Lana Sisters

This vocal trio was formed in 1958 by Iris ‘Riss’ Long with Lynne Abrams and Mary O’Brien (b. 16 Apr 1939, Hampstead, London, Britain, d. 2 March 1999, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, Britain), the second option discovered through a newspapers advertisement positioned by Long. Beneath the management from the Joe Collins company, the trio guaranteed bookings on tv’s 6:5 Unique and Drumbeat. In addition they signed a agreement with Fontana Information. An early documenting was ‘Chimes Of Arcady’/‘Ring-A-My-Phone’ which was adopted in 1959 by ‘Buzzin’’/‘Cry, Cry Baby’, ‘Mr. Dee-Jay’/‘Inform Him No’ and ‘Seated AROUND THE Sidewalk’/‘Seven GIRLS Sitting In THE TRUNK Chair’, the last mentioned sung with the trio with Al Saxon on tv’s Tommy Steele Magnificent. In 1960 they documented ‘My Mom’s Eye’/‘You’ve Got What It Will take’, ‘Tintarella Di Luna’/‘Somebody Adores You, Joe’, ‘Down South’/‘Twosome’ and a US discharge of ‘Down South’ supported by ‘A Center Divided’ which they became a member of Kenny Colman. The trio made an appearance in London and in addition toured the united kingdom, including appearing being a helping act for performers such as for example Nat ‘Ruler’ Cole, Adam Trust, Man Mitchell, Cliff Richard and Tommy Steele. In addition they made looks on tv shows headlined by Mike and Bernie Winters and by Eric Morecambe and Ernie Smart. When the trio folded, O’Brien, right now referred to as Dusty Springfield, joined up with the Springfields, while Riss Very long, who was simply phoning herself Riss Lana, became Riss Chantelle and created the Chantelles. In the middle-60s, the Chantelles experienced some moderately effective information, including ‘I Need That Young man’/‘London My House City’, ‘Sticks And Rocks’/‘The Key Of My Achievement’, ‘Gonna Obtain Burned’/‘Gonna Provide Him Some Like’, ‘I THINK ABOUT You’/‘Make sure you Don’t Kiss Me’, all for Parlophone Information. ‘There’s Something About You’/‘Simply Another Fool’ adopted on Polydor Information, ‘The Man I Like’/‘Blue Feeling’ for CBS Information, and ‘Out Of My Brain’/‘Even more To Like’ for GNP Crescendo Information. The Chantelles folded in 1968.