Editing Clodagh Rodgers (section)

===Post-Eurovision career===
Rodgers admitted to [[Ken Bruce]] during his eponymous [[BBC Radio 2]] show in an interview broadcast on Friday, 25 May 2012, that the intention had been to release "Another Time, Another Place", which had placed fourth of the six entries in the ''Song for Europe'' contest as the follow-up single to "Jack in the Box" and she began promoting it whilst in Dublin for the Eurovision final.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01hq292|title=25/05/2012, Ken Bruce – BBC Radio 2|website=BBC|access-date=25 May 2018|archive-date=30 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181030122426/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01hq292|url-status=live}}</ref> However, [[Engelbert Humperdinck (singer)|Engelbert Humperdinck]] released a cover version before her track was available, denying her the opportunity to release it, but gaining himself a #13 hit single.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/another-time,-another-place/|title=another time, another place – full Official Chart History – Official Charts Company|website=Officialcharts.com|access-date=25 May 2018|archive-date=5 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180705171810/http://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/another-time,-another-place/|url-status=live}}</ref> Despite only one more Top 30 chart single, "Lady Love Bug" in autumn 1971, Rodgers continued to be a major TV star in the UK, guesting on many shows (including playing herself in the BBC sitcom ''[[Whack-O!]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/9fe1eec7951242cf8e981bcf54941861 |title=Whacko! – BBC One London – 19 February 1972 – BBC Genome |website=Genome.ch.bbc.co.uk |date=19 February 1972 |access-date=2016-03-13 |archive-date=5 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305203218/http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/9fe1eec7951242cf8e981bcf54941861 |url-status=live }}</ref>), and appearing successfully in the biggest cabaret clubs throughout the country.{{cn|date=April 2025}}

Rodgers also became the face of [[Bisto]] gravy, in a series of television advertisements.{{cn|date=April 2025}}

On Irish television, ''The Clodagh Rodgers Show'' won an award at the [[Rose d'Or|Golden Rose]] TV festival in [[Montreux]]. She starred in many other shows, including ''[[Sunday Night at the London Palladium]]'' in 1974, singing three songs, including her latest single "Get It Together". Rodgers also appeared in ''[[Seaside Special]]'' for [[BBC Television]] in 1975<ref>{{cite web|url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/02d5d613f23541eea45834f199114ee3 |title=Seaside Special – BBC One London – 2 August 1975 – BBC Genome |website=Genome.ch.bbc.co.uk |date=2 August 1975 |access-date=2016-03-13}}</ref> and ''[[Morecambe and Wise|The Morecambe and Wise Show]]'' in 1970.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/8faaa6ffdd8a4b9590da9c99afb561de |title=Show of the Week The Morecambe and Wise Show – BBC Two England – 25 March 1970 – BBC Genome |website=Genome.ch.bbc.co.uk |date=25 March 1970 |access-date=2016-03-13 |archive-date=5 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305235554/http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/8faaa6ffdd8a4b9590da9c99afb561de |url-status=live }}</ref> She was a regular guest of ''[[The Two Ronnies]]''.{{Citation needed|date=April 2025}} In August 1973, Rodgers hosted the first edition of BBC2's ''Show Of The Week: The [[Dougie Squires|Young Generation]] Big Top'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/027fd46a081c4198b05e697d87501200|title=Show of the Week: The Young Generation Big Top – BBC Two England – 6 August 1973 – BBC Genome|website=Genome.ch.bbc.co.uk|date=6 August 1973|access-date=25 May 2018|archive-date=20 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180220213406/http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/027fd46a081c4198b05e697d87501200|url-status=live}}</ref> the forerunner of the later BBC1 series ''[[Seaside Special]]''.{{cn|date=April 2025}}

Rodgers also made a mark with her [[Impressionist (entertainment)|impressions]] of fellow artists such as [[Cilla Black]], often working with [[Mike Yarwood]], [[Des O'Connor]], [[Tommy Cooper]], [[Bob Monkhouse]], and [[Dickie Henderson]] in variety.{{citation needed|date=April 2025}} She was a regular performer in UK [[resort]]s' [[summer season]]s, sharing the bill with [[Mike and Bernie Winters]] in Blackpool and [[Matt Monro]] in Great Yarmouth among others.{{cn|date=April 2025}}

This success was mirrored on stage, where she starred in London's [[West End (theatre)|West End]] in her own show at the [[Talk of the Town (nightclub)|Talk of the Town]] (breaking [[Sammy Davis Jr.]]'s box office record), and in ''[[Cinderella]]'' at the [[London Palladium]] in 1971, which was also a success and ran for months. The Cinderella show (co starring Ronnie Corbett) then ran at the Manchester Palace in 1972 and at the Bristol Hippodrome in 1973.{{Citation needed|date=April 2025}}

As part of BBC1's celebration of the UK and Republic of Ireland both joining the European Economic Community on 1 January 1973, Rodgers appeared on ''Top Of The Year'' on 31 December 1972, alongside [[Bruce Forsyth]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/ca6448aac84b4a49b218f37b35547c55 |title=Top of the Year – BBC One London – 31 December 1972 – BBC Genome |website=Genome.ch.bbc.co.uk |date=31 December 1972 |access-date=2016-03-13 |archive-date=5 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305193122/http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/ca6448aac84b4a49b218f37b35547c55 |url-status=live }}</ref> and with [[Jimmy Tarbuck]] in ''The Tarbuck Follies'' on 1 January 1973<ref>{{cite web |url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/bc693adf18f6401a8e35c80bac9a9d42 |title=The Tarbuck Follies – BBC One London – 1 January 1973 – BBC Genome |website=Genome.ch.bbc.co.uk |date=January 1973 |access-date=2016-03-13 |archive-date=5 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305200638/http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/bc693adf18f6401a8e35c80bac9a9d42 |url-status=live }}</ref> to see in the new year.{{cn|date=April 2025}}

Having left RCA in early 1974 (after two well received albums ''It's Different Now'' and ''You are my Music'', Rodgers then released a single for the Pye label, "Saturday Sunday" later that year. Numerous TV work supported all these three releases, including ''Top of the Pops'' and ''Pebble Mill At One''.{{cn|date=April 2025}}

She signed to [[Polydor Records]] in 1976.<ref name="AMG" /> Her 1977 single "[[Save Me (Clodagh Rodgers song)|Save Me]]" was in Capital Radio's Top 30, reaching #21. The track was [[cover version|covered]] in the U.S. by [[Louise Mandrell]], who took it to #6 on the U.S. [[Hot Country Songs|country chart]] in 1983. "Save Me" was also covered by the South African [[all-female band]] [[Clout (band)|Clout]] (an SA no. 7 hit in 1979). Other artists who recorded this song included [[Merrilee Rush]] and [[Helen Reddy]].{{cn|date=April 2025}}

In 1978, Rodgers hosted UK [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]]'s [[St. Patrick's Day]] variety show for the first time, appearing on the cover of the ''[[TVTimes]]'' to promote the show and at the same time was confirmed as the host for the 1979 show. Later in 1978, Rodgers teamed with [[Terry Wogan]] on the ITV game show ''[[3-2-1]]'' in the programme's first Christmas Special Celebrity edition. Other TV shows around this time featured Rodgers with The Two Ronnies and The Ronnie Corbett show.{{cn|date=April 2025}}

She split from her manager/husband not long after their son's birth and opted for motherhood over a musical career; although she released two singles on the Precision label in 1980.<ref name="AMG" /> One of these tracks was "My Simple Heart", which was placed on a [[A-side and B-side|B-side]]. Shortly after its release, [[The Three Degrees]] released their version of it, which reached the UK Top 10. Similarly, Rodgers had released "[[Stand by Your Man]]" as the B-side of her 1971 single "Lady Love Bug." "[[Stand by Your Man]]" (co-written by Tammy Wynette and Billy Sherrill) had previously been a hit for Tammy Wynette in the United States.{{cn|date=April 2025}}