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Europeans spend so much time tracking down obscure United States' soul music, they often overlook roses at home. Case in point: Margo & the Marvettes, led by Margo Burns -- aka Northern Ireland's First Lady of Song -- and the Marvettes, a five-piece band consisting of Ron Chimes (keyboards), Trevor Burns (guitar), Carson Boyd (drums), Brian Hudlestone (tenor sax), and Les McSheffery (bass guitar). Margo didn't have a hit until late in her career; she also endured more name changes than the norm.
Born in Donaghadee County in Northern Ireland, Burns is not her maiden name, but the surname of Marvettes' guitarist Trevor Burns, who she married in the '60s when the group was incubating. She joined at the tender age of 16.
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