Stepney Sisters, originally Expensive, were a trio of "feminist musical trailblazers" who formed whilst students at the

University of York The University of York (abbreviated as or ''York'' for Post-nominal letters, post-nominals) is a public Collegiate university, collegiate research university in York, England. Established in 1963, the university has expanded to more than thir ...

in 1973. The founding members were singer Caroline Gilfillan, bassist Marion “Benni” Lees, and saxophonist Ruthie Smith. They were the support act for

Bob Marley and the Wailers Bob Marley and the Wailers (previously known as the Wailers and prior to that the Wailing Rudeboys, the Wailing Wailers and the Teenagers) were a Jamaican ska, rocksteady and reggae band. The founding members, in 1963, were Bob Marley (Robert ...

at Langwith College in 1973, and Marley was so impressed that he asked them to join the group, but they chose to finish their degrees.

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