The Pearls were an English 1970s girl vocal duo from Liverpool, England, featuring Lyn Cornell and Ann Simmons (née O'Brien).
Cornell and Simmons were originally part of The Vernons Girls and with assistance from the record producer, Phil Swern formed The Pearls in 1972.
[3] After her time with the Vernons, Cornell who had dated Adam Faith became a solo singer and had minor success with "Never on a Sunday" and a Christmas song "The Angel and the Stranger".
[5] The Pearls' first records were cover versions of the 1960s songs "Third Finger Left Hand" (a b-side from the Martha and the Vandellas hit single "Jimmy Mack"), The Ronettes "You Came, You Saw, You Conquered" [3] and their take on the Stylistics track "You Are Everything ".
Both Cornell and Simmons were also session and backing singers as detailed in the liner notes of their compilation album.
Cornell who had been a solo singer both prior to joining The Vernons Girls and after was also a member of The Breakaways, The Ladybirds, The Chucks, The Carefrees and The Raindrops.
Simmons as well as her time with The Vernons Girls was a member of The Redmond Twins, The Breakaways, The Ladybirds and The Anita Kerr Singers during her career.
Cornell married session musician Andy White; the drummer on the album version of The Beatles' first hit "Love Me Do".
The other instrumental also not included on the CD was the B-side of the first single "Third Finger Left Hand" and titled "Little Lady Love Me".