The Yandall Sisters

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The Yandall Sisters were a popular New Zealand-born Samoan all-female singing group of the 1970s, who made a major contribution to music in New Zealand.{{cite web|url=http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/samoans/5 |title=5. Contributions to New Zealand - Samoans - Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand |publisher=Teara.govt.nz |date=3 June 2010 |accessdate=2012-02-08}} The members of the group were Caroline, Mary and Adele Yandall, and later younger sister Pauline Yandall.

In 1974, their hit song "Sweet Inspiration" stayed on the NZ Top 20 singles chart for eight weeks, and has become a classic favourite in New Zealand and the Pacific Islands.{{cite web |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/weekend-rewind-when-aotearoa-got-its-groove-on/DPS3R5RNZOVOTTI4P4FUF3O2UI/ |title=Weekend Rewind: When Aotearoa got its groove on |author=Nicky Harrop |publisher=New Zealand Herald |date=8 December 2017 |accessdate=16 March 2021}} The track was a cover of the song by an American group of the same name.

In 1977, the Yandall Sisters were named New Zealand Group of the Year. Popular entertainers in their own right, they have provided backing vocals for hundreds of musicians and entertainers, in New Zealand and Australia. These include notable showbands and Maori artists including the late Prince Tui Teka, the late Sir Howard Morrison, the late Bunny Walters and John Rowles.{{cite web|url=http://www.amplifier.co.nz/artist/14470/the-yandall-sisters.html?full=1 |title=The Yandall Sisters | Amplifier NZ Music |publisher=Amplifier.co.nz |accessdate=2012-02-08}}

Mary Yandall recorded an album with Rodger Fox in 1987.{{Cite web|date=1987|title=Mary Yandall and Rodger Fox|url=https://natlib-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/primo-explore/fulldisplay?docid=NLNZ_ALMA21248761780002836&vid=NLNZ&search_scope=NLNZ&tab=catalogue&lang=en_US&context=L|access-date=2021-06-19|website=natlib-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com|language=en}} She died aged 62 on 30 January 2012 at Auckland Hospital after a short illness.{{cite news | url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10782773 | title=Chart-topping siblings farewell eldest of trio | date=2 February 2012 | work=The New Zealand Herald| access-date=7 October 2014 | first=Vaimoana | last=Tapaleao}}

In 2007, the Yandall Sisters were awarded the "Lifetime Achievement" award by the Pacific Music Awards Trust in Aotearoa in recognition of their significant contribution to Pacific Music.