DAILYMIRROR, Wednesday, November 24, 797?

P A G E 17
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How the stars started: Clodagh Rodgers (schoolgirl), Jimmy Young (baker), Tony Blackburn (ice-
cream salesman), Sandie Shaw (shop girl) and Jonathan King (student). P icture: ARTHUR SIDEY
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TOP t hem and t r y one by
alt means^-but i t coul d
be expensive.
True, they al l know what
i t' s l i ke to do less l ucrati ve
jobs. But nOHf thei r services
are wor t h t h o u s a n d s of
pounds a year.
You' l l no doubt recognise,
f r om l eft, Cl odagh Rodgers,
Ji mmy Young, T o n y Black-
bur n, S a n d i e Shaw and
Jonathan Ki ng.
Less f ami l i ar are the roles
i n whi ch you see t hem here,
whi ch represent w h a t they
by DEBORAH THOIViAS
USE D to do before t hei r
names b e c a m e househol d
words.
Thi s is where they came
f r om on the way to the t op:
CLODAG H RODG E RS was at
a c o n v e n t school. But the
school gi rl ' s dad was a show-
business agent and Cl odagh,
24, is now teachi ng her ri val s
a t hi ng or two as one of the
pop worl d' s m o r e successful
singers.
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JI MMY YOUNG earned his
l i vi ng as a baker' s assi stant
at 15, became an R A F
physi cal t r ai ni ng i nstructor,
and broke i nto show business
as a bal l room si nger i n t he
f orti es.
I n the f i f ti es he topped the
hi t paradeand bounced back
to new success i n the Si xti es,
when he was gi ven his own
mor ni ng radi o show.
TONY BLACKBURN went to
Mi i l f i ei d, an expensive publ i c
school but abandoned his
studi es to carve hi msel f a
pop career. He sang wi t h a
band at Bour nemouth and
he':ped to keep hi msel f by
sel l i ng ice cream.
He successfully appl i ed f or
a Job as a disc j ockey wi t h
Radio Carol i ne. When the
B B C decided i t was t i me to
do t hei r own pop t hi ng they
hi red Bl ackbur n as thei r No. 1
D J on Radi o On e i n 1967.
SANDI E SHAW mi ght st i l l be
a sal esgi rl behi nd the bacon
and cheese counter at t he
Dagenham, E ssex, Co-op, but
f or Adam Fai t h, who spotted
her at a tal ent contest.
She went to the top wi t h
" Al ways Somethi ng There
to Remi nd Me " i n 196* and
won the E urovi si on S o n g
Contest i n 1967 wi t h " P uppet
on a St r i ng. "
JONATHAN KI NG dashed off
a hi t c a l l e d "E veryone' s
G one to the Moon" whi l e
st udyi ng at C a m b r i d g e
Uni versi ty. That was i n 1965
and Ki ng has been i n or near
the hi t parade ever since.
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