Valerie Murtagh

Valerie Murtagh
Birth name	Patricia Valerie Jenkins
Also known as	Valerie Avon
Born	1936 (age 80–81) Willesden, London, England
Genres	Pop music
Occupation(s)	Singer, songwriter
Instruments	Vocals
Years active	1960s–1970s

Valerie Murtagh (born Patricia Valerie Jenkins, 1936, Willesden, London, England, also known under the pseudonym Valerie Avon) is an English singer and songwriter, who was a member of The Avons.

After singing with the Avons vocal trio in the 1950s and 60s, alongside her husband's sister Elaine Murtagh and Elaine's husband Ray Adams, Murtagh became a songwriter under the name Valerie Avon. Together with Adams and Elaine Murtagh, she wrote "Dance On!". This was a UK number one hit in 1963, and the year later returned to the UK Singles Chart in a vocal version by Kathy Kirby with lyrics by Marcel Stellman.

With her songwriting partner, Harold Spiro, she later wrote "Long Live Love", which was performed by Olivia Newton-John, the UK entry to the Eurovision Song Contest 1974.

She also co-wrote the following songs:

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