The Nolans, sometimes billed as The Nolan Sisters are siblings born in Ireland and the United Kingdom who reached the peak of their success as a singing act in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
The sisters were born to entertainers and their first public performances were as part of family act along with their parents and two brothers. Eventually the sisters emerged as an act and broke away from the rest of the family for their performances.
The sisters were born in the following order:Anne (born November 12, 1950)
Denise (born 1952)
Maureen (born June 14, 1954)
Linda (born February 23, 1959)
Bernadette (born October 17, 1960) and
Coleen (born March 12, 1965).
The family lived in Ireland until 1962, all sisters were born in Dublin, Republic of Ireland with the exception of Coleen who was born in Blackpool, England.
Denise left the group to pursue a solo career, and later on in the Nolans band, Anee left the group after she was married, and was replaced by her younger sister Coleen.Over the years of fame, the sisters had released many songs, although they did not reached number 1 spot, they still had many songs in the charts an example of them follow
"I'm In The Mood For Dancing"(Number 3 in 1979)
"Spirit, Body and Soul" (Number 34 in 1979)
"Don't Make Waves" (number 12 in 1980
"Chemistry" (number 15 in 1981)
and various other songs!!!!They achieved succes in many countries, including Europe, Austrlia and New Zealand, but their biggest success was in Japan where many of their songs made to number 1 there.The singers now have definitely changed, Bernadette has a continuing role in the hit police drama The Bill and had a long term role in soap Brookside. Coleen is now presenting on day-time show 'Loose Women'. Denise and Linda have toured with production Blood Brothers after completing a succesful West End run in London. And Maureen has taken over the role of Ms Johnstone in the West End version of Blood Brothers.Here are some of the links to some websites to do with the band members in the band!!!www.nolansisters.com
www.coleennolan.com
www.lindanolan.com
www.annenolan.com
www.denisenolan.com
www.maureennolan.co.uk
www.bernienolan.com