The Poppies were a 1960's girl group

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...

 formed and headed by Dorothy Moore

Dorothy Moore

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 and Fern Kinney

Fern Kinney

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In early 1966, "Lullaby of Love" by the Poppies peaked at #56 pop. An LP of the same title was released on Epic records

Epic Records

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. Later that year the group had another, but smaller, hit with "He's Ready" which reached #106 pop. Two more singles were released but they did nothing. The last of their four Epic singles was "There's A Pain in My Heart" which became a Northern soul

Northern soul

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classic and is heavily played in UK/Australian clubs.