In the early 1980s, Linda Nolan, who has died aged 65 after suffering from cancer, was a member of one of the most successful vocal groups in Britain. Formed of five sisters at the outset, the Nolans had four Top 10 hits, beginning with I’m in the Mood for Dancing, and sold millions of albums.
A disco-lite number, I’m in the Mood for Dancing reached No 3 in the charts in 1980 and enjoyed an afterlife at countless wedding receptions. Six more Top 20 hits followed in short order, among them Don’t Make Waves, Gotta Pull Myself Together and Attention to Me (all 1980) and Don’t Love Me Too Hard (1982).Linda left the group in 1983, after her sisters decided to dispense with the services of their tour manager and sound engineer, Brian Hudson, whom she had married in 1981.
