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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 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.
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 ...
Sapphire, a band that includes members of the band Alyson Avenue; 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
Mayers was born in 1941, [1] of Yorta Yorta and Wiradjuri heritage. [2]She was one of three members of The Sapphires, along with Beverly Briggs (her sister) and Laurel Robinson, in the 1960s.
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.
Tony Briggs was born on 3 July 1967. [2] He is the son of Laurel Robinson, one of The Sapphires, [3] and is a Yorta Yorta / Wurundjeri man. [4]He attended Scotch College, Melbourne as a boarding student from 1980 to 1985, and proved to be an outstanding athlete there.
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.