The STARLETS (weiße Gruppe; USA)

Ja, als wäre es nicht schon kompliziert genug, die "schwarzen"
Starlets in den USA von Patti LaBelle And The Blue-Belles
zu unterscheiden, gab es kurz vor den schwarzen STARLETS
sogar in New Jersey eine "weiße" Gruppe gleichen Namens.

Die weißen STARLETS bestanden aus:
Barbara und Phyliss Allbut, Bernadette Dalia (später eine
Solo-Karriere als Bernadette Carroll) und Linda Malzone.
Ihre erste von zwei Astro-Singles erschien im April 1960:
"P.S. I LOVE YOU" - ein Oldie aus 1934. Das Label war aus
Newark, New Jersey. Im Studio hatten The Arkades und
Schlagzeuger Carmine Lombardo mitgeholfen.

Und ja, DIESE Starlets könnten uns direkt zu The Angels
führen, wenn wir wollten..

"P.S. I LOVE YOU" schaffte sogar am 27.6.1960 den Sprung
bei Billboard auf Platz 106 (Bubbling Under), weshalb dann
doch von ihrem Produzenten Tom De Cillis in Linden, New Jersey,
noch eine zweite Platte eingespielt wurde. Wenn wir dann aber
denken würden, "das war´s", so liegen wir völlig falsch. Der
Producer kombinierte The Starlets bei zahlreichen Studio-
aufnahmen mit den Stimmen der männlichen The Dynamics.
So wurde die Barbara Allbut-Komposition "I Am Alone" (Julia 45-1101)
von beiden Bands und den Arkades begleitet, während auf dem
Label-Logo "nur" Richie Dennis aufscheint. Auch bei der Nummer
"Sincerely" (A 105) von Roosevelt Grier sind The Starlets und
The Dynamics vereint zu hören.

Hierzu mehr dort:
http://www.blogg.org/blog-6532…21451.html

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die zwei Daten der Bernadette:

Bernadette Carroll (21 June 1945 - 5 October 2018)


1 The Starlets – P.S. I Love You
2 The Starlets – Listen For A Lovely Tambourine
3 The Starlets – Where Is My Love Tonight
4 Bernadette Carroll–My Heart Stood Still
5 Bernadette Carroll–Sweet Sugar Sweet
6 Bernadette Carroll–Laughing On The Outside
7 Bernadette Carroll–The Humpty Dump
8 Bernadette Carroll–Heavenly
9 Bernadette Carroll–Nicky (Backing Vocals – The Brooks Four)
10 Bernadette Carroll–All The Way Home I Cried
11 Bernadette Carroll–Party Girl
12 Bernadette Carroll–I Don't Wanna Know
13 Bernadette Carroll–Happy Birthday
14 Bernadette Carroll–One Little Lie
15 Bernadette Carroll–The Hero
16 Bernadette Carroll–Don't Hurt Me
17 Bernadette Carroll–Circus Girl
18 Bernadette Carroll–He's Just A Playboy
19 Bernadette Carroll–Try Your Luck
20 Bernadette Carroll With Ernie Maresca–Tell Him For Me
21 Bernadette Carroll–Care a Little
22 Bernadette Carroll–Hold Back The Dawn
23 Bernadette Carroll – When We’re Older
24 The Angels – The Boy With The Green Eyes
25 The Angels – But For Love
26 The Angels – Merry Go Round
27 Jessica James And The Outlaws–We'll Be Makin' Out
28 Jessica James And The Outlaws–Give Her Up Baby
29 Peggy Sans–Snow Man (Backing Vocals – Bernadette Carroll)

She was born Bernadette Dalia in Elizabeth, New Jersey and her first performance was when she was only seven, acting in a school play. Soon after her family moved to Linden, New Jersey, she became somewhat of a reckless teenager, sneaking out late at night to go to local recording studios with her friends, which is how the Starlets formed. Members Barbara and Jiggs Allbut met Tom DeCillis, who had branched out into songwriting after moving to NJ. He then found two more members, Bernadette Carroll and Lynda Malzone to form the Starlets.

It was soon after that they recorded "P.S. I Love You" in 1961 on the Astro label. DeCillis signed Carroll as a solo artist under the Cleopatra and Julia labels after he saw her potential.

After The Starlets disbanded, Carroll made her first solo recording for the Julia label, My Heart Stood Still. She then joined with Tommy DeVito and Nick Massi of The Four Seasons to record the song "Nicky", written by Massi and Bob Gaudio, which was Carroll's first single for the Laurie label.

Carroll's second single under the label was "Party Girl," produced and co-written by Ernie Maresca, which became a national hit. Carroll followed that landmark release in rapid succession throughout 1964 and 1965 with such Laurie label gems as Homecoming Party, The Hero, Nicky, Try Your Luck and Don't Hurt Me.

Carroll later was an integral part of the supergroup Jessica James And The Outlaws (with the Angels' Peggy Santiglia and the Delicates' Denise Ferri, whom Carroll met in 1959). Jessica James And The Outlaws provided backing vocals on Patty Duke's 1965 Don't Just Stand There album for United Artists, and also put their distinctive touch on many of the classic Lou Christie sides during his tenure with MGM; most notably on his acclaimed Lightning Strikes and the follow-up Rhapsody in the Rain, also on his Painter Of Hits album. Jessica James And The Outlaws in turn made their mark on their own in 1966 with the enduring double entendre classic, We'll Be Makin' Out. They were also backup singers for Connie Francis, Bobby Hebb and Frankie Valli.

In 1968 Carroll eventually spent a season as the Angels' lead vocalist and recorded four songs for RCA Records, including "The Boy With The Green Eyes", written by Neil Diamond. She toured with them for one year. In her later years, Carroll relocated to West Palm Beach, Florida, where she devoted much of her attention to her family.

However, she and Ferri remained in touch, and in the current decade brainstormed a number of potential musical collaborations. A regular presence on social media throughout much of her later years, Carroll was plagued by health problems finally losing her valiant battle against cancer on 5 October, 2018. She was 74. (oder 73 ??)