Clay wrote: <Dusty Springfield came along a little later... I'm thinking that there were precious few female artists during these years, but one of them was Connie Francis.>
Connie Francis started with "Who's sorry now?" in 1958, Dusty Springfield started singing in 1958 with the Lana Sisters, then sang with her brother and another chap as 'The Springfields' around 1960 and then started her solo career in 1963 with "I only want to be with you." Brenda Lee was another female singer in the early 60s. I left school at 16 in 1959 and got married in 1962. Until the year before I left school, it was school uniform only and certainly no make-up of any kind - my father would have put my head under a running tap if I dared to wear make-up then. I was sporting the black eyelids before we got married, but after I'd left school. Connie Francis had a dress with a white skirt and a bodice of large black and white, large gingham. I made all my own clothes then and was very proud of my copy of that dress, as I was of the dresses of other female singer that I copied. I'd met my husband-to-be in 1958 and we used to go jiving at a local hall, where my pop-singer dresses were much admired. I also had the bouffant hair (well back-combed and lacquered) and the essential 3 inch wide black elastic belt with the metal clip fastening - 3 'dots' fitting into 3 rings, if I remember correctly. Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com.
