Career
Their notable successes have included "Sisters", "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" and "Little Drummer Boy". They are the daughters of George Arthur Chinery and Victoria Alice Miles (married 1916), who were known as the Music Hall act 'Coram & Miles'.
They were the first UK female group to break into the US Top 10. They are widely credited as having been the highest paid female entertainers in the UK for more than 20 years. The Sisters entered the Guinness Book Of Records in 2002, as the world's longest surviving vocal group without a change in the line up. In the 2006 New Year Honours list they were each awarded an MBE.
Joy married Billy Wright on 28 July 1958 at Poole Register Office; Wright was the first footballer to play for England 100 times. They were married for 36 years until Billy died of cancer in September 1994.
As of 2009, the Beverley Sisters continue to appear in concerts and matinee shows in the United Kingdom and have forged strong links with the Burma Star association, as well as McCarthy & Stone Properties where the Sisters are invited to open each new housing development designed specifically for retired people.
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