Elaine Murtagh

Elaine Murtagh (born Elaine Patricia Murtagh, 1940, County Cork, Ireland) is an Irish singer, songwriter and a member of The Avons, a pop vocal group popular in the 1950s and early 1960s.

Murtagh was a member of The Avons with her sister-in-law, Valerie Murtagh.^[1] Towards the end of her singing career she moved into songwriting; the best known of which is "Dance On!", a hit record for both The Shadows in 1962 and Kathy Kirby in 1963, which she wrote with Valerie and Ray Adams. She also wrote "In Summer", a number 5 hit for Billy Fury in 1963, as well as songs recorded by Petula Clark and Tom Jones.^[2]