This is the sort of harmony ballad singing that was popular five years earlier; it has nothing of rock and roll in it. By the time this was released, Beatlemania was in full swing, and songs like this were out of date.
The Bermudas were three sisters from Los Angeles - Becky, Joanna, and Sheila Page - and were 12, 14, and 15 at the time "Donnie" was released. It reached #62 on the Billboard Hot 100. The sisters released one other single under this name, "Blue Dreamer".
A search revealed that the mother of the three Page sisters, Rickie Page, was a session singer and that the sisters and their mother also performed as The Majorettes, Becky and the Lollipops, Joanne and the Triangles, and the Georgettes, among others. I looked up some of these names and, courtesy of the Discogs website and YouTube, found some songs:
From what I've been able to track down, Sheila Page later became a choreographer and dance instructor. Joanna Clark apparently passed away in 2017.
If you want to see a time capsule from about the very last part of the era before the 1960s as we know it emerged, check out the sisters' performance and interview on American Bandstand. I found this a bit uncomfortable to watch, though - they were all so very young and they looked a bit overwhelmed.
Created February 12, 2026; revised November 3, 2026.