The Pearls
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The Pearls were a 1970s girl
Girl group
A girl group is a popular music act featuring several young female singers who generally harmonise together.Girl groups emerged in the late 1950s as groups of young singers teamed up with behind-the-scenes songwriters and music producers to create hit singles, often featuring glossy production...

 vocal
Human voice
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 duo
Duet (music)
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 from Liverpool
Liverpool
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, England
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, featuring Lyn Cornell and Ann Simmons. They released a number of singles
Single (music)
In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...

, the most successful being "Guilty", which reached #10 in the UK Singles Chart
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 in June 1974.

Career

Cornell and Simmons were originally part of The Vernons Girls
The Vernons Girls
The Vernons Girls were an English musical ensemble of female vocalists. They were formed at the Vernons football pools company in the 1950s in Liverpool, settling down to a sixteen strong choir and recorded an album of standards.-Career:...

, and with assistance from the record producer
Record producer
A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...

, Phil Swern
Phil Swern
Phil Swern is an English radio producer and music collector. He was formerly a record producer and songwriter, plus he has also written for television. He currently produces Pick of the Pops and Sounds of the 60s and formerly produced the Bob Harris Show for BBC Radio 2...

, formed The Pearls in 1972. After her time with the Vernons, Cornell, who had dated Adam Faith
Adam Faith
Terence "Terry" Nelhams-Wright, known as Adam Faith was a Teen idol English singer, actor and later financial journalist. He was one of the most charted acts of the 1960s. He became the first UK artist to lodge his initial seven hits in the Top 5...

, became a solo
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In music, a solo is a piece or a section of a piece played or sung by a single performer...

 singer
Singing
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, and had minor success with "Never on a Sunday" and a Christmas
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 song, "The Angel and the Stranger". Cornell's 1960 recording
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 of "Never on Sunday" reached #30 in the UK Singles Chart. The Pearls' first records
Gramophone record
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 were cover version
Cover version
In popular music, a cover version or cover song, or simply cover, is a new performance or recording of a contemporary or previously recorded, commercially released song or popular song...

s of the 1960s songs "Third Finger, Left Hand" (a b-side
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 from the Martha and the Vandellas
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 hit
Hit record
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 single
Single (music)
In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...

, "Jimmy Mack
Jimmy Mack
"Jimmy Mack" is a 1967 pop/soul single recorded by Martha and the Vandellas for Motown's Gordy imprint. Written and produced by Motown's main creative team, Holland–Dozier–Holland, "Jimmy Mack" was the final Top 10 hit for the Vandellas in the United States, peaking at number 10 on the Billboard...

") and The Ronettes
The Ronettes
The Ronettes were a 1960s girl group from New York City, best known for their work with producer Phil Spector. The group consisted of lead singer Veronica Bennett ; her older sister, Estelle Bennett; and their cousin Nedra Talley...

, "You Came, You Saw, You Conquered". These records were issued by Bell Records
Bell Records
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, to advance the trend in the early 1970s of playing some less well known soul
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 and pop music
Pop music
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  titles from the previous decade on UK
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 dance floor
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s, a trend that had become increasingly popular. The vocal on the first single issued by The Pearls was not performed by Cornell and Simmons. It was the duo Sue and Sunny
Sue and Sunny
Sue and Sunny were a vocal duo and session singers operating in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. Although sisters, their full stage names were Sue Glover and Sunny Leslie...

, (Sue (Glover) and Sunny (Leslie)), who sang on "Third Finger Left Hand" as stated on The Pearls compilation album
Compilation album
A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...

.

The Pearls' original songs included "Lead Us Not into Temptation", the Chris Andrews
Chris Andrews (singer)
Chris Andrews is a singer and successful songwriter whose musical career started in the 1960s.-Career:...

 penned
Songwriter
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 "Yo Yo" and "Wizard of Love" (although these all failed to chart
Record chart
A record chart is a ranking of recorded music according to popularity during a given period of time. Examples of music charts are the Hit parade, Hot 100 or Top 40....

). They had more success with "Guilty", co-written by Ron Roker
Ron Roker
Ron Roker is an English songwriter and singer.-Career:Roker first worked as a song-plugger. His first taste of chart success was provided by the theme music to children's TV programme The Adventures of Rupert Bear. The song "Rupert", co-written with Len Beadle and recorded by Beadle's wife Jackie...

, which became a UK Top 10 success in 1974. Their previously unreleased cover of The Everly Brothers
The Everly Brothers
The Everly Brothers are country-influenced rock and roll performers, known for steel-string guitar playing and close harmony singing...

, "Bye Bye Love" appeared on their compilation album
Compilation album
A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...

, A String of Pearls (see discography).

Both Cornell and Simmons were session singers and backing singers as also revealed in the liner notes of their compilation album. They also belonged at various stages of their careers to other groups. Cornell who had been a solo singer both prior to joining The Vernons Girls and after, was also a member of The Breakaways
The Breakaways
The Breakaways were an English female vocal trio, formed in 1962. Britain's premiere session vocalists throughout the 1960s, The Breakaways also recorded a handful of little known girl group singles.-Career:...

, The Ladybirds
The Ladybirds
The Ladybirds are a British female vocal harmony trio, most famous for their appearances in The Benny Hill Show. They participated in over 60 episodes between 1968 and 1991. In addition, they were long-standing backing singers to many established artists, and perennial television ...

, The Chucks, The Carefrees
The Carefrees
The Carefrees were a British girl group, most known for their song "We Love You Beatles", a tribute to The Beatles. The song was their only charted single. The session vocalists Lynn Cornell, Barbara Kay and Betty Prescott made up the group...

 and The Raindrops. She also sang and toured with the James Last Orchestra
James Last Orchestra
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 during the entire time she was a member of The Pearls. Simmons, as well as her time with The Vernons Girls, was a member of The Redmond Twins, The Breakaways and The Ladybirds during her career.

Cornell married
Marriage
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 session musician
Session musician
Session musicians are instrumental and vocal performers, musicians, who are available to work with others at live performances or recording sessions. Usually such musicians are not permanent members of a musical ensemble and often do not achieve fame in their own right as soloists or bandleaders...

 Andy White
Andy White (drummer)
Andrew "Andy" White is a Scottish drummer, best known for replacing Ringo Starr on drums on The Beatles' first single, "Love Me Do". White featured on the American 7" single release of the song, which also appeared on the band's debut British album, Please Please Me. He also played drums on the...

; the drummer
Drummer
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 on the album
Album
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 version of The Beatles
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' first hit, "Love Me Do
Love Me Do
"Love Me Do" is The Beatles' first single, backed by "P.S. I Love You" and released on 5 October 1962. When the single was originally released in the United Kingdom, it peaked at number seventeen; in 1982 it was re-issued and reached number four...

". Cornell and White later divorce
Divorce
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d and she now lives in London
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.

A quartet named 'The Pearls' took part in the 1989 A Song For Europe competition. This group had no connection to the original Pearls.

Singles

Release Date Title
(Songwriter
Songwriter
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s)
UK Singles Chart
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17 March 1972 "Third Finger, Left Hand"
(Holland-Dozier-Holland
Holland-Dozier-Holland
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)
#31
11 August 1972 "You Came, You Saw, You Conquered"
(Irwin Levine, Phil Spector
Phil Spector
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, Toni Wine
Toni Wine
Toni Wine is an American pop music songwriter, who wrote songs for such artists as The Mindbenders , Tony Orlando and Dawn , Elvis Presley, and Checkmates Ltd. in the late 1960s and 1970s...

)
#32
19 January 1973 "You Are Everything
You Are Everything
Another cover was by one-time Motown singing duo, Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye. Released as the second UK single from their Diana & Marvin album, the song reached #5 in the UK Singles Chart in April 1974. It also reached #13 on the Dutch charts and #20 on the Irish Singles Chart...

"
(Thom Bell
Thom Bell
Thomas Randolph "Thom" Bell is an American songwriter and producer, best known as one of the creators of the Philadelphia style of soul music in the 1970s. He moved to Philadelphia as a child.-Biography:...

, Linda Creed
Linda Creed
Linda Creed also known by her married name Linda Epstein, was an American singer-songwriter and lyricist who teamed up with songwriter-producer Thom Bell to produce some of the most successful Philadelphia soul groups of the 1970s.-Career:Born in Philadelphia in 1949, Creed was raised in the...

)
#41
26 April 1974 "Guilty"
(Ron Roker
Ron Roker
Ron Roker is an English songwriter and singer.-Career:Roker first worked as a song-plugger. His first taste of chart success was provided by the theme music to children's TV programme The Adventures of Rupert Bear. The song "Rupert", co-written with Len Beadle and recorded by Beadle's wife Jackie...

, Gerry Shury)
#10


Singles issued by The Pearls which failed to reach the UK chart are as follows - "Yo Yo" 1973 - "Wizard of Love" 1974 - "Doctor Love" 1974 - "Lead Us Not into Temptation" 1975 - "The Cheater" 1975 - "I'll See You in My Dreams" 1976 - "Let's Make Love Again" 1976 and "Double Trouble" - 1978. The album below contains all The Pearls twelve singles and B-sides
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A-side and B-side originally referred to the two sides of gramophone records on which singles were released beginning in the 1950s. The terms have come to refer to the types of song conventionally placed on each side of the record, with the A-side being the featured song , while the B-side, or...

. Originally there were two instrumental
Instrumental
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 B-sides which are not included, but instead are a couple of previously unreleased songs.

The CD in one of a number of errors, lists track 18 as "Pearly", the instrumental B-side of "I'll See You in My Dreams". "Pearly" was credited to 'The Pearls Orchestra'. The track is actually "Let's Make Love Again", which the liner notes said was unobtainable.

The other instrumental also not included on the CD, was the B-side of their first single "Third Finger Left Hand", and titled "Little Lady Love Me". This track was credited to 'The Rhythm of the Pearls'.

Albums

  • A String of Pearls (CD
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     July 2005 by Rev-Ola Records
    Rev-Ola Records
    Rev-Ola Records is a UK record label formed in 1988 that specializes in reissues, as well as select new releases. The label is headed by Joe Foster, a former child actor and musician/producer...

    )
  1. "Lead Us Not into Temptation" - (Roger Greenaway
    Roger Greenaway
    Roger Greenaway , is a popular English songwriter, best known for his collaborations with Roger Cook.-Career:...

    , Tony Macaulay
    Tony Macaulay
    Tony Macaulay is a British author, composer for musical theatre, and songwriter, though it was the latter that made him a household name early in his career...

    ) 2:52
  2. "Third Finger, Left Hand" - (Holland–Dozier–Holland) 2:31
  3. "Yo Yo" - (Chris Andrews
    Chris Andrews (singer)
    Chris Andrews is a singer and successful songwriter whose musical career started in the 1960s.-Career:...

    ) 2:45
  4. "You Came, You Saw, You Conquered" - (Irwin Levine, Phil Spector
    Phil Spector
    Phillip Harvey "Phil" Spector is an American record producer and songwriter, later known for his conviction in the murder of actress Lana Clarkson....

    , Toni Wine
    Toni Wine
    Toni Wine is an American pop music songwriter, who wrote songs for such artists as The Mindbenders , Tony Orlando and Dawn , Elvis Presley, and Checkmates Ltd. in the late 1960s and 1970s...

    ) 2:39
  5. "Guilty" - (Ron Roker
    Ron Roker
    Ron Roker is an English songwriter and singer.-Career:Roker first worked as a song-plugger. His first taste of chart success was provided by the theme music to children's TV programme The Adventures of Rupert Bear. The song "Rupert", co-written with Len Beadle and recorded by Beadle's wife Jackie...

    , Gerry Shury) 3:03
  6. "Sing Out to Me" - (Johnny Arthey, Phil Swern
    Phil Swern
    Phil Swern is an English radio producer and music collector. He was formerly a record producer and songwriter, plus he has also written for television. He currently produces Pick of the Pops and Sounds of the 60s and formerly produced the Bob Harris Show for BBC Radio 2...

    ) 2:51
  7. "Pass It On" - (Johnny Arthey, Phil Swern) 2:26
  8. "You Are Everything
    You Are Everything
    Another cover was by one-time Motown singing duo, Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye. Released as the second UK single from their Diana & Marvin album, the song reached #5 in the UK Singles Chart in April 1974. It also reached #13 on the Dutch charts and #20 on the Irish Singles Chart...

    " - (Thom Bell
    Thom Bell
    Thomas Randolph "Thom" Bell is an American songwriter and producer, best known as one of the creators of the Philadelphia style of soul music in the 1970s. He moved to Philadelphia as a child.-Biography:...

    , Linda Creed
    Linda Creed
    Linda Creed also known by her married name Linda Epstein, was an American singer-songwriter and lyricist who teamed up with songwriter-producer Thom Bell to produce some of the most successful Philadelphia soul groups of the 1970s.-Career:Born in Philadelphia in 1949, Creed was raised in the...

    ) 2:40
  9. "She Say, He Say" - (Johnny Arthey, Phil Swern) 2:24
  10. "Deeper in Love with You" - (Johnny Arthey, Phil Swern) 2:48
  11. "Wizard of Love" - (Gerry Shury, Phil Swern) 3:25
  12. "I'll Say It Over Again" - (Johnny Arthey, Phil Swern) 2:25
  13. "Doctor Love" - (Biddu
    Biddu
    Biddu or Biddu Appaiah is an Indian-British music producer, composer, song-writer and singer who produced and composed many hit records worldwide during a career spanning five decades...

    ) 2:35
  14. "Playing Around" - (Johnny Arthey, Phil Swern) 2:26
  15. "Love Sensation" - (Biddu, Phil Swern) 3:13
  16. "The Cheater" - (Mike Krenski) 2:52
  17. "I'll See You in My Dreams
    I'll See You in My Dreams (song)
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    " - (Isham Jones
    Isham Jones
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    , Gus Kahn
    Gus Kahn
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    ) 3:02
  18. "Let's Make Love Again" - (Mel Taggart , Ray Roberts) 3:43
  19. "I'm Gonna Steal Your Heart Away" - (Biddu, Phil Swern) 3:20
  20. "We Can Make It Baby" - (Lyn Cornell, Richard Hewson
    Richard Anthony Hewson
    Richard Anthony Hewson is an English producer, arranger, conductor and multi-instrumentalist, who is best recognized for his studio group The RAH Band.-Career:...

    ) 2:13
  21. "Double Trouble" - (Gerry Shury, Phil Swern) 2:56
  22. "One in the Eye for Love" - (Gerry Shury, Phil Swern) 3:29
  23. "Bye Bye Love" - (Felice and Boudleaux Bryant
    Felice and Boudleaux Bryant
    Felice Bryant and Boudleaux Bryant were an American husband-and-wife country music and pop songwriting team best known for songs such as "Rocky Top," "Love Hurts" and numerous Everly Brothers hits, including "All I Have to Do Is Dream" and "Bye Bye Love".-Beginnings:Boudleaux was born Diadorius...

    ) 2:07
  24. "A Lover's Concerto
    A Lover's Concerto
    "A Lover's Concerto" is a pop song written by American songwriters Sandy Linzer and Denny Randell and recorded in 1965 by The Toys. Their version of the song was a major hit in both the United States and the UK during 1965. It peaked on the Billboard Hot 100 chart at #2.Critic Dave Thompson wrote,...

    " - (Sandy Linzer and Denny Randell
    Sandy Linzer and Denny Randell
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    ) 2:43
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