Record ID:
35152987 (Libraries Australia Authorities)
Authority type:
  • Name.
LC number:
  • nr 96036536
Heading:
Used for:
  • Deckers, Janine
  • Deckers, Jeanine
  • Luc Gabrielle, Sister
  • Soeur Sourire
  • Sister Smile
  • Luc Dominique, soeur, 1933-
Notes:
  • Great original hits of the '50's and 60's [SR] p1974 label (The Singing Nun) jacket notes (Sister Luc-Gabrielle, a young Dominican nun [from] Fichermont Convent, near Waterloo, Belgium; the other nuns called her "Soeur Sourire" ("Sister Smile"))
  • MBMSR, 1968-72 (Luc Dominique, soeur, 1933-)
  • Guinness encyclopedia of popular music, 2nd ed. (Singing Nun; b. Janine Deckers, 1928; d. 3-31-85; better known as Sister Luc-Gabrielle of the Fichermont Convent in Brussels; her album "Soeur Sourire" (Sister Smile) issued in 1962; Debbie Reynolds starred in 1966 film of her life)
  • Whitburn, J. Top pop singles, 1955-1990, 1991 (Singing Nun, The; Sister Luc-Gabrielle (real name Jeanine Deckers) from the Fichermont, Belgium convent; recorded under the name Soeur Sourire ("Sister Smile"); committed suicide 3-31-85 (age 52))
Local system number:
  • (AuCNL)176129
  • 000000153783
  • abv11551782
Cataloguing source:
  • NN-RH eng NN-RH NN-RH
Authentication code:
  • kin