Sally Flynn

Sally Flynn
Sandi Griffiths and Flynn in 1972
Born
Sarah Jane Flynn

(1946-07-23)July 23, 1946
Ontario, Oregon
Other namesSalli Flynn, Sally Hart
EducationOntario High School
Brigham Young University
OccupationsSinger
Musician
Spouse(s)Clay Hart
(m. 1975; d. 2022)

Sarah Jane Flynn (born July 23, 1946), known professionally as Sally Flynn, Salli Flynn, or Sally Hart, is an American singer and musician who was a featured performer on The Lawrence Welk Show television program.

Early life and career

Born Sarah Jane Flynn in Ontario, Oregon on July 23, 1946,[1][2][3][4] Flynn is one of eight children—four girls and four boys[5]—born to Norma (née Grant) and Walter Keating Flynn.[6][7][8] After attending Ontario High School and Brigham Young University (BYU),[9] she and BYU classmate Sandi Griffiths joined The Lawrence Welk Show in 1968 as the singing act of Sandy & Sally.[4][10] The duo was very popular on the show until late 1972 when Sally left to pursue a solo career on Broadway.

On December 6, 1974, Flynn married Clay Hart, a country singer who was on the Welk show from 1969 to 1975,[10] and shortly afterward they started singing together professionally; often as opening acts for performers such as Red Skelton, Juliet Prowse and Mel Tillis. She was noted for her warmth and fiddle playing.[11] The Harts have also released several albums, owned a tote bag business—Get Sack—and have hosted their own show on The Nashville Network called Remodeling & Decorating Today.[12]

They also appeared in wrap-around segments for reruns of the Welk Show on PBS and have toured the United States with their fellow Welk stars in the Forever Blowing Bubbles concert series.

Personal life

From 2000 until Clay's death in 2022, the Harts made their home in Cocoa Beach, Florida, where Sally Hart continues to live and perform frequently, with the Melbourne Swingtime Band and other local groups.[13][14] Hart is a Latter-day Saint.

References

  1. ^ Statesman Idaho Wire (July 24, 1946). "Ontario Births". The Idaho Statesman. p. 11. Retrieved March 21, 2026. "and a daughter was born Tuesday at Brittingham's Maternity home to Mr. and Mrs. Walter K. Flynn of Ontario."
  2. ^ "United States, Census, 1950", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6XVR-1MHH : Wed Mar 20 02:55:24 UTC 2024), Entry for Norma J Flynn and Sandra Flynn, 10 April 1950.
  3. ^ "Beauty Pageant Entry Deadline Set in Malheur". The Idaho Statesman. July 11, 1964. p. 9. Retrieved March 21, 2026. "Ontario has two entries in the countywide pageant, Sue Ann Westfall, daughter of Mr. and Jack Westfall, and Sarah Jane Flynn, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Flynn."
  4. ^ a b "Ontario Singer Performs On 'Lawrence Welk Show'". The Idaho Statesman. January 21, 1968. p. TV7. Retrieved March 21, 2026. "AFTER PERFORMING on "The Lawrence Welk Show" Saturday, Jan. 6, for their nationwide television debut, Sandy and Sally, a young singing team, were invited to perform on the three following shows and will be seen performing again this Saturday with the Champagne Music Makers. [...] The Sally half of the team is Sally Flynn, 21, born and reared in Ontario and the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Flynn."
  5. ^ Hopper, Betty (Feb 22, 1967). "Ontario Beauty to Entertain GIs". The Idaho Statesman. p. C1. Retrieved March 21, 2026. "Sally Flynn, 20, and her singing partner, Sandy Jensen of Northridge, Calif., will leave for a six weeks tour of military bases in Vietnam with the 3D's, a male musical trio. All will go under the auspices of the Defense Department. Sally and Sandy were part of a group of 12 from Brigham Young University that spent three months in the Orient in 1965. [...] Sally, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Flynn, was born in Ontario and received her schooling here, graduating from high school in 1964. She has three sisters and four bothers."
  6. ^ "Obituaries: Norma J. Flynn". The Idaho Statesman. April 14, 1993. p. . Retrieved March 21, 2026. "Norma J. Flynn Ontario, Ore. Norma Jessie Flynn, 75, of Desert Hot Springs, Calif., formerly of Ontario, died Saturday, April 10, 1993, at a Palm Springs, Calif. hospital. [...] Flynn was born June 6, 1917 at Dietrich, Idaho, a daughter of Charles and Sarah Grant. He [sic] was reared and educated in Weiser, graduating from Weiser High School in 1935. She married Walter Keating Flynn on July 30, 1938 at Ontario, Ore. They moved to Portland, Ore. where Walt worked in the ship yards during the second world war. In 1946 they moved to Ontario, where she and Walt raised their family. [...] Survivors include her husband, Walt of Desert Hot Springs, four daughters, Sandra Jensen of Ontario, Ore., Susanne Flynn, Sally Hart, and Shelley N. Phillips, all of Nashville, Tenn.; four sons, Johnny R. Flynn of Bellevue, Wash., Michael W. Flynn of Camas, Wash., Charles P. Flynn of Woodinville, Wash., and Timothy J. Flynn of Danville, Calif.;"
  7. ^ "Obituaries: Walter Keating Flynn". The Idaho Statesman. September 29, 1999. p. 5B. Retrieved March 21, 2026. "Walter Keating Flynn, 87, of Ontario, Ore. passed away Sunday, Sept. 26, 1999. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m., Oct. 1, 1999, at the LDS Stake Center, Ontario. [...] Survivors include four daughters and sons-in-law, Sandra and Duke Jensen of Ontario, Susanne and Paul Walker of San Francisco, Calif., Sally and Clay Hart of Nashville, Tenn., and Shelley and Randy Phillips of Goodlettsville, Tenn.;"
  8. ^ "Ontario Singer Performs On 'Lawrence Welk Show'". The Idaho Statesman. Idaho, Boise. January 21, 1968. p. 77. Retrieved March 20, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Graduates Announced In Ontario". The Idaho Statesman. May 29, 1964. p. 11. Retrieved March 21, 2026. "The Ontario High School has listed graduates and students who received honors at commencement exercises this week at the school. [...] Graduates were Carol Anderson, Sharon Anderson, Sheila Anderson, Rosemary Baker, Richard Baldwin, [...] Vicki Dunn, Jean England, Judith Faries, Gary Findling, Sarah Flynn,"
  10. ^ a b Terrace, Vincent (1985). Encyclopedia of Television Series, Pilots and Specials. VNR AG. ISBN 9780918432612.
  11. ^ "Chatty co-host warms up charming 'Welk Musical Christmas'". San Diego Union-Tribune. November 19, 2003. Retrieved November 1, 2019.
  12. ^ "SALLY FLYNN'S PAGE".
  13. ^ "Life: Staying in tune". Florida Today. March 27, 2004. p. 12A. Retrieved March 21, 2026. "Clay and Sally Hart have lived in Cocoa Beach since 2000, a long way- -and a long time removed from their days as regulars on "The Lawrence Welk Show" in the late 1960s and early'70s. "
  14. ^ "Obituaries: Henry “Clay” Hart III (1936- 2022)". Florida Today. August 11, 2022. p. A11. Retrieved March 21, 2026. "Henry“Clay”Hart III beloved child of God died Thursday July 28th after 86 years of lovingly and diligent- ly completing his tour of duty on this earthly plane. Clay is survived by his wife Sally Flynn Hart; his siblings, Eric Hart, Phillip Hart and Lori Hart; his former wife, Libby Englander;"

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