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The Sapphires (film) The Sapphires. (film) 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 – 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.
Thom Bell. Bobby Eli. Bobby Martin. Joe Macho. *Backing Vocals – Ashford and Simpson, Melba Moore. The Sapphires were an American pop ensemble from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Their sound was comparable to much of the music released on Motown in the mid-1960s. The vocalists were Carol Jackson, George Garner, and Joe Livingston.
2010–present. Shari Sebbens is an Aboriginal Australian actress and stage director, known for her debut film role in The Sapphires (2012), as well as many stage and television performances. After a two-year stint as resident director of the Sydney Theatre Company (STC), in 2023 she will be directing productions by STC and Griffin in Sydney ...
Jessica Mauboy. Jessica Hilda Mauboy (/ ˈmaʊbɔɪ /; born 4 August 1989) is an Australian singer. Born and raised in Darwin, Northern Territory, she rose to fame in 2006 on the fourth season of Australian Idol, where she was runner-up and subsequently signed a recording contract with Sony Music Australia. After releasing a live album of her ...
"My Baby Must Be a Magician" has never had a high-profile remake; Stiff Records act Sylvia and the Sapphires had a 1983 UK single release produced by Peter Collins.; On the title track of Teena Marie's 1981 album It Must Be Magic - her last for Motown - Teena Marie repeats the hookline from "My Baby Must Be a Magician": "My baby must be a magician 'cause he's sure got the magic touch", as her ...
1. Miranda Tapsell (born 11 December 1987) is a Larrakia Aboriginal Australian actress of both stage and screen, best known for her role as Cynthia in the Wayne Blair film The Sapphires and her 2015 performance as Martha Tennant in the Nine Network drama series Love Child. In 2016, she portrayed Fatima in the Stan series Wolf Creek.
The group consisted of three sisters: contralto LaVerne Sophia Andrews (1911–1967), soprano Maxene Anglyn Andrews (1916–1995), and mezzo-soprano Patricia Marie Andrews (1918–2013). [ 1 ] The sisters have sold an estimated 80 million records. [ 2 ] Their 1941 hit " Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy " can be considered an early example of jump blues.