The group was made up of four school friends (Sue Hampson, Pat Fitzgerald, Jan Heywood, and Julie Abbott) from Droylesden, Manchester, who first practised together in 1968, and performed under various names until settling on White Spirit.
After originally focussing on harmonies, by 1971 they had each adopted instruments and cut a demo disc which came to the attention of Jonathan King, who arranged for them to sign to Decca Records with him as producer, and he changed the group's name to The Angelettes.
[4] Unfortunately, around a minute into their performance, a technical fault meant that the sound of the rest of the song was not broadcast, and the single stalled in the chart.
[7] Their next two singles ("Popsicles and Icicles", in September,[8] and "Do You Love Me", in January 1973)[9] were released on King's UK Records, but neither charted.
[10] The group only recorded one further single - "I Surrender", co-written by Ron Roker and Gerry Shury, on the Mooncrest label, in 1974[11] - which also failed to chart.