#. 1974 linda nolan singing on cliff richard's saturday night bbc one show, along, of course, with herto blackpool when linda was three, and the nolan sisters had been performing and recording for over a decade before they earned a regular slot on cliff richard's prime time show. but it would still be another five years before their big chart breakthrough, when they finally scored a top three single. at the time, of course, we were kind of the cheesy nolans. that was our image and it was, you know, irish sisters all singing in nice harmonies and dressed the same, which was quite a difficult image to have because we were just normal girls. while younger sister bernie usually sang lead vocals, all the sisters had their moments in the spotlight, including linda. # i could catch the moon in my hand. # don't you know who i am? # remember my name, fame!# # life's not worth a damn...# in 1983, she left the group and for the next 20 years forged a successful solo career. there were multiple blackpool residencies and stage work productions including the musical blood brothers. she was first dia