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Abrahams, Mick
Allisons, The
Amen Corner
Andrews, Chris
Animals, The
Applejacks
Avons, The

Bennett, Cliff
Berry, Dave

Clem Curtis & The Foundations

Dave Clark Five

Easybeats

Fortunes, The
Fourmost

Herman's Hermits

Kinks, The

Marmalade
Merseybeats
Mike Berry And The Outlaws
Mike Pender's Searchers

Nashville Teens

Poole, Brian

Tremeloes, The

Vanity Fare

Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders
Wilde, Marty

Zombies, The

Sisters-in-law Valerie, born 1936, Willesden, London, England and Elaine Murtagh, born. 1940, County Cork, Eire originally performed as the Avon Sisters. After being discovered singing at the 1958 BBC Radio Exhibition, they signed to UK Columbia where they recorded with producer Norrie Paramor. Their debut was Which Witch Doctor with the Mudlarks and after they added Ray Adams who hailed from Jersey, Channel Islands they were spotted singing with Nat Gonella's Band and then changed their name to the Avons.

Their first single under the new name, a cover of Paul Evans' Seven Little Girls Sitting In The Back Seat in 1959, gave them their only UK Top 20 chart entry. The light pop trio had three smaller hits and last charted with a cover of Rubber Ball in 1961. In 1962 a song they had written; Dance On, became a UK number one instrumental hit for the Shadows and it returned to the Top 20 the following year with a powerful vocal version from Kathy Kirby. They recorded for Decca in 1963 and Fontana in 1964 but had no other hits. Valerie continued to have success as a writer and is still a well-known behind-the-scenes figure in the UK music business.

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