Cat. No. 1966: VARIOUS ARTISTS ~ THE SISTERS ANTHOLOGY. FANTASTIC VOYAGE FVDD094.
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THE SISTERS ANTHOLOGY FEATURES 32 DIFFERENT US AND UK ACTS, REPRESENTED BY 38 CAREFULLY CHOSEN RECORDINGS (5 NEW TO CD*) RANGING FROM THE 1924 RENDITION OF “RED HOT MAMA” BY THE BROX SISTERS TO THE OBSCURE JAZZ VOCAL GROUP THE CLARK SISTERS AND THEIR 1959 PERFORMANCE OF “TAKE THE ‘A’ TRAIN”. FAMOUS FEATURED ARTISTS INCLUDE THE ANDREWS, FONTANE, BOSWELL AND McGUIRE SISTERS, WHILE THE GUMM, STAFFORD AND CLOONEY SISTERS FEATURE EARLY APPEARANCES BY JUDY GARLAND, JO STAFFORD AND ROSEMARY CLOONEY RESPECTIVELY. THE ILLUSTRATED BOOKLET TRACES THE ORIGINS OF THE SINGING SISTERS PHENOMENON BACK TO THE 19TH CENTURY WORLD OF MUSIC HALL, VAUDEVILLE AND BURLESQUE, AND PROVIDES FASCINATING BIOGRAPHICAL DETAILS OF ALL THE FEATURED ACTS.
TRACK LISTING: CD1 - The Williams Sister – He’s The Last Word / The Keller Sisters and Lynch – Sunday / The Brox Sisters – Red Hot Mama / The Trix Sisters – Pickin’ Cotton / The Gumm Sisters – Where The Butterflies Kiss The Buttercups Goodnight / The Duncan Sisters – I’m Following You! */ The Ponce Sisters – Fit As A Fiddle / The Boswell Sisters – Forty-Second Street / The Pickens Sisters – Many Moons Ago* / The De Marco Sisters – Dinah* / The Boswell Sisters – The Object Of My Affection / Alice Faye with The Stafford Sisters – Cross Patch / The Andrews Sisters – Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy / The Moylan Sisters – Danny Boy* / The Barry Sisters with The King Cole Trio – Someone’s In The Kitchen With Dinah / The Andrews Sisters – Rum And Coca-Cola / The Fontane Sisters – Linger In My Arms A Little Longer, Baby / The 5 DeMarco Sisters – California Sunbeam* / The Fontane Sisters – Missouri Waltz.
CD2 - The Dinning Sisters – Buttons And Bows / The King Sisters – Stardust / The Clooney Sisters – Euphoria / The Carter Sisters with Chet Atkins – I Don’t Believe Them At All / The Peters Sisters – Basin Street Blues / The Bell Sisters – Wheel Of Fortune / The McGuire Sisters – Sincerely / The de Castro Sisters – Teach Me Tonight / The De John Sisters – (My Baby Don’t Love Me) No More / The Paris Sisters – Baby, Honey, Baby / The Barry Sisters – My Yiddishe Momme / The Lennon Sisters – Tonight You Belong To Me / The Bonnie Sisters – Cry Baby / Patience and Prudence – Tonight You Belong To Me / The Di Mara Sisters – Tea For Two / The King Sisters – Deep Purple / The Lewis Sisters – S’Wonderful / The Clark Sisters – Take The ‘A’ Train / The McGuire Sisters – Goodnight, Sweetheart, Goodnight.
2CD SET
