The Caravelles, Lois Wilkinson (born 3 April 1944 in Sleaford, Lincolnshire, England) and Andrea Simpson (born 9 September 1946 in Finchley, London),[1] were a British female duo, best known for their 1963 hit single "You Don't Have to Be a Baby to Cry".
[2] Their best known song, "You Don't Have to Be a Baby to Cry", was originally a regional hit for Moon Mullican, and then was used as the B-side to Tennessee Ernie Ford's hit single "Sixteen Tons".
[4] Carrying over into the next year, the song became the first British record on the Hot 100's top 40 in 1964, beating Cliff Richard by two weeks and the Beatles by three weeks, making the Caravelles the first British act to have a national top 40 hit in America that year.
[5][1] The album Lois Lane, featuring 12 songs (mostly cover versions, though with one original, "One Upon a Time" by Wilkinson) arranged in orchestral middle-of-the-road style by Johnny Arthey, was issued in October 1968.
[6] Andrea Simpson continued to use the band name "The Caravelles" through the 1980s in groups with other musicians, and still performed occasionally into the 1990s.