I've Got A Crush On You
Apparently my first celebrity crush was on 1960s Irish pop singer Clodagh Rodgers. I say "apparently" because I have no recollection of actually fancying her, but I do remember my mother winding me up whenever she came on the telly, saying things like "ooh look Lee, it's your girlfriend Clodagh Rodgers!" (or Clodey Rotgut as she called her) so maybe I did. I know I always turned beet red with embarrassment whenever she did this, but any mention of girls was enough to fluster me at that age so that doesn't really mean anything.
I don't have any "Clodey" records but here she is singing her 1971 Eurovision Song Contest entry "Jack In The Box" and I have to say she does have rather nice legs (good choice of hot pants) but she isn't really my type, and with that very blond hair and black eye make-up she looks worryingly like my mother did back then (though I always considered Dusty Springfield to be my mum's pop doppleganger). Paging Dr. Freud...
As far as I'm concerned my first celebrity crush was on Raquel Welch and I can trace that back to seeing her 1970 television special — brilliantly called "Raquel!" — which had a profound effect on my 8-year-old mind. Have a look at this exceedingly groovy clip from the show and you'll see why.
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I met the freckly Clodey Rotgut on the remarkable ITV show 3,2,1 in the late 70s. It was filmed at YTV in Leeds (and hosted by Ted Rotgut). She seemed distraught when the 'Winning' couple walked away with Dusty Bin.
Sadly I have never met Raquel Welch, but laughed my cock off when her offspring married the daughter of Yorshire and England cricketer Fred Truman. The wedding pictures were a scream. Flat cap n all.
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I know, seeing Fred Truman and Raquel Welch together was like peering into some bizarre alternate universe.
I remember fast bowler 'Fiery' Fred saying of the somewhat short-lived marriage, "Ave ad longer fuckin run-ups than that"
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That Racquel clip is astounding. I think for me my first celeb crush was Claudine Longet . . . trouble, that one.
The Racquel! clip is just wonderfully bizarre. I thought the 2 'dancers' with her would end up being Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer, I'm sure they used those very same costumes for a sketch. Oh and for the record my first celebrity crush was probably Angharad Rees (I think that was her name though the spelling is questionable) in Poldark. It was the red hair I think. Then I saw Debbie Harry, couldn't understand as an 8 year old why I felt like I did but knew I liked it. Great site Lee, Thanks.
So many first crushes... Susan Penhaligan, Jenny Agutter, Jaqueline Bisset, Chris Evert, Lesley Ann Down, Penny Irving, Toni Arthur, Franscoise Pascall, Sally James .. Well, if truth be known .. any living female above the age of 18.
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