Valerie Murtagh (bornPatricia Valerie Jenkins,[citation needed] 1936,Willesden, London, England,[1] also known under the pseudonymValerie Avon) is an English singer and songwriter, who was a member ofThe Avons.
After singing with the Avons vocal trio in the 1950s and 60s, alongside her husband's sisterElaine Murtagh and Elaine's husband Ray Adams, Murtagh became a songwriter under the name Valerie Avon. Together with Adams and Elaine Murtagh, she wrote "Dance On!".[2][3] Recorded bythe Shadows, this was a UKnumber onehit in 1963,[4] and the year later returned to theUK Singles Chart in a vocal version byKathy Kirby with lyrics by Marcel Stellman.[5]
