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    Le Sorelle Bandiera

   

   

        

                                

Below, from Italian Wikipedia, with bad English translation:

Born as a quartet in 1970, a trio become the following year; begin working as coriste the RCA Italiana, singing in many different discs songwriters like Steve Earle, Francesco De Gregori, Renato Zero, Oliver Onions (them in the choirs famous Dune Buggy) and Claudio Baglioni.
Contemporaneamente iniziano anche un'attività autonoma, e nel 1972 pubblicano con la Apollo il loro primo 45 giri, Good morning love/The man and the sparrow , scritta dai due cantautori Maurizio Bigio e Stelio Gicca Palli . Simultaneously also self-starting, and in 1972 with the Apollo publish their first 45 laps, Good morning love / The man and the sparrow, written by two songwriters and Mauritius Bigio Stelio Gicca Palli.
Nel 1977 iniziano a lavorare con Gianni Boncompagni , che le presenta nella sua trasmissione televisiva Discoring : cambiando genere rispetto agli inizi, si dedicano alla discomusic, e riescono ad ottenere un buon successo dando la base vocale al gruppo Le Camomilla (che, in realtà, presta solo la sua immagine, fenomeno che verrà imitato da molti altri divi della disco). In 1977 begin to work with Gianni Boncompagni, which presents in his television broadcast Discoring: changing gender respect at the beginning, are dedicated to disco, and manage to get a good base success giving voice to the group The Camomile (which, in reality, only lends his image, a phenomenon that will be imitated by many other divi of disk).
Stessa cosa avviene con Le Sorelle Bandiera : le voci in Fatti più in là e nelle altre canzoni pubblicate a nome del celebre trio en travesti ante litteram scoperto da Renzo Arbore sono infatti delle Baba Yaga . Same thing happens with the flag Sisters: Be entries in further and other songs published on behalf of the famous trio en travesti ante litteram discovered by Renzo Arbore are of Baba Yaga.
Sempre Boncompagni fa loro incidere nel 1979 la sigla di Discoring . Still Boncompagni ago hack into their 1979 ticker symbol Discoring.
Nel 1980 il trio si scioglie, perché Patrizia Neri preferisce abbandonare l'ambiente musicale; la Sodani continua l'attività come solista e nel 1982 pubblica un Q disc omonimo, mentre Rita Mariano entra come corista nella formazione stabile del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma. In 1980 the trio melts because Patrizia Blacks prefer to leave the musical environment; Sodani continue activities as a soloist in 1982 and a public Q disc the same name, while Rita Mariano enters as stable in the training choir of the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma .

Discography

33 rpm
1979 - L'importante è non farsi notare ( CBS ; pubblicato a nome de Le Sorelle Bandiera ) 1979 - The most important thing is to be noticed (CBS; published on behalf of The Sisters flag)

45 rpm
1972 - Good morning love/The man and the sparrow ( Apollo ZA-50225) 1972 - Good morning love / The man and the sparrow (ZA Apollo-50225)
1978 - Discamomilla/Discamomilla (strumentale) ( Dischi Ricordi , SRL 10869; pubblicato a nome de Le Camomilla ) 1978 - Discamomilla / Discamomilla (instrumental) (Hard Memories, SRL 10869, published on behalf of The Camomile)
1978 - Fatti più in là/No, io non ci sto ( CBS , 6786; pubblicato a nome de Le Sorelle Bandiera ) 1978 - Be farther / No, I am not there (CBS, 6786, published on behalf of The Sisters flag)
1978 - L'altra domenica/bella come me non hai avuto nessuno ( CBS ; pubblicato a nome de Le Sorelle Bandiera ) 1978 - The other Sunday / beautiful like me you have not had anyone (CBS; published on behalf of The Sisters flag)
1979 - Che gatta!/Flop ( Disaster Dis 1501) 1979 - What cat! / Flop (Disaster Dis 1501)

And a new documentary (2008) had been made about the group:

              

THE FABULOUS FLAG SISTERS (tba)
How a boy from Perth became a drag super-star in the worlds most Catholic nation. In 1977, three men in frocks became an overnight sensation on Italian television. Irreverent, sexy and outrageous, they were Le Sorelle Bandiera - The Flag Sisters. Out of drag, they were Tito Le Duc (a Mexican), Mauro Bronchi (an Italian) and Neil Hansen, a boy from Perth.

With countless TV appearances, feature films and national tours, they were high flying and adored, the paparazzi forever snapping at their high heels. They brought joy to millions of fans at a time when Italy was a nation on the verge of nervous breakdown, the Red Brigades and other radical groups bringing terror to the streets.

In September 2007, on the eve of the 30th anniversary of the 'birth' of The Flag Sisters, Australian 'Sister' Neil Hansen returned to Italy to reveal the intriguing story behind their glittering success. Directed by Franco di Chiera (The Joys of the Women, Hoover's Gold).

 

Le Sorelle Bandiera, in the 1979 film "L'importante e Non Farsi Notare"

     

Below, there was even a 45 of two of the songs from it....

    

and, the LP...