Lita Roza

LITA ROZA d2008. English singer whose 1953 hit "How Much is That Doggie in The Window" made her the first ever solo artist to top the UK Singles chart. In 1956, she married the trumpet player Ronnie Hughes. She remained a top UK recording artist during the remainder of the 1950s and was voted the Top British Female Singer in the New Musical Express poll winners' charts from 1951 to 1955. Melody Maker readers also voted her its Top Girl Singer in the dance band section of the poll in 1951 and 1952. She died in London aged 82 on August 14th 2008