Riss Chantelle formed The Lana Sisters in 1958, along with Lynne Abrams. They put an advert in The Stage

The Stage

The Stage is a weekly British newspaper founded in 1880, available nationally and published on Thursdays. Covering all areas of the entertainment industry but focused primarily on theatre, it contains news, reviews, opinion, features and other items of interest, mainly to those who work within the...

for a third member and got a reply from Mary O'Brien, who would go on to massive solo success a few years later as Dusty Springfield

Dusty Springfield

Mary Isobel Catherine Bernadette O'BrienSources use both Isabel and Isobel as the spelling of her second name. OBE , known professionally as Dusty Springfield and dubbed The White Queen of Soul, was a British pop singer whose career extended from the late 1950s to the 1990s...

. After Riss left the Lana Sisters she became the Chantelles with two friends.

They were managed by Evelyn Taylor

Eve Taylor

Eve Taylor is notable as one of the early female music managers. She is particularly notable for her management of singers Sandi Shaw and Adam Faith, and of composer John Barry.-History:...

, as they toured around England

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

. They appeared on the BBC

BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...

's Drumbeat

Drumbeat (TV series)

Drumbeat was a BBC television series that aired every Saturday from 4 April to 29 August 1959. It was the BBC's answer and rival to ITV's TV series Oh Boy!, though as the latter finished on 30 May, for most of its run Drumbeat had no comparable competition.It launched the careers of singer Adam...

with Adam Faith

Adam Faith

Terence "Terry" Nelhams-Wright, known as Adam Faith was a Teen idol English singer, actor and later financial journalist. He was one of the most charted acts of the 1960s. He became the first UK artist to lodge his initial seven hits in the Top 5...

 and John Barry

John Barry (composer)

John Barry Prendergast, OBE was an English conductor and composer of film music. He is best known for composing the soundtracks for 12 of the James Bond films between 1962 and 1987...

, and later took part in a Christmas special "Tommy Steele

Tommy Steele

Tommy Steele OBE , is an English entertainer. Steele is widely regarded as Britain's first teen idol and rock and roll star.-Singer:...

’s Spectacular" with the song "Seven Little Girls Sitting In The Back Seat".

They appeared twice at the Royal Albert Hall

Royal Albert Hall

The Royal Albert Hall is a concert hall situated on the northern edge of the South Kensington area, in the City of Westminster, London, England, best known for holding the annual summer Proms concerts since 1941....

 and toured with Cliff Richard

Cliff Richard

Sir Cliff Richard, OBE is a British pop singer, musician, performer, actor, and philanthropist who has sold over an estimated 250 million records worldwide....

, Adam Faith

Adam Faith

Terence "Terry" Nelhams-Wright, known as Adam Faith was a Teen idol English singer, actor and later financial journalist. He was one of the most charted acts of the 1960s. He became the first UK artist to lodge his initial seven hits in the Top 5...

, and Morecambe & Wise. The song "You've Got What it Takes" became a Top 10 hit in Ireland in 1960.

1959

• Chimes of Arcady / Ring-A-My-Phone
• Buzzin' / Cry, Cry Baby
• Mr Dee-Jay / Tell Him No
• (Seven Little Girls) Sitting On The Back Seat / Sitting On The Sidewalk

1960

• My Mother's Eyes / You've Got What It Takes
• Tintarella Di Luna (Magic Colour Of The Moonlight) / Someone Loves You, Joe
• Down South / Twosome
• A Heart Divided (with Kenny Colman) / Down South (US only)

Dusty Springfield

• Dusty Springfield
  Dusty Springfield
  Mary Isobel Catherine Bernadette O'BrienSources use both Isabel and Isobel as the spelling of her second name. OBE , known professionally as Dusty Springfield and dubbed The White Queen of Soul, was a British pop singer whose career extended from the late 1950s to the 1990s...
  
   is the most famous member of the Lana Sisters. When she left the Lana Sisters she joined her brother Tom Springfield
  Tom Springfield
  Tom Springfield is the brother of Dusty Springfield and an important figure in the 1960s folk and pop music scene...
  
   and another friend to make The Springfields
  The Springfields
  The Springfields were a British pop-folk vocal trio who had success in the early 1960s in the UK, US and Ireland and included singer Dusty Springfield and her brother, record producer Tom Springfield, along with Tim Feild, later a noted Sufi writer, who was latterly replaced by Mike Hurst, who...
  
  . Dusty
  Dusty Springfield
  Mary Isobel Catherine Bernadette O'BrienSources use both Isabel and Isobel as the spelling of her second name. OBE , known professionally as Dusty Springfield and dubbed The White Queen of Soul, was a British pop singer whose career extended from the late 1950s to the 1990s...
  
  went solo in 1963.