The Belles

Band,
R&B/Soul

Female vocal soul group who recorded the archetypal Northern Soul track 'Don't Pretend'. The 'official' band members were Sherlie Matthews, Debra Dion, Rose Mary Bailey and Patricia McElroy. The recordings were however undertaken by Sherlie Matthews, Brenda Holloway and her sister Patrice Holloway. The Holloway sisters could not sign a contract under their own names as Brenda was already signed to Motown. For recordings of a song associated with Mirwood titled "Let Me Do It", see The Belles (6)

Members

	Sherlie Matthews bvoc, voc *1934 US
	Brenda Holloway voc *1946 US
	Patrice Holloway voc 1951-2006 US

Popular Tracks

Come Back on Melvin b/w Come Back by The Belles

Melvin on Melvin b/w Come Back by The Belles

Unchained Melody on Melvin by The Belles

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Discography

Title	Artist	Year	Type
Don't Pretend / Say It Isn't So	The Belles / Betty Boo	1998	Single
Don't Pretend / Words Can't Explain	The Belles	1966	Single
Pretention / Don't Pretend	The Mirwood Horns & The Soul Fox Strings / The Belles		Single

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To all the music fans that are contributing on Discogs, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia. Thanks to Franz Flückiger for providing Storygram used to visualize band membership.

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