Rovers Return Inn Billy first appears in Coronation Street in January 1961, but takes over The Rovers Return in 1984 after his mother Annie retires and signs the pub over to him. It doesn't last long, though, and he leaves for good in 1984, after a series of run-ins with police due to the lock-ins held after hours. Arguably the most famous barmaid on "Coronation Street", Bet Lynch was in charge of The Rovers Return for a little over 10 years. In late 1984, the brewery, Newton & Ridley, unhappy with the way the pub was being run into the ground by Billy,
A Rose Is Still a Rose top forty in Norway, Sweden, and Switzerland. Franklin's biggest commercial success of the 1990s, "A Rose Is Still a Rose" was certified gold by the RIAA and would remain her final album to earn a certification in the United States. In 1991, Franklin released her thirty-sixth studio album "What You See Is What You Sweat". A moderate commercial success throughout Europe, particularly in Scandinavia, it became a commercial failure in the United States, peaking at number 153 on US "Billboard" 200 and dropping off the charts after seven weeks only. While Franklin remained active the following years, providing songs on