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The group first began performing together in the early 1960s, and signed to Swan Records at the behest of producer Jerry Ross. [1] Their first single was "Where Is Johnny Now" b/w "Your True Love", featuring Leon Huff and Thom Bell on keyboards, Bobby Eli on guitar, Bobby Martin on vibraphones, and Joe Macho on bass.
The Sapphires – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack peaked at number one on the ARIA Album Chart and was certified double platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). It also reached number 15 on the New Zealand Albums Chart. A deluxe edition, featuring an additional five songs, was released on 16 November 2012.
In the 2012 musical film The Sapphires, Jessica Mauboy portrays the character of Julie McCrae, one of four Indigenous women who are discovered by a talent scout and formed into a 1960s singing group called The Sapphires, known as Australia's answer to The Supremes. [1] [2] The group travel to Vietnam in 1968 to sing for the US troops during the ...
The Sapphires is a 2012 Australian musical comedy-drama film based on the 2004 stage play The Sapphires by Tony Briggs, which is loosely based on a real-life 1960s girl group that included Briggs' mother and aunt. [4] The film is directed by Wayne Blair and written by Keith Thompson and Briggs.
The Sapphires (American band), a 1960s American pop group The Sapphires (Australian band) , a 1960s Aboriginal Australian trio of female singers The Sapphhires (backing vocalists) , a 1950s male Australian trio of backing singers, worked with Col Joye
(Top) 1 Music. Toggle Music subsection. 1.1 Albums. 1.2 Songs. 2 Other uses. 3 See also. ... 1964 song by the Sapphires "Who Do U Love", 1998 song by Love Inc. Other uses
Mauboy starred in the 2012 musical film The Sapphires and recorded fifteen songs for its accompanying soundtrack album. [6] She co-wrote the soundtrack's lead single "Gotcha" with Ilan Kidron and Louis Schoorl. [7] Mauboy also co-wrote ten of the thirteen songs on her third studio album Beautiful, which was released in 2013. [8]
Los Zafiros (The Sapphires) were a Cuban close-harmony vocal group working from 1962 until 1976. [1] The group was part of the filín (feeling) movement, inspired by American doo-wop groups such as The Platters. Their music was a fusion of Cuban genres, such as the bolero, with doo-wop, ballads, R&B, calypso, Bossa Nova and early rock and roll.