[1] She is known best for her collaboration with Van McCoy, her membership of The Shirelles and her song "You're Gonna Make Me Love You" a favorite on the UK Northern soul scene, which she recorded under the name Sandi Sheldon.
Aged 18 in 1963, she made her professional debut singing backup with the Four Buddies' fronted by Van McCoy on their song "Lonely Summer".
After the same fate met 1968's "Touch My Heart," credited to the Vonettes and released on the Cobblestone label, she relocated to Atlanta and retired from the music business.
[5] "You're Gonna Make Me Love You" was rediscovered in the 1970s; one theory is that it was among a number of singles sold by BBC Radio One DJ John Peel to record dealer Graham Stapleton, who in turn sold it to "Froggy" Taylor, then the DJ at the influential Northern soul nightspot The Twisted Wheel.
[4] Spotswood's whereabouts and real name remained unknown for decades until she finally learned of her latter-day fame on the Northern soul circuit and began appearing again to live audiences.