Coralie Allan (vocals)
Jackie Allan (vocals)
The Allan Sisters were originally from Edmonton, Alberta. Jackie had begun singing at the age of seven and was later joined by sister Coralie for shows in Alberta. Eventually the duo would move to Toronto to try and foster this talent into a career.
Jackie would soon marry CBC-TV musical arranger Art Snider ('Country Hoedown') but it would take several years before the duo would start recording. In 1963 they recorded their first single, "Larry", for Art Snider's Chateau label. The single hit the Canadian country charts in 1964.
They would also see some success with follow-up singles on the pop charts. This chart exposure led to a guest appearance on CTV's 'A Go-Go 66' (hosted by Mike Darow) which, in turn, brought them to the attention of Tommy Hunter. Hunter would feature the sisters on his own CBC-TV show as regulars throughout 1966 and made them fixtures for 11 years running.
The sisters left the Tommy Hunter show in March 1977 and went on tour with their own musicians across Canada until 1983, when they agreed to go their separate ways. Jackie continued to tour western Canada until cancer was diagnosed later that year. Coralie did some touring around Ontario that year, but stopped to establish herself in a business career. Jackie died Christmas Eve, 1985. Coralie joined Splendid Entertainment in 1986 with Peter Glen for the show "Hits Of The Blitz". She continued with Splendid Entertainment doing various nostalgia dinner/cabaret shows around Muskoka, Toronto and the northeast U.S. until moving to North Vancouver in 2000 to be caregiver for her daughter, Darcia Gayle Nolan, who died of cancer in 2005. Coralie was married to singer/guitarist James "Jamie" Nolan until his death in August 1987.
with notes from Don Wayne Patterson, Seb Agnello, Gillian Snider and Coralie Nolan.
Singles
1964 Larry (Shell)
1965 Remember The Face/In My Diary (Shell/Raleigh)
1966 Dream Boy/Devil To Angel (Quality) 1807
1966 I'm In With The Downtown Crowd/Give It Up, Girl (Quality) 1841
1966 Silly Jilly/Drummer Man (Op-Art) 303
1972 Where The Lilac Grows/Just Out Of Reach (Arpeggio/RCA) ARPS-1012
1972 The Day After Tomorrow/Somewhere There's A Mountain (Arpeggio/RCA) ARPS-1021
Albums
197? Jackie & Coralie (Sound) 7704
197? The Allan Sisters "In Song" (Quality)
197? Precious Moments
Video
Compilation Tracks
1974 "Easy Lovin'" on 'Country Music Cavalcade' (Marathon) CMC-101
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