Jodie Sands (born Eleanor DiSipio ) is an American singer of

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Biography

Eleanor DiSipio was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1927/1928, to Rocco (born 1886) and Angelina DiSipio (née Cattefesta, 1891–1966). Her father was an opera singer, and she trained in the hope of following the same career. She worked in clubs in the United States and Canada in the early 1950s, and she appeared on local television shows in Philadelphia. She also started making recordings for

Chancellor Records Chancellor Records was an indie record label based in Philadelphia. It was distributed as an imprint of ABC-Paramount Records, and was an integral part of the teen idol and rock and roll craze of the 1950s and 1960s. Its first hit was "With All ...

. Jodie Sands, ''Women in Rock Project''
Retrieved 25 January 2023 Sands had only one major hit, "With All My Heart", an English cover version of "

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", which reached No. 15 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart in 1957. Her next recording "

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" barely made the Top 100 chart the following year, reaching No. 95, but did better in the United Kingdom, where it reached No. 14 in the UK Singles Chart. She toured with

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's cohort of stars, including

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and

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, and in Hawaii with

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, and

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. She also appeared in the 1957 film ''

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''. By 1962, she signed for

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, but none of her later recordings were successful. She continued to perform in clubs until at least 1975. Death notices for her siblings in 1996 and 2000, refer to Sands by the name of Eleanor Ferro.

Notable songs

* "

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" (1958)

Filmography

* ''

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'' (1957) * ''

'' (1957)

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sands, Jodie 1920s births Year of birth missing Possibly living people American film actresses American women singers Chancellor Records artists Singers from Philadelphia Traditional pop music singers