Vanessa Vane, who lived in Virtorian times, was struck dumb after seeing her parents killed in a street accident. A Dr Forbes discovered he could restore her voice by hypnotism and planned to grow rich from her singing talent. Vanessa made many attempts to escape, but, each time she failed.
Alexandra Peak —better ‘known as folk singer Sandie Abigail—was suspended from her music-teaching post at St. Bride’s College, Camford, by the disapproving Headmistress, Dr Errol. But the Songbirds–Julie, Astrid, Toni and Brenda—a folk-singing quartet of pupils trained by Sandie, were doing their utmost to get Sandie back to St. Bride’s.
Penny Perkins had started a career as a singer and hoped to make money to help her widowed mother. An agent named Mrs Miriam Judd promised to make Penny a star, but Penny discovered too late that she had been tricked into signing a contract that gave Mrs Judd the right to nearly all her earnings.
In the 1880s, many of the poorest people in Paris, lived in a a shanty town near Montmartre, until one dreadful day when the wooden shanties burned down. Then the folk had to struggle to earn food and shelter. Some were mere children, like Sparrow and her crippled brother, Marcel. Her only hope to was to make money with her music, but it was not going to be easy for her.
Young Charlotte Bush was a blind singer being trained for greatness, by ruthless agent Max Roscue. When she unexpectedly recovered her sight, she kept it a secret , afraid she would lose her chance to earn money to help her family.
Tina Layne’s parents died and her brother Tommy was badly injured in a tragic accident. The Laynes were taken in by their mother’s half sister, Janice Kent and her husband Frank. When Tina made an impression as a rebel rock singer, Janice and Frank set out to exploit her.
14 year old, Linda Carter was famous as the teenage nightingale, until an accident ruined her singing voice. Spoilt Linda was finding it difficult to adjust to normal life, but her younger sister, Fay, was determined to help her as she mistakenly thought she caused the accident.
When Hannah Perkins and her siblings were orphaned, they went to live with their Uncle who ran an eating house. Uncle Ernest only agreed to keep the children out of the workhouse if Hannah sang to entertain his customers.
Candy Kydd is becoming famous for her singing voice, which doesn’t please her jealous stepmother Kaye. Later she wins a scholarship for training in Italy, which leads her on a quest to find her mother she previously thought was dead.
Roma, a wild gypsy girl with a beautiful singing voice, is forced to live with three professors who want to train her voice. They have forced her father to sign papers making them her legal guardian, but Roma is continually plotting her revenge.
