Julie Covington

Julie Covington occupies a quietly heroic place in pop history that I find endlessly fascinating. As an English singer and actress trained at Homerton College, she was the first voice to record "Don't Cry for Me Argentina" on the 1976 Evita concept album, before the world ever heard the better-known later renditions. To originate a song that becomes a cultural monument, and then let it outgrow you, takes a rare kind of artistry. I admire that she moved freely across stage, film, and music without chasing the spotlight. She is the original source behind a melody everyone knows.

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Name (English)

Julie Covington

Name (Japanese)

ジュリー・コーヴィントン

Reading

じゅりー・こーゔぃんとん

Born

September 11, 1946 (age 80)

Origin

London, United Kingdom

Occupation

actor / singer / stage actor / film actor / musician

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Dog

University

Homerton College

• Official sitehttps://www.juliecovington.co.uk
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julie%20Covington
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A5%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B3%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A3%E3%83%B3%E3%83%88%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q443422

Tags

• actor
• singer
• stage actor

Last updated

November 2, 2026

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