dawn she made her first radio broadcast.
For three weeks she toured France, Belgium and Holland with Geraldo to entertain troops, and towards the end of the war she performed in Germany with Eric Winstone.
For two years she broadcast three times a week with the BBC Showband led by Cyril Stapleton.
From 1977 on Radio 2 she presented "Julie Dawn's Penfriend Programme", which was very successful, running for 10 years.