The Dale Sisters were an

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vocal trio, who had limited chart success in the early 1960s. They are best remembered for their recordings of " Heartbeat" and "My Sunday Baby (un Telegrama)", both of which became minor hits in the

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. Other songs they sang included " Billy Boy, Billy Boy", "Road to Love" and "All My Life". Their work, when they were billed by their alternative name of The England Sisters, was

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by John Barry. They were born in Goole, Yorkshire, as Betty, Hazel and Julie Dunderdale, a name they later shortened to become the Dale Sisters. In July 1959, they won a talent contest which was organised by ''

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'', at

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. Later that year they made their first London appearance at the Lyceum Theatre. They were on the bill with Helen Shapiro and

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at the Odeon Theatre, Halifax on 7 April 1962, as part of a national

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. In January 1963, they played the Two Red Shoes Ballroom, Elgin,

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, just a week after

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appeared there. Their UK

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appearances included '' Thank Your Lucky Stars'' with

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, The Brooks Brothers,

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and Dion in 1961. The Dale Sisters tracks "My Sunday Baby (un Telegrama)" and "All My Life" appeared on the compilation album, ''Say When - Ember Sixties Pop Vol. 1 1960-1961''. They are not to be confused with a similar named, latter day

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singing group composed of Ann, Lorri, Lynne, and Amy Dale.

Members

*Elizabeth (Betty) Dunderdale (born 1939,

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, Yorkshire, England) *Hazel Read Dunderdale (born 1942, Goole, Yorkshire, England) *Julie Dunderdale-Smith (born 1941, Goole, Yorkshire, England)

Discography

References

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