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Lit Roza was proud of being a quality big band singer.
She was signed to Decca where her A&R man was Dick Rowe, later to become famous for turning down the Beatles. Among singers he worked with, Dick was well-known for his lack of sensitivity.
One day he called Lita to say he had a song for her. He had an American hit by Patti Page that he wanted me to cover for the English market. When Lita got to the studio and heard the song she insisted
"I'm not recording that rubbish!"
Dick insisted that she sing it, so Lita sang it through just once, then told him:
"I'm never going to sing that ever again"
The song was 'How Much is that Doggie in the Window'. Lita's once-sung version went to No. 1, the first time ever for a British female vocalist, but as promised, she never sang the song again. Later she told the collective heads of Decca how upset she was about the way they treated their artists.
"To try to calm me down they sent me a Hoover"
(Copied and remixed from: Black Vinyl White Powder BY Simon Napier-Bell Pub 2001 Ebury Press)
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