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Lois Wilkinson (born 3 April 1944, Sleaford, Lincolnshire, England).
Andrea Simpson (born 9 September 1946, Finchley, London).
At the time of their greatest fame, press stories told of how a blonde shorthand typist called Lois, and a brunette accounting machine operator called Andrea worked together in the same London company- and came together to play for an office party. However, in reality they were brought together by a man with an ear for talented singers called Curly Clayton- who ran a small recording Studio in Highbury, London. They were both keen to become professional singers and had both approached the studio independently. It was Clayton that suggested they might fare better as a duet. As a result of this encouragement, they learned some numbers to record as demos together- one of which was from the ‘B’-side of Tennessee Ernie Ford’s “Sixteen Tons”- this was “You Don’t Have To Be A Baby To Cry”. Clayton was sufficiently impressed with the quality of their singing that he made a demonstration recording with the intention of using it to obtain a contract with a major label. Unfortunately a deal was struck independently and consequently the small studio gained nothing from the exercise. “You Don’t Have To Be A Baby To Cry” was subsequently re-recorded under the direction of bandleader Harry Robinson and taken up and promoted by Decca via an offshoot called “Ritz”.
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helloimjoshua
so good
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Ohllie
The Caravelles -> Dolly Mixture -> Liechtenstein.
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Lifietsfel
Cool.
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pavskies
All this information should be in the artist info!
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maulofsound
i rather doubt that the first song about masturbation didn't come about until 1966. maybe the first blatant song.
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SillyMusicLover
There was another group in 1960's called The Caravelles, exact antithesis to this sweet and innocent girl group. They were raw garage rock band, and are best known for their 1966 song Self Service (first ever song about masturbation)
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