Sandra Barry

British pop singer Sandra Barry began her performing career in infant talent shows before attending stage school; as Sandra Alfred, she made her earliest records in 1957 while co-starring on comedian Dave King's television series, and also appeared on radio on the long-running Educating Archie. Roles in several of the "St. Trinians" film comedies preceded her 1963 re-emergence under the name Mandy Mason; a brief stint at Parlophone was followed a year later by another name change, this time to Sandra Barry. Backed by the Boys, who would later become mod cult favourites the Action, she signed to Decca for 1964's "Really Gonna Shake". After the Boys broke off on their own, Barry was backed by the Jet Blacks, which featured future Led Zeppelin bassist John Paul Jones. When a handful of outstanding singles for Pye failed to catch on commercially, Barry spent the remainder of the decade out of the spotlight; in 1973, she resurfaced with yet another new stage name, Alice Spring, as the frontwoman of pub-rock combo Slack Alice. Issued by Phillips Records, Alice Springs next appearance came in '79, via the UK's version of Blondie, as the leggy brunette fronted Darling, a new wave group that was far removed from Slack Alice. later on she was a producer, in the meantime together with Michael Howard (2).