[1] Bermondsey-born Rogers, the youngest of five children, had piano lessons and started her career after leaving Kingsbury County Grammar School.

[citation needed] She worked as a dancer in Spain, as a secretary in Britain and as a stewardess on a Union-Castle Line ship, before singing with the Teddy Foster Orchestra, with which she toured the UK and America.

[3] In 1961 "The Wedding" had been successful for Anita Bryant and Malcolm Vaughan, but Rogers' recording outsold them both.

[1] At the time of the release of "The Wedding", Rogers told the NME that she wanted to become an international artist.

Rogers continued to tour the world on the strength of her 1960s hits for several decades.