Julie Rogers (born Julie Rolls, 6 April 1943, Bermondsey, London) is an English pop singer. She is best known for her multi-million selling song, “The Wedding”.Rogers, the youngest of five children, had piano lessons and started her career after leaving Kingsbury High School. She worked as a dancer in Spain, a secretary in England, and a stewardess on a Union-Castle Line ship, before singing with the Teddy Foster orchestra, with whom she toured the UK and America. A&R man Johnny Franz signed her to a recording contract with Philips Records in 1964, and released her debut single, “It’s Magic”.The song was originally a hit for Doris Day in 1948.Her 1964 hit “The Wedding” went to #3 in the UK Singles Chart, #1 in Australia and #10 in the US, in addition to topping the US Adult Contemporary chart.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.[4] “The Wedding” was estimated by 1972 to have sold over seven million copies Julie Rogers The Wedding: Lyrics You by my side, that’s how I see us. I close my eyes, and I can see us. We’re on our way to say, “I Do-oo.” My secret dreams have all come true-oo. I see the church, I see the people, Your folks and mine happy and smiling. And I can hear sweet voices singing, “Avé Maria.” Oh, my love, my love, This can really be? That some day you’ll walk …

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