The Chordettes
American female singing quartet
The Chordettes were an American female popular singing quartet, usually singing a cappella. Their songs were mainly traditional popular music. They are best known for their hit songs "Mr. Sandman" and "Lollipop".[1]
The Chordettes | |
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 The Chordettes (clockwise: Carol Buschmann, Dorothy "Dottie" Schwartz, Jinny Osborn, and Janet Ertel) | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Sheboygan, Wisconsin, U.S. |
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| Years active | 1946–1963 |
| Labels | |
| Past member(s) | Jinny Lockard (previously Osborn) Carol Buschmann Lynn Evans Janet Ertel (aka Bleyer) Margie Latzko Dorothy “Dottie” (Hummitzsch) Schwartz Nancy Overton Alice Mae Spielvogel (previously Buschmann) Joyce Weston |
| Website | The Chordettes' page on the Primarily A Cappella site |
Singles
| Year | Single (A-side, B-side) Both sides from same album except where indicated | Chart positions | Album | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. [2] | U.S. R&B | U.S. AC | UK[3] | |||
| 1954 | "Mr. Sandman" b/w "I Don't Wanna See You Cryin'" (Non-album track) | 1[4] | 11 | The Chordettes | ||
| 1955 | "Lonely Lips" b/w "The Dudelsack Song" (Non-album track) | All the Very Best of the Chordettes | ||||
| "Humming Bird" b/w "I Told a Lie" (Non-album track) | The Chordettes | |||||
| 1956 | "The Wedding" b/w "I Don't Know, I Don't Care" (Non-album track) | 91[5] | All the Very Best of the Chordettes | |||
| "Eddie My Love" b/w "Whistlin' Willie" (Non-album track) | 14 | The Chordettes | ||||
| "Born to Be with You" b/w "Love Never Changes" | 5 | 8 | ||||
| "Lay Down Your Arms" / | 16[6] | |||||
| "Teen Age Goodnight" | 45 | |||||
| 1957 | "Come Home to My Arms" b/w "(Fifi's) Walkin' the Poodle" (Non-album track) | |||||
| "Echo of Love" b/w "Like a Baby" (from The Chordettes) | Non-album track | |||||
| "Just Between You and Me" / | 8 | The Chordettes | ||||
| "Soft Sands" | 73 | |||||
| "Baby of Mine" b/w "Photographs" | Non-album tracks | |||||
| 1958 | "Lollipop" b/w "Baby, Come-a Back-a" (Non-album track) | 2 | 3 | 6 | All the Very Best of the Chordettes | |
| "Zorro" b/w "Love Is a Two-Way Street" (Non-album track) | 17 | |||||
| 1959 | "No Other Arms, No Other Lips" b/w "We Should Be Together" (Non-album track) | 27 | ||||
| "A Girl's Work Is Never Done" b/w "No Wheels" (Non-album track) | 89 | |||||
| 1960 | "A Broken Vow" b/w "All My Sorrows" | —[A] | Non-album tracks | |||
| 1961 | "Never on Sunday" / | 13 | 4 | Never on Sunday | ||
| "Faraway Star" | 90 | All the Very Best of the Chordettes | ||||
| "The Exodus Song" b/w "Theme from 'Goodbye Again'" | Never on Sunday | |||||
| 1962 | "The White Rose of Athens" b/w "Adios" | Non-album tracks | ||||
| "In the Deep Blue Sea" b/w "All My Sorrows" | ||||||
| 1963 | "True Love Goes On and On" b/w "All My Sorrows" | |||||
References
Notes
Other websites
- Picture and names of The Chordettes
- "'The Chordettes' Vocal Group Hall of Fame Page". Archived from the original on 2007-09-27.
- The Chordettes at AllMusic
- The Chordettes' page on the Primarily A Cappella site
- Chordette Lynn Evans harmonizes in classroom while a teacher[permanent dead link]
- "The Chordettes : Official Covers Discography". Archived from the original on 2007-09-27.
{{cite web}}:|archive-date=/|archive-url=timestamp mismatch; 2014-10-23 suggested (help) - Chordettes sing "Lollipop" and "Mr. Sandman" on the Saturday Night Beech-Nut Show, February 22, 1958
- Carol Buschmann Interview NAMM Oral History Library (2010)
- Dorothy Schwartz Interview NAMM Oral History Library (2010)
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