Lita Roza, the British singer who became famous for her hit How Much Is That Doggie In The Window?, has left £190,000 in her will to an animal charity.

Lita Roza, who died on August 14 aged 82, sang the novelty hit How Much is That Doggie in the Window?, which in 1953 made her the first British female vocalist to top the recently-instituted charts.

Lita Roza was the first Liverpool artist to reach the top of the charts, taking the number one slot in 1953 with "How Much is that Doggie in the Window".

Lita Roza, who died on August 14, aged 82, sang the novelty hit How Much is That Doggie in the Window?, which in 1953 made her the first British female vocalist to top the recently-instituted charts.

Lita Roza, famed for 1950s hit How Much Is That Doggie in The Window? left a chunk of her £1m fortune to dogs - despite hating the song.

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. LITA ROZA, one of Britain's most versatile, accomplished and glamorous popular singers in the 1950s, had a No. 1 hit with the much ...

The first No1 in the UK pop charts with a question in its title was How Much is That Doggy In The Window? The novelty song, written by one Bob Merrill, was a hit for Lita Roza in 1953, I remind ...

Born Lilian Patricia Lita Roza in Liverpool on March 14, 1926, star of the 1950s Lita Roza grew up in 13 Upper Pitt Street and attended St. Michael's and Granby Street Council School.

LITA Roza - the first woman to have a No1 record in the UK - has died aged 82. She topped the charts in March 1953 with How Much Is That Doggie In The Window?

Lita Roza's 1953 hit, How Much Is That Doggie In The Window, was the first UK No.1 by a British woman but not the first by a woman. Jo Stafford hit the top of the charts in 1952 with You Belong To ...

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It's now been over 70 years since "Liverpool's first popstar" skyrocketed to fame and made history in the city and beyond. Born Lilian Patricia Lita Roza in Liverpool on March 14, 1926, star of ...