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0:00:02 > 0:00:05- In the 1960s and early 1970s, - young women came to the fore...
0:00:06 > 0:00:10- ..in the Welsh pop music scene - for the first time.
0:00:10 > 0:00:13- It was a very exciting period.
0:00:13 > 0:00:14- It was natural.
0:00:15 > 0:00:17- We had so much fun.
0:00:18 > 0:00:20- It was of its time.
0:00:20 > 0:00:26- It's possible that Y Diliau - were the first girl band.
0:00:26 > 0:00:31- It was very glamorous. - I was successful.
0:00:32 > 0:00:37- Fifty years later, what happened - to these women? Where did they go?
0:01:03 > 0:01:05- It's a special night - at Galeri, Caernarfon.
0:01:07 > 0:01:11- The Sain record label is launching - a compilation of songs...
0:01:11 > 0:01:14- ..sung by women - in the 1960s and 1970s.
0:01:15 > 0:01:20- Among the guests are artists - and fans who remember the period.
0:01:22 > 0:01:25- It all started a few months back...
0:01:25 > 0:01:29- ..when Sain trawled through - a large collection of old records.
0:01:29 > 0:01:32- When going through this archive...
0:01:33 > 0:01:36- ..it struck us - how many women were singing.
0:01:37 > 0:01:42- We were aware of a very lively music - scene in the 1960s and 1970s...
0:01:42 > 0:01:43- ..in Wales.
0:01:44 > 0:01:48- But we hadn't realized - how many women were singing.
0:01:49 > 0:01:51- Something happened - in the early 1960s.
0:01:51 > 0:01:54- Women started finding their voice.
0:01:54 > 0:01:58- It was so much fun. - Everything was brand new.
0:01:59 > 0:02:04- Women back then - had an aura of adventure about them.
0:02:05 > 0:02:06- There was a revolution.
0:02:07 > 0:02:11- Clothes became a lot more colourful. - Skirts became shorter.
0:02:11 > 0:02:15- Men wore wide flares - and shirts with long collars.
0:02:16 > 0:02:18- It was an exciting period.
0:02:18 > 0:02:22- Women were finding their place - in all sorts of areas...
0:02:22 > 0:02:25- ..especially in music in Wales.
0:02:25 > 0:02:31- For many of them, - singing was a way of life.
0:02:31 > 0:02:35- In the chapel, Sunday school - or at school.
0:02:36 > 0:02:38- The Urdd - and young farmers' clubs too.
0:02:39 > 0:02:41- Singing was their life.
0:02:41 > 0:02:46- You got the impression that - something was starting to happen.
0:02:46 > 0:02:51- I think it all started - with these groups, these people.
0:02:53 > 0:02:57- During the 1960s, hundreds of songs - were recorded by young women.
0:02:58 > 0:03:01- The names that stand out for me...
0:03:01 > 0:03:04- ..are Eleri Llwyd, Heather Jones...
0:03:04 > 0:03:07- ..Mari Griffith and Rosalind Lloyd.
0:03:08 > 0:03:11- Mari Griffith is different - to many in the collection...
0:03:11 > 0:03:13- ..as she was professional.
0:03:13 > 0:03:16- You'd describe her as groovy.
0:03:17 > 0:03:19- She had a late '60s sound.
0:03:19 > 0:03:20- Tammy Jones.
0:03:22 > 0:03:28- She filled the television screen - even though she was so petite.
0:03:34 > 0:03:38- # Just a purple moon... #
0:03:40 > 0:03:43- As well as soloists, - groups were formed.
0:03:43 > 0:03:47- One of these was Y Pelydrau - from Trawsfynydd.
0:03:47 > 0:03:50- We had to include Y Pelydrau - in the collection.
0:03:51 > 0:03:53- They made countless records...
0:03:53 > 0:03:56- ..in a short period of time - in the 1960s and 1970s.
0:03:56 > 0:04:02- Talking to people about the singers - around at the time...
0:04:02 > 0:04:05- ..Y Pelydrau are mentioned a lot.
0:04:05 > 0:04:07- Everyone talks about them.
0:04:07 > 0:04:09- Cool dudes.
0:04:09 > 0:04:11- Ordinary people from Traws.
0:04:12 > 0:04:18- Working class people - writing brilliant tunes.
0:04:19 > 0:04:23- # Do you remember - walking along the path?
0:04:24 > 0:04:27- # The spring sunshine in your hair #
0:04:28 > 0:04:32- Today, three members of Y Pelydrau, - Susan, Gwenan and Edith...
0:04:33 > 0:04:35- ..are back together in Trawsfynydd.
0:04:36 > 0:04:38- For the first time in many years...
0:04:38 > 0:04:41- ..they watch a film about Y Pelydrau - from 1969.
0:04:43 > 0:04:44- There we are.
0:04:45 > 0:04:49- In the film as well is Glenys, - who died in 1992...
0:04:49 > 0:04:54- ..and Gareth, who couldn't join them - because of illness.
0:04:54 > 0:04:55- We look so young.
0:04:56 > 0:04:59- Look at the bloke - who hung out the helicopter...
0:05:00 > 0:05:02- ..every time we kissed.
0:05:03 > 0:05:06- There we are. The first kiss!
0:05:10 > 0:05:13- He looked good there.
0:05:13 > 0:05:15- Here we are sliding down.
0:05:16 > 0:05:19- This is probably - where you hurt your leg.
0:05:20 > 0:05:21- Glenys.
0:05:21 > 0:05:23- Glenys.- - She's so pretty.
0:05:25 > 0:05:26- Another kiss.
0:05:29 > 0:05:31- It was fun.
0:05:31 > 0:05:35- We travelled all over Wales - and England...
0:05:36 > 0:05:38- ..to do gigs.
0:05:39 > 0:05:42- We had a lot of fun.
0:05:42 > 0:05:45- The name - came from the power station.
0:05:46 > 0:05:47- I'm not sure who came up with it.
0:05:48 > 0:05:51- It was Pelydrau X at the start.
0:05:51 > 0:05:52- X-rays.
0:05:52 > 0:05:55- Edith worked at the power station.
0:05:56 > 0:05:58- There was a link.
0:05:58 > 0:06:01- But then we dropped the X.
0:06:02 > 0:06:05- Traws has always been - a cultured village.
0:06:05 > 0:06:09- From the age of four, - we recited and sang.
0:06:09 > 0:06:10- Yes.
0:06:10 > 0:06:13- We didn't know any different.
0:06:13 > 0:06:17- But there was nothing else. - It's what we did at that time.
0:06:17 > 0:06:21- We'd go to eisteddfodau - all over the place.
0:06:21 > 0:06:26- What makes the singing unique - and very Welsh...
0:06:27 > 0:06:32- ..is the folky sound and cerdd dant - or penillion stamp on the singing.
0:06:33 > 0:06:35- Many had been brought up...
0:06:35 > 0:06:39- ..singing folk and cerdd dant - at eisteddfodau.
0:06:39 > 0:06:42- It can be clearly heard - in the songs.
0:06:42 > 0:06:48- This music scene grew organically - in Wales at the time.
0:06:48 > 0:06:51- The bands of young women - and young men...
0:06:52 > 0:06:55- ..originated in their communities.
0:06:55 > 0:06:59- They performed and became successful - in their communities.
0:06:59 > 0:07:01- Their name became known.
0:07:02 > 0:07:08- Joe Jones at Cambrian Records or - Dennis Rees at Wren Records...
0:07:08 > 0:07:12- ..would then hear about them - and invite them to make a record.
0:07:12 > 0:07:16- # I walked along the estuaries
0:07:16 > 0:07:20- # Nervously in the windy moorland #
0:07:20 > 0:07:24- A lot of this collection - has a very raw sound.
0:07:24 > 0:07:26- The technology in Wales...
0:07:27 > 0:07:31- ..was nothing compared - to what was available in England.
0:07:31 > 0:07:34- So what we hear - is a village hall sound.
0:07:34 > 0:07:37- One microphone - in the middle of the room.
0:07:38 > 0:07:43- It was the true acoustic sound - of village halls in the 1960s.
0:07:44 > 0:07:48- I can almost imagine myself - in Trawsfynydd...
0:07:48 > 0:07:54- ..in 1962 sitting in an empty, - cold village hall.
0:07:54 > 0:07:56- That's the sound you hear...
0:07:56 > 0:07:59- ..one microphone - with the women stood around it.
0:08:00 > 0:08:03- But recording techniques - developed quickly.
0:08:03 > 0:08:08- By 1969, there was another group - with a unique sound on the scene.
0:08:10 > 0:08:13- # The boat is sailing, - leaving the land
0:08:13 > 0:08:16- # The long ropes are removed #
0:08:17 > 0:08:19- Who doesn't remember Y Diliau?
0:08:19 > 0:08:24- How many venues have had - the pleasure of hosting Y Diliau?
0:08:24 > 0:08:27- I started collecting - Welsh records...
0:08:27 > 0:08:31- ..in order to sample them - in a hip-hop group I used to be in.
0:08:31 > 0:08:35- I didn't buy anything older - than the 1970s.
0:08:35 > 0:08:40- Somehow, I was taught that - Welsh music in the 1960s was naff.
0:08:40 > 0:08:44- But one day in Penygroes, - I found a pile of stuff by Y Diliau.
0:08:44 > 0:08:49- I went home, played them - and my mind was changed completely.
0:08:53 > 0:08:58- In a hotel near Cardiff, Gaynor, - Mair and Meleri from Y Diliau...
0:08:58 > 0:09:02- ..are celebrating 50 years - since their record was released.
0:09:03 > 0:09:04- Fifty years!
0:09:04 > 0:09:08- Can you believe it's that long ago?
0:09:09 > 0:09:10- It's incredible.
0:09:10 > 0:09:13- It's incredible.- - It doesn't feel that long.
0:09:13 > 0:09:15- It feels like yesterday.
0:09:15 > 0:09:19- And that people are still interested - to this day.
0:09:20 > 0:09:26- It's possible that Y Diliau - were the first girl band.
0:09:26 > 0:09:29- My background was more in pop songs.
0:09:30 > 0:09:35- The other two were more serious - in terms of singing.
0:09:36 > 0:09:40- Meleri had a rich, melodic voice.
0:09:42 > 0:09:44- # The time moving on
0:09:45 > 0:09:48- # We're still searching
0:09:48 > 0:09:51- # Love for the lover
0:09:52 > 0:09:55- # Goodness for the good
0:09:56 > 0:10:00- # Gifts for the giver
0:10:00 > 0:10:05- # And life goes on #
0:10:05 > 0:10:07- The harmonies are perfect.
0:10:08 > 0:10:11- The guitar sound, though raw...
0:10:12 > 0:10:18- ..has been played so clearly and - perfectly, which matches the voices.
0:10:18 > 0:10:21- Y Diliau had a sophistication.
0:10:21 > 0:10:25- That's what changed, to an extent.
0:10:25 > 0:10:29- There was a need - for a more sophisticated attitude...
0:10:29 > 0:10:31- ..to the songs...
0:10:31 > 0:10:33- ..to the image...
0:10:33 > 0:10:36- ..and the way - the groups saw themselves...
0:10:37 > 0:10:40- ..and the way they wanted - the audience to see them.
0:10:40 > 0:10:43- Gaynor was always - very interested in fashion.
0:10:43 > 0:10:45- She's still the same.
0:10:47 > 0:10:51- She brought ideas - on what we could wear as a group.
0:10:52 > 0:10:56- We always tried to wear - the same sort of clothes.
0:10:57 > 0:11:02- We'd sometimes argue because we - didn't agree what we should wear.
0:11:03 > 0:11:08- When I wore short outfits - on tall stages...
0:11:09 > 0:11:12- ..there'd be a row of boys - at the front!
0:11:13 > 0:11:14- Looking up!
0:11:15 > 0:11:18- We were all innocent - until someone told us.
0:11:18 > 0:11:23- The cover of Y Diliau's EP - made a big impression.
0:11:23 > 0:11:28- You had the three of them - with a smart sophistication...
0:11:29 > 0:11:32- ..sitting on the bonnet - of a Gilbern car.
0:11:32 > 0:11:34- Gilberns were manufactured in Wales.
0:11:35 > 0:11:39- It was a beautiful - and sophisticated image.
0:11:40 > 0:11:41- Sexy even.
0:11:46 > 0:11:49- There are a few Gilberns - still around.
0:11:49 > 0:11:53- So, Y Diliau - are going to take the opportunity...
0:11:53 > 0:11:55- ..to recreate their record cover.
0:11:57 > 0:11:58- Oh!
0:12:00 > 0:12:02- That's fantastic.
0:12:03 > 0:12:07- That's superb. Look at - the Welsh dragon at the front.
0:12:08 > 0:12:09- Great. OK.
0:12:10 > 0:12:12- It's fun, isn't it?
0:12:13 > 0:12:17- Can you put your left arm - over your right leg?
0:12:17 > 0:12:19- We haven't changed.
0:12:19 > 0:12:23- But we've had more experiences - as everyone else would have.
0:12:23 > 0:12:27- We had pleasure from singing - and from being together.
0:12:27 > 0:12:30- There was friendship - and there were opportunities.
0:12:31 > 0:12:33- We had a great time.
0:12:34 > 0:12:36- It was well worth it.
0:12:37 > 0:12:38- Ready? One, two, three.
0:12:39 > 0:12:43- # Tell me your secret
0:12:43 > 0:12:50- # I'm enveloped - in your sweet sounds #
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0:13:05 > 0:13:07- In a special night in Caernarfon...
0:13:07 > 0:13:11- ..to celebrate women's contribution - to pop music...
0:13:12 > 0:13:15- ..an iconic voice from Welsh country - music entertains the crowd.
0:13:16 > 0:13:19- # I hear the storm outside
0:13:20 > 0:13:25- # Roaring and ripping - through the land
0:13:25 > 0:13:29- # But a far worse storm than that
0:13:30 > 0:13:35- # Came to me later on #
0:13:35 > 0:13:38- Doreen Davies, Doreen Lewis now...
0:13:39 > 0:13:41- ..the queen of country music.
0:13:42 > 0:13:45- Looking back at 1960 music...
0:13:45 > 0:13:49- ..I don't know how you'd define it - in modern terms.
0:13:49 > 0:13:51- It's not folk singing.
0:13:51 > 0:13:55- A lot of it isn't pop music - or country music.
0:13:57 > 0:14:02- Some artists - had their own niche or style.
0:14:02 > 0:14:04- Doreen was one of these.
0:14:04 > 0:14:08- She sang country music - from the beginning.
0:14:08 > 0:14:14- She still carries the mantle of - Queen of Welsh Country Music today.
0:14:14 > 0:14:18- # The storm in my heart is stronger
0:14:18 > 0:14:23- # Than any storm in the world #
0:14:24 > 0:14:27- Doreen does sound different - to the others.
0:14:27 > 0:14:31- She makes me think - of a night out in Tregaron...
0:14:33 > 0:14:35- ..in the early 1970s.
0:14:37 > 0:14:38- Everyone drinking cider.
0:14:39 > 0:14:40- It's hard to describe.
0:14:41 > 0:14:46- Another popular voice - in the early 1970s was Eleri Llwyd.
0:14:50 > 0:14:52- # On the mountain
0:14:52 > 0:14:54- # There's a white cloud
0:14:55 > 0:14:57- # The sun is dancing
0:14:58 > 0:14:59- # On the lake
0:15:01 > 0:15:05- # The church door is locked #
0:15:05 > 0:15:09- From my experience - of playing songs on the radio...
0:15:09 > 0:15:14- ..one voice elicits a response of - "why don't we hear more of her?"
0:15:14 > 0:15:16- Eleri Llwyd.
0:15:17 > 0:15:22- Eleri Llwyd, in contrast to many - of the women from these records...
0:15:22 > 0:15:25- ..doesn't sound like - she's at an eisteddfod.
0:15:25 > 0:15:27- It's a more natural voice.
0:15:27 > 0:15:32- It's more similar - to an Anglo-American sound.
0:15:33 > 0:15:36- There's something magical - and mysterious about her.
0:15:37 > 0:15:40- The cover of one of her records - says it all.
0:15:40 > 0:15:45- You don't know what she's - thinking about but it draws you in.
0:15:46 > 0:15:48- It's almost like the Mona Lisa.
0:15:48 > 0:15:50- That's her secret, I think.
0:15:51 > 0:15:53- # Lonely
0:15:53 > 0:15:57- # I'm lonely tonight #
0:15:58 > 0:16:03- As Sain drew up their compilation, - one name was a source of mystery.
0:16:03 > 0:16:09- We've been able to contact all the - women apart from Janet Humphreys.
0:16:10 > 0:16:13- I remember the name - but not much else.
0:16:14 > 0:16:17- I sometimes met her when - entertaining at a noson lawen...
0:16:17 > 0:16:19- ..or on the TV programme - Disc A Dawn.
0:16:20 > 0:16:24- She sounds unique. - She's not like anyone else.
0:16:24 > 0:16:27- There's something different - about her songs.
0:16:28 > 0:16:30- There's an element of mystery...
0:16:30 > 0:16:33- ..because we don't know much - about her.
0:16:34 > 0:16:36- It would be nice - to know more about her.
0:16:38 > 0:16:42- Gwenan's wish becomes true - at the launch night in Galeri.
0:16:43 > 0:16:45- Sorry to intrude.
0:16:45 > 0:16:47- My name is Gwen.
0:16:47 > 0:16:50- I know you live in Pwllheli.
0:16:51 > 0:16:52- Guess who she is.
0:16:53 > 0:16:54- You're not Janet, are you?
0:16:54 > 0:16:55- You're not Janet, are you?- - Yes, Janet Humphreys.
0:16:58 > 0:16:59- Nice to meet you!
0:16:59 > 0:17:01- Nice to meet you!- - I can't believe it!
0:17:03 > 0:17:06- These days, - Janet works in the health service.
0:17:06 > 0:17:08- She's still singing.
0:17:09 > 0:17:12- Once a week, I go - to the Singing For Breathing group.
0:17:12 > 0:17:16- It's a group for patients - with respiratory problems.
0:17:16 > 0:17:21- We do some breathing techniques - and also some singing...
0:17:21 > 0:17:24- ..with patients - who are in the community.
0:17:24 > 0:17:27- # Oh, I love you
0:17:27 > 0:17:29- # Oh, I love you
0:17:29 > 0:17:33- # The girl at the seaside #
0:17:33 > 0:17:36- I finished singing - just before I was 16.
0:17:36 > 0:17:39- I don't think I've ever missed it.
0:17:39 > 0:17:42- At the time, - I really enjoyed what I did.
0:17:42 > 0:17:46- I first made my record at the age - of 13, which was very, very young.
0:17:46 > 0:17:51- My brief career came to an end - just before my 16th birthday.
0:17:51 > 0:17:53- It was out of choice really.
0:17:53 > 0:17:57- I felt that the whole thing - was moving too fast for me.
0:17:57 > 0:18:01- I was still very young, still - wanting to do what teenagers do.
0:18:02 > 0:18:05- So I decided it wasn't the road - for me to go down at the time.
0:18:06 > 0:18:10- When I look back, I do wonder - sometimes what might have been.
0:18:10 > 0:18:14- What could have happened. Would - I have gone any further with it?
0:18:15 > 0:18:18- Then again, you go through life - wondering what if?
0:18:18 > 0:18:20- I've no real regrets.
0:18:23 > 0:18:28- # Happy birthday to my darling #
0:18:29 > 0:18:33- Another on Sain's compilation, who - hasn't been heard much in Wales...
0:18:34 > 0:18:38- ..but who's had a successful career - as a singer in England...
0:18:38 > 0:18:39- ..is Evelyn Bridger.
0:18:39 > 0:18:44- I have to admit, hand on heart, - I don't remember Evelyn Bridger.
0:18:45 > 0:18:49- Evelyn Bridger - isn't a name that's familiar to me.
0:18:50 > 0:18:55- To my shame, she sung in Singapore.
0:18:55 > 0:18:57- She was a singer in Singapore!
0:18:57 > 0:19:02- Evelyn has a voice - that is scared of nothing.
0:19:02 > 0:19:04- It's huge.
0:19:04 > 0:19:07- She's a small woman. - It's hard to believe.
0:19:11 > 0:19:15- When I left school, - I used to sing in groups.
0:19:15 > 0:19:21- A few years after that, I met Rod.
0:19:21 > 0:19:25- He had a group from RAF Valley.
0:19:26 > 0:19:30- We met - at the Memorial Hall in Amlwch.
0:19:31 > 0:19:32- The rest is history.
0:19:33 > 0:19:35- I sang with the group...
0:19:35 > 0:19:41- ..and married him eventually, - around two years later.
0:19:41 > 0:19:47- The group started to gig - beyond Anglesey and Caernarfon.
0:19:48 > 0:19:53- We started to go - to Liverpool, Llandudno and Rhyl.
0:19:53 > 0:19:56- We sang hits by Connie Francis, - Brenda Lee...
0:19:57 > 0:20:00- ..Dusty Springfield - and Sandie Shaw.
0:20:01 > 0:20:04- They were successful evenings.
0:20:04 > 0:20:07- We were semi-professional.
0:20:08 > 0:20:10- We had a lot to learn.
0:20:10 > 0:20:13- But we had the chance - to work with others and to sing.
0:20:14 > 0:20:16- That was the important thing to me!
0:20:17 > 0:20:20- But in 1966, - things changed for Evelyn...
0:20:21 > 0:20:25- ..when her husband Rodney - was sent to Singapore with the RAF.
0:20:25 > 0:20:31- A girl from Cemaes Bay - moving to Singapore for three years.
0:20:31 > 0:20:35- I didn't come home - in those three years.
0:20:36 > 0:20:37- It was a shock.
0:20:38 > 0:20:40- It was a shock - to the family and to me.
0:20:41 > 0:20:43- We weren't sure - what I was going to do.
0:20:43 > 0:20:47- Luckily, - I found there were auditions.
0:20:47 > 0:20:52- I went for a singing audition - with a big hotel.
0:20:53 > 0:20:56- I was successful.
0:20:57 > 0:21:01- I got a job at the hotel - singing every night.
0:21:02 > 0:21:07- Most of the people who came - to the hotel worked out there.
0:21:07 > 0:21:12- They were expats, people from - other countries who lived there.
0:21:13 > 0:21:17- The place was up-and-coming.
0:21:17 > 0:21:19- There was a lot of money there.
0:21:20 > 0:21:24- It was very glamorous. - I had to be first class.
0:21:24 > 0:21:28- I wore my hair up at that time.
0:21:28 > 0:21:31- I went to the hairdresser every day - to have an updo.
0:21:32 > 0:21:33- I couldn't do it myself.
0:21:33 > 0:21:38- I wore make-up - and a glamorous dress every night.
0:21:39 > 0:21:43- A taxi would come and get me - and take me home.
0:21:44 > 0:21:46- I started to get other offers.
0:21:46 > 0:21:50- Someone phoned me asking - if I'd like to make a record.
0:21:50 > 0:21:51- I did.
0:21:52 > 0:21:54- It went to number one.
0:21:54 > 0:21:59- I found it funny because - when I walked down the street...
0:21:59 > 0:22:01- ..I could hear it being played.
0:22:01 > 0:22:04- I'd be thinking, - "That's me, a girl from Cemaes!
0:22:05 > 0:22:07- "They're listening to me sing!"
0:22:07 > 0:22:12- Then there were other offers - from television and radio.
0:22:12 > 0:22:16- I was given many opportunities - out there.
0:22:17 > 0:22:20- But this golden age came to an end - in 1968.
0:22:21 > 0:22:25- It was time for Evelyn and her - husband to return to Britain.
0:22:25 > 0:22:29- When I returned from Singapore, - it was a rude awakening.
0:22:29 > 0:22:31- It was a shock.
0:22:31 > 0:22:34- In a way, - I had to start from scratch.
0:22:35 > 0:22:37- The clubs were tough.
0:22:38 > 0:22:41- A lot of people - had been doing it for years.
0:22:42 > 0:22:46- You tried to prove to the agents - that you could do it.
0:22:46 > 0:22:48- I knew I could.
0:22:48 > 0:22:51- But it was very tough...
0:22:51 > 0:22:55- ..to prove that I was good enough - to carry on.
0:22:56 > 0:22:58- But I did carry on!
0:22:58 > 0:23:04- Working at workingmen's clubs - is what gave me the experience.
0:23:04 > 0:23:05- I learnt.
0:23:05 > 0:23:07- You need to have an act.
0:23:07 > 0:23:09- Talk to them.
0:23:10 > 0:23:13- Singing wasn't enough, - you have to talk to them.
0:23:13 > 0:23:15- That's why it's called an act.
0:23:15 > 0:23:18- When you have an act, - you can go anywhere.
0:23:19 > 0:23:20- That looks better.
0:23:21 > 0:23:23- You're probably right.
0:23:23 > 0:23:25- Evelyn stuck at it...
0:23:25 > 0:23:29- ..and has had a successful career - in England for over 50 years.
0:23:30 > 0:23:34- I don't think anyone in Wales - knows about what I've done...
0:23:34 > 0:23:40- ..and that I've had the chance to - work with people like Les Dawson...
0:23:40 > 0:23:44- ..Dave Allen, Cannon and Ball - and Cliff Richard.
0:23:44 > 0:23:47- Everything else - would come to you then.
0:23:47 > 0:23:49- Cruises and so on.
0:23:50 > 0:23:52- But you have to work to get those.
0:23:52 > 0:23:54- That's important.
0:23:54 > 0:23:58- Once you prove you can do it, - that's it.
0:23:59 > 0:24:02- The opportunities are there, - like they were for me.
0:24:02 > 0:24:06- Today, she's rehearsing - for a new season...
0:24:06 > 0:24:08- ..in a theatre in Great Yarmouth.
0:24:09 > 0:24:12- # As long as life is long #
0:24:13 > 0:24:15- I'm 73 years old.
0:24:16 > 0:24:19- I've been singing all these years.
0:24:19 > 0:24:21- I'm still singing.
0:24:22 > 0:24:27- It's been wonderful - singing for such a long time.
0:24:27 > 0:24:28- I'm still singing.
0:24:28 > 0:24:32- It's what's kept me young.
0:24:33 > 0:24:37- It's a wonderful feeling inside - when you sing...
0:24:37 > 0:24:41- ..and people are applauding you - and wanting more.
0:24:41 > 0:24:43- There's nothing like it.
0:24:43 > 0:24:49- # You don't have to say you love me, - just be close at hand
0:24:50 > 0:24:55- # You don't have to stay forever, - I will understand
0:24:55 > 0:24:58- # Believe me
0:24:58 > 0:25:02- # Believe me, oh
0:25:02 > 0:25:05- # You don't have to say you love me
0:25:06 > 0:25:08- # Just be close at hand
0:25:08 > 0:25:11- # You don't have to stay forever
0:25:12 > 0:25:14- # I will understand
0:25:14 > 0:25:17- # Believe me
0:25:17 > 0:25:20- # Believe me
0:25:21 > 0:25:26- # Believe me #
0:25:28 > 0:25:29- .
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0:25:43 > 0:25:45- At a hotel in Shrewsbury...
0:25:45 > 0:25:49- ..a singer who's had worldwide - success since the early 1960s...
0:25:50 > 0:25:53- ..is preparing - for her final concert.
0:25:55 > 0:26:00- I'm making an effort - with my make-up for this concert...
0:26:00 > 0:26:04- ..because it's my last one.
0:26:04 > 0:26:07- So it has to be special...
0:26:07 > 0:26:09- ..for me and the audience.
0:26:11 > 0:26:14- I want them to remember me...
0:26:17 > 0:26:20- ..at the best.
0:26:20 > 0:26:21- At my best.
0:26:22 > 0:26:27- # There's nothing left
0:26:27 > 0:26:31- # Past pleasures have gone #
0:26:31 > 0:26:35- Helen Wyn from Talybont near Bangor - started singing at a young age...
0:26:36 > 0:26:39- ..with her brothers - and Hogia Llandegai.
0:26:39 > 0:26:42- After changing her name - to Tammy Jones...
0:26:42 > 0:26:47- ..she shone on the London Palladium - stage and on popular TV shows...
0:26:47 > 0:26:50- ..before winning Opportunity Knocks - in 1975...
0:26:50 > 0:26:53- ..and shot to the top of the charts.
0:26:54 > 0:26:56- It all starts with Tammy Jones.
0:26:56 > 0:27:00- But for her, I don't think - a lot of these artists...
0:27:00 > 0:27:03- ..would have received such coverage.
0:27:03 > 0:27:04- She's incredible.
0:27:05 > 0:27:06- Forget Dafydd Iwan.
0:27:06 > 0:27:12- Tammy Jones - Helen Wyn, - started the pop scene in Wales.
0:27:12 > 0:27:16- She doesn't receive half the praise - she should.
0:27:16 > 0:27:21- She should be a national treasure - for her contribution.
0:27:21 > 0:27:25- You're talking about a remarkable - performer and personality.
0:27:25 > 0:27:27- She had a lovely voice.
0:27:28 > 0:27:31- You didn't forget Tammy Jones's - voice. Helen Wyn's voice.
0:27:32 > 0:27:33- Ladies and gentlemen...
0:27:33 > 0:27:37- ..would you please welcome - to the Lazyacre stage...
0:27:37 > 0:27:39- ..for the last time in her career...
0:27:41 > 0:27:45- ..give a lovely, warm welcome - to our friend, Tammy Jones!
0:28:01 > 0:28:05- # I know I said that I was leaving
0:28:07 > 0:28:10- # But I just couldn't say goodbye #
0:28:10 > 0:28:15- When I'm singing onstage, - it's a great feeling.
0:28:15 > 0:28:18- When you walk to the stage...
0:28:19 > 0:28:24- ..open your mouth - and your voice is like a bell...
0:28:24 > 0:28:29- ..and you hear the audience gasp...
0:28:31 > 0:28:35- ..it hits you.
0:28:36 > 0:28:40- # Let me try again #
0:28:40 > 0:28:45- I think I put my own emotions - into the songs.
0:28:45 > 0:28:51- All the songs are about something - I've felt myself.
0:28:51 > 0:28:54- I convey it to the audience.
0:28:54 > 0:28:59- Sometimes, someone in the audience - comes up to me and says...
0:28:59 > 0:29:04- .."You're brought us together again - with your song Let Me Try Again."
0:29:04 > 0:29:07- What a shame it didn't happen to me!
0:29:08 > 0:29:10- After a very successful career...
0:29:11 > 0:29:15- ..Tammy accepts - that she's paid a personal price...
0:29:15 > 0:29:18- ..for choosing singing over love.
0:29:19 > 0:29:23- I think I've been unlucky in love.
0:29:24 > 0:29:26- There's no doubt about that.
0:29:26 > 0:29:28- I turned one man down.
0:29:28 > 0:29:32- I didn't want to marry him - because I wanted to sing.
0:29:32 > 0:29:36- The second time, he dragged his feet - and I became fed up.
0:29:36 > 0:29:41- The third time, - when I decided I was in love...
0:29:41 > 0:29:45- ..I gave everything up for him.
0:29:45 > 0:29:48- I gave up singing.
0:29:48 > 0:29:50- I told him...
0:29:50 > 0:29:54- .."I'm going to be your wife - and stay at home with you."
0:29:56 > 0:29:59- He left me.
0:29:59 > 0:30:03- He really broke my heart.
0:30:03 > 0:30:09- When he left me, it was only - about two weeks before the wedding.
0:30:10 > 0:30:13- We'd booked the hotel - and the reception...
0:30:13 > 0:30:16- ..and people had given gifts.
0:30:16 > 0:30:19- Everyone was coming to the wedding.
0:30:20 > 0:30:22- But it wasn't to be.
0:30:23 > 0:30:28- He broke my heart so much I vowed I - wasn't going to let it happen again.
0:30:28 > 0:30:31- The only shame - is I didn't have children.
0:30:31 > 0:30:33- But it wasn't meant to be.
0:30:33 > 0:30:35- I returned to singing.
0:30:35 > 0:30:40- # We can have it all
0:30:40 > 0:30:44- # Just you and I again
0:30:46 > 0:30:50- # Please forgive me or I'll die
0:30:50 > 0:30:53- # Please let me try
0:30:54 > 0:31:04- # Again #
0:31:10 > 0:31:11- Tammy Jones!
0:31:17 > 0:31:20- # Oh, let me see
0:31:20 > 0:31:25- # Your face in all its beauty #
0:31:25 > 0:31:29- Another singer from the 1960s, - Mari Griffith...
0:31:29 > 0:31:33- ..believes there were social - restrictions on women at the time.
0:31:34 > 0:31:37- There was a lot of freedom - in the 1960s.
0:31:37 > 0:31:42- However, on the other hand, - there were still restrictions.
0:31:42 > 0:31:45- I remember getting married - for the first time.
0:31:46 > 0:31:47- I shouldn't have done it.
0:31:47 > 0:31:50- After I got married, that was it.
0:31:51 > 0:31:57- I remember trying for a job - with the BBC at the time.
0:31:58 > 0:32:03- I happened to say - during the interview...
0:32:04 > 0:32:07- ..that I was engaged - and about to get married.
0:32:08 > 0:32:09- That was it.
0:32:09 > 0:32:14- If you get married, - you're going to have children...
0:32:14 > 0:32:17- ..and take the place of your mother - if you like.
0:32:18 > 0:32:23- Though we thought we had freedom, - with the pill available and so on...
0:32:24 > 0:32:25- ..we were held back.
0:32:25 > 0:32:29- In the 1960s, - there was freedom on one level...
0:32:29 > 0:32:34- ..but it was curtailed - if you got married.
0:32:34 > 0:32:37- A woman's place at that time - was at home.
0:32:37 > 0:32:41- They raised the children - and did community work.
0:32:41 > 0:32:45- Everything was based - around the family.
0:32:45 > 0:32:48- That's how their life - was mapped out.
0:32:48 > 0:32:51- But there were others - who saw beyond that...
0:32:51 > 0:32:56- ..and didn't accept - that it was a woman's lot.
0:32:56 > 0:32:59- There was life beyond - those closed doors.
0:33:01 > 0:33:03- # When he returns
0:33:04 > 0:33:08- # We'll spend evenings - together again #
0:33:09 > 0:33:13- By the early 1970s, trying to - balance a career and motherhood...
0:33:14 > 0:33:16- ..was a new challenge - for Heather Jones.
0:33:17 > 0:33:22- I had to think about the future - and money and so on.
0:33:22 > 0:33:27- I got married in 1970 - and had a child straightaway.
0:33:28 > 0:33:31- Everything weaved together.
0:33:31 > 0:33:35- I was still singing - because I was the wage earner.
0:33:35 > 0:33:37- Geraint was at university.
0:33:37 > 0:33:42- Mam looked after my daughter, - Mrs Jarman looked after my daughter.
0:33:42 > 0:33:45- There were lots of people around - to help.
0:33:46 > 0:33:50- I don't think I turned anything down - because of the child...
0:33:51 > 0:33:53- ..or because I was married.
0:33:53 > 0:33:59- # Did you hear the trees shaking?
0:33:59 > 0:34:05- # The wind punishing the leaves #
0:34:05 > 0:34:07- Heather was a student...
0:34:07 > 0:34:11- ..when she recorded the song - that's on Sain's compilation.
0:34:11 > 0:34:13- She wasn't sure about the choice.
0:34:13 > 0:34:16- I remember recording - Rhaid I'r Plant.
0:34:16 > 0:34:20- Geraint wrote the words - and I wrote the melody.
0:34:20 > 0:34:22- But I didn't really like the melody.
0:34:22 > 0:34:27- Time was running out - so I had to do something quickly.
0:34:27 > 0:34:30- I went to Clydach - to do the recording.
0:34:30 > 0:34:33- After recording four songs...
0:34:33 > 0:34:39- ..I was taken to Aberavon beach to - take the photograph for the cover.
0:34:39 > 0:34:43- I wasn't very happy because - I wasn't wearing nice clothes.
0:34:44 > 0:34:46- I was just wearing - something ordinary...
0:34:47 > 0:34:50- ..for the recording.
0:34:50 > 0:34:54- So, I don't look that good - on the beach!
0:34:54 > 0:35:00- By 1972, Heather had her own series - on the BBC.
0:35:00 > 0:35:04- Her career's gone from strength - to strength over the years.
0:35:04 > 0:35:07- What is Heather Jones's secret?
0:35:07 > 0:35:09- She's evergreen.
0:35:10 > 0:35:12- She doesn't age.
0:35:12 > 0:35:15- She's still like a young flower.
0:35:16 > 0:35:18- Her voice is as beautiful as ever.
0:35:19 > 0:35:24- The fact that Heather's career - has lasted over 50 years...
0:35:24 > 0:35:27- ..tells you a lot - about her character.
0:35:27 > 0:35:30- She's looked after her voice.
0:35:31 > 0:35:34- That's obviously paid off in spades.
0:35:34 > 0:35:37- Her voice has lasted extremely well.
0:35:37 > 0:35:41- She's also had success - in many different styles of singing.
0:35:42 > 0:35:46- From Colli Iaith by Harri Webb...
0:35:46 > 0:35:50- ..she had an electric period - with James Hogg.
0:35:50 > 0:35:53- She's been a bit of a chameleon.
0:35:53 > 0:35:57- She's been flexible in the way - she's looked at the music scene.
0:35:57 > 0:35:59- She's very well respected.
0:36:02 > 0:36:06- I recently won an Y Selar award...
0:36:06 > 0:36:08- ..for longevity or something.
0:36:09 > 0:36:13- I'm very happy. - It was great to be awarded it.
0:36:13 > 0:36:15- But I'm just doing my job.
0:36:15 > 0:36:17- I enjoy singing.
0:36:17 > 0:36:20- I'm sure I'll be singing - right until the end.
0:36:20 > 0:36:23- I'll be singing underground!
0:36:35 > 0:36:39- # Blackbird flying high
0:36:40 > 0:36:44- # Your voice so pure - singing through the land
0:36:45 > 0:36:49- # So happy I would be
0:36:49 > 0:36:54- # If I could fly with you
0:36:54 > 0:36:58- # To foreign countries
0:36:59 > 0:37:03- # Meeting people everywhere
0:37:04 > 0:37:08- # Over the sea, over land
0:37:08 > 0:37:13- # You laugh at us in happiness
0:37:13 > 0:37:17- # So free we would be
0:37:17 > 0:37:20- # Blackbird, blackbird
0:37:21 > 0:37:24- # And me
0:37:26 > 0:37:31- # Blackbird #
0:37:36 > 0:37:37- .
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0:37:46 > 0:37:48- At the celebration in Galeri...
0:37:48 > 0:37:53- ..the presenter, Beti George, - is interviewing members of Sidan.
0:37:53 > 0:37:56- The early days of female groups...
0:37:56 > 0:38:01- ..was influenced by chapels, - Eisteddfodau and variety evenings.
0:38:01 > 0:38:04- Then something happened.
0:38:04 > 0:38:08- Skiffle music became electric.
0:38:08 > 0:38:10- That was a key factor.
0:38:10 > 0:38:16- But for us, when we sang in gigs, we - had three guitars and nothing else.
0:38:17 > 0:38:21- Once we went into the - recording studio, it all changed.
0:38:22 > 0:38:25- We had all this music behind us.
0:38:25 > 0:38:30- When we sang to the public...
0:38:30 > 0:38:34- ..the sound wasn't the same - as it was on record.
0:38:34 > 0:38:37- In a recording - or live performance...
0:38:37 > 0:38:41- ..the young group from Ysgol Glan - Clwyd had a characteristic sound.
0:38:43 > 0:38:44- HE HUMS CYMYLAU - A SONG BY SIDAN
0:38:49 > 0:38:51- # Clouds! Clouds! #
0:38:53 > 0:38:55- # Clouds
0:38:56 > 0:38:59- # Showing signs - that summer's coming
0:38:59 > 0:39:02- # Like the foam of a wave - on a bright morning
0:39:02 > 0:39:05- # Clouds
0:39:06 > 0:39:09- # Clouds #
0:39:09 > 0:39:11- Sidan changed the scene...
0:39:11 > 0:39:15- ..because they weren't like - a traditional 1960s girl group.
0:39:16 > 0:39:20- Their image was different, - their ideas were different.
0:39:21 > 0:39:24- They had a bit of attitude.
0:39:25 > 0:39:28- That was nice. It came across.
0:39:29 > 0:39:31- Everyone knows about Sidan.
0:39:31 > 0:39:33- But we wanted to include them...
0:39:33 > 0:39:38- ..because they came to prominence - with very different songs.
0:39:38 > 0:39:40- They had great harmonies.
0:39:40 > 0:39:44- Their recording method - was quite advanced at the time too.
0:39:45 > 0:39:48- # Lying in bed - in my purple pyjamas #
0:39:48 > 0:39:52- The scene was changing. Attitudes - towards music were changing.
0:39:53 > 0:39:55- Young people wanted to dance.
0:39:55 > 0:39:59- The golden age of the traditional - girl group was coming to an end.
0:40:00 > 0:40:02- By the late 1960s and early 1970s...
0:40:02 > 0:40:06- ..I think it became obvious - that the fashion was changing.
0:40:07 > 0:40:10- Young people in the late 1960s - and early 1970s...
0:40:10 > 0:40:13- ..were looking - for something different.
0:40:13 > 0:40:18- They got that through groups like - Y Blew, Tebot Piws and Bara Menyn.
0:40:18 > 0:40:22- For anyone listening to music - outside Wales...
0:40:22 > 0:40:27- ..a lot of it seemed very sedate...
0:40:27 > 0:40:31- ..and very polite and safe.
0:40:32 > 0:40:35- It's a very important period - and a very important record.
0:40:35 > 0:40:37- But in that period...
0:40:37 > 0:40:42- ..there was a definite shift in the - type of music people wanted to hear.
0:40:42 > 0:40:46- The move to the electric guitar - and drums...
0:40:47 > 0:40:50- ..brought about the end...
0:40:50 > 0:40:55- ..of bands - like Y Pelydrau and Y Perlau.
0:40:55 > 0:40:57- People wanted change.
0:40:57 > 0:41:01- Like for many solo artists - and groups during this period...
0:41:01 > 0:41:04- ..the end came naturally - for Y Pelydrau.
0:41:04 > 0:41:06- We started singing in 1967.
0:41:07 > 0:41:09- I think we finished...
0:41:09 > 0:41:12- ..in 1971.
0:41:12 > 0:41:15- We finished in 1971 or 1972.
0:41:15 > 0:41:17- Something like that.
0:41:17 > 0:41:19- Singing was a hobby for us.
0:41:19 > 0:41:21- Singing was a hobby for us.- - Something we enjoyed doing.
0:41:21 > 0:41:23- We didn't think about...
0:41:24 > 0:41:25- Oh, no!
0:41:25 > 0:41:28- If it was about money, - we wouldn't have done it.
0:41:28 > 0:41:33- Some of those who were singing - the same time as us...
0:41:33 > 0:41:36- ..continued to sing.
0:41:36 > 0:41:41- Heather is still singing - and has made a career out of it.
0:41:42 > 0:41:46- We carried on for about 20 years.
0:41:46 > 0:41:51- I don't think any of us - intended to make a career out of it.
0:41:51 > 0:41:55- We weren't interested - in making a name for ourselves.
0:41:55 > 0:41:57- Not at all.
0:41:57 > 0:41:59- We had jobs.
0:41:59 > 0:42:02- We didn't want to do it - professionally.
0:42:06 > 0:42:08- # Give me words #
0:42:08 > 0:42:13- By the mid 1970s, Mari Griffith - had changed direction.
0:42:13 > 0:42:18- She went on to have a successful - career as a presenter and producer.
0:42:18 > 0:42:22- But it's words - that are her forte today.
0:42:23 > 0:42:27- I've always written. - I always wanted to write.
0:42:27 > 0:42:30- When I retired...
0:42:30 > 0:42:33- ..I thought, "What am I going to do - with my life?
0:42:34 > 0:42:37- "I have to do something - or I'll go spare!"
0:42:37 > 0:42:42- I'd always wanted to write a novel.
0:42:42 > 0:42:48- So I thought, "Mari Griffith, - put your money where your mouth is.
0:42:48 > 0:42:52- "Now is the time. I'm going to try - to write the novel."
0:42:53 > 0:42:56- The first novel, - Root Of The Tudor Rose...
0:42:57 > 0:43:00- ..was Amazon number one bestseller.
0:43:00 > 0:43:02- I'd written a bestseller!
0:43:03 > 0:43:04- I had.
0:43:04 > 0:43:08- So I thought I'd write another one.
0:43:09 > 0:43:13- That's sold quite well too, - which is good.
0:43:13 > 0:43:18- I'll be writing another one soon.
0:43:22 > 0:43:25- # Walking down the street, - I see you curly hair
0:43:25 > 0:43:28- # You wake from your daydream #
0:43:28 > 0:43:32- Another of the solo artists - has had an unexpected revival.
0:43:33 > 0:43:35- Watsia Di Dy Hun.
0:43:35 > 0:43:38- Watsia Di Dy Hun, Meinir Lloyd.
0:43:38 > 0:43:43- Watsia Di Dy Hun by Meinir Lloyd - has a new-found fame...
0:43:44 > 0:43:46- ..through Tudur Owen's radio show.
0:43:46 > 0:43:51- Thanks to him and Dyl Mei, the world - knows about the song again.
0:43:51 > 0:43:56- We received an email one day from a - regular listener called Arthur Owen.
0:43:56 > 0:44:00- He said he remembered a song from - the 1970s called Watsia Di Dy Hun...
0:44:01 > 0:44:04- ..and asked - if it could be played on the show.
0:44:04 > 0:44:09- We played it on the radio without - knowing what it sounded like.
0:44:09 > 0:44:11- A small risk but it's what we did.
0:44:11 > 0:44:15- Mid-song, Tudur said, - "I've never heard such a thing."
0:44:15 > 0:44:19- He opened his mic and started - shouting, "watsia di dy hun"...
0:44:19 > 0:44:22- ..over the song.
0:44:22 > 0:44:27- # Watch yourself #
0:44:28 > 0:44:29- Watch yourself!
0:44:30 > 0:44:31- Watch yourself!
0:44:32 > 0:44:33- Watch yourself, Manon!
0:44:34 > 0:44:37- Five minutes later, - there was a stream of texts.
0:44:37 > 0:44:39- "Can we hear - Watsia Di Dy Hun again?"
0:44:39 > 0:44:44- Within days, for every show, - "Can I hear Watsia Di Dy Hun?"...
0:44:44 > 0:44:48- ..requested by Meic from Bangor - or Sioned from Pwllheli.
0:44:48 > 0:44:51- It was a crazy response.
0:44:51 > 0:44:55- It was definitely the biggest - response we've had to a song.
0:44:55 > 0:45:02- # Watch yourself #
0:45:02 > 0:45:06- It doesn't sound like anything else - in the Welsh language.
0:45:06 > 0:45:08- It's totally bananas.
0:45:08 > 0:45:12- There are high parts - and quiet parts.
0:45:13 > 0:45:15- One part sounds like - the Wedding March.
0:45:16 > 0:45:18- Meinir's voice is amazing.
0:45:18 > 0:45:22- Well, what an unusual voice!
0:45:22 > 0:45:26- There's some power behind it.
0:45:26 > 0:45:28- She had character.
0:45:28 > 0:45:32- There was something exciting - about her.
0:45:32 > 0:45:35- # Stand on your own two feet
0:45:35 > 0:45:38- # You'll get your freedom soon
0:45:38 > 0:45:44- # You can feel innocent - with a clear conscience #
0:45:44 > 0:45:50- If you could take the word - "confidence" and give it a sound...
0:45:50 > 0:45:52- ..it would be Meinir Lloyd's voice.
0:45:53 > 0:45:54- It's wonderful.
0:45:54 > 0:45:56- It's not scared of anything.
0:45:56 > 0:46:01- If anyone could lead us as a nation - through a song...
0:46:01 > 0:46:04- ..that person is Meinir Lloyd.
0:46:06 > 0:46:09- Through celebrating - a golden decade...
0:46:09 > 0:46:12- ..in the history - of popular music in Wales...
0:46:12 > 0:46:16- ..Sain's compilation has given the - pop girls of the 1960s and 1970s...
0:46:16 > 0:46:19- ..a place - in the nation's heart once more.
0:46:20 > 0:46:26- Over the years, we women meet up, - lose touch...
0:46:26 > 0:46:30- ..but through it all, - song brings us back together.
0:46:31 > 0:46:35- If we had our time again, I don't - think we would change anything.
0:46:36 > 0:46:38- I don't know about you.
0:46:38 > 0:46:39- I wouldn't.
0:46:40 > 0:46:45- It was fun and natural in a way.
0:46:45 > 0:46:48- We had so much fun.
0:46:48 > 0:46:50- I'm happy with my lot.
0:46:50 > 0:46:53- I had a good career. I enjoyed it.
0:46:54 > 0:46:57- If the young Heather saw me now, - she would say...
0:46:58 > 0:47:02- .."Good God! I didn't think - you'd still be singing!"
0:47:02 > 0:47:05- I hope I can continue.
0:47:05 > 0:47:06- I am continuing.
0:47:07 > 0:47:11- Many women - have followed the same path.
0:47:12 > 0:47:14- I'm proud of that.
0:47:14 > 0:47:15- It's developed.
0:47:16 > 0:47:20- There are more female singers - and groups.
0:47:21 > 0:47:23- I think that's wonderful.
0:47:23 > 0:47:27- When we think - about today's Welsh music scene...
0:47:27 > 0:47:32- ..it's important we remember - where it started and how it started.
0:47:32 > 0:47:35- Looking back at this period - in the 1960s and 1970s...
0:47:36 > 0:47:39- ..the women are iconic.
0:47:40 > 0:47:46- Without their contribution, - in the 1960s and early 1970s...
0:47:46 > 0:47:51- ..I don't know where we'd be today - in terms of our contemporary music.
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