The McGuire Sisters
| The McGuire Sisters | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Genre (s) | pop music |
| founding | 1949 |
| resolution | 1968 |
| Last occupation | |
| Christine McGuire | |
singing |
Dorothy McGuire |
singing |
Phyllis McGuire |
The McGuire Sisters were a pop vocal trio that had a number of hits in the 1950s and early 1960s.
history
The three sisters Christine (1926–2018), Dorothy (1928–2012) and Phyllis McGuire (* 1931) from Middletown (Ohio) began to sing together in the church choir early on. Then in 1949 they were hired by the military and toured various hospitals and barracks. During this time they expanded their repertoire to different pop standards of the time. After the singers finished their tour, they decided to appear on Arthur Godfrey's talent show in 1951 . Godfrey loved the band and included them in his regular morning program, where they performed for seven years.
Only a short time after being included in Godfrey's show, the McGuire Sisters were offered a recording contract with Decca Records by Milt Gabler . It wasn't until 1954 that her first single hit the pop charts. Goodnight, Sweetheart, Goodnight , originally by the Spaniels , came up to number 7. This was followed by a cover of the Ivory Joe Hunter song It May Sound Silly (number 11) and the # 10 single He , a cover by Al Hibbler . At the end of the year, the three sisters had their greatest cover success when they brought the Moonglows song Sincerely to the top of the pop charts.
In 1955, Do You Remember When? on the market, an album that consisted only of covers from the 1930s. In 1957, the McGuire Sisters had their second # 1 hit with Sugartime . After that, the success began to wear off. The trio had a few smaller hits in the early 1960s and released an album on ABC-Paramount in 1965 . But when the successes finally failed to materialize, the McGuire Sisters separated in 1968 after an appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show. In the mid-1970s, the band reunited again and in 2001 they were inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame .
Discography
Albums
| title | Cat.-No. | published |
| Coral | ||
| Greetings from the McGuire Sisters | 57225 | 1954 |
| Do You Remember When? | 57026 | 1956 |
| Chris, Philly, Dottie | 57052 | 1956 |
| While the lights are low | 57145 | 1957 |
| Teenage party | 57134 | 1957 |
| Musical Magic | 57180 | 1957 |
| Sugartime | 57217 | 1958 |
| May you always | 57296 | 1959 |
| In Harmony with Him | 57303 | 1959 |
| His and Hers | 57337 | 1960 |
| Just for Old Time's Sake | 57385 | 1961 |
| Subways Are for Sleeping | 57398 | 1961 |
| Songs Everybody Knows | 57415 | 1962 |
| Showcase | 57443 | 1963 |
| ABC paramount | ||
| Right now! | 530 | 1965 |
Singles
| From page | Catalog no. | published |
| Coral | ||
| Picking Sweethearts / One, Two, Three, Four | 60917 | 1953 |
| Miss You / Tootle-Ooh Siana | 60969 | 1953 |
| Hey, Mister Cotton Picker / Where Good Times Are | 61002 | 1953 |
| Are You Looking for a Sweetheart / You'll Never Know Till Monday | 61073 | 1953 |
| Cling to Me / Pine Tree, Pine Over Me | 61126 | 1954 |
| Goodnight Sweetheart Goodnight / Heavenly Feeling | 61187 | 5/1954 |
| Uno, Duo, Tre / Lonesome Polecat | 61239 | 1954 |
| Muskrat Ramble / Not as a Stranger | 61258 | 1954 |
| Muskrat Ramble / Lonesome Polecat | 61278 | 1954 |
| Christmas Alphabet / Give Me Your Heart for Christmas | 61303 | 11/1954 |
| Sincerely / No More | 61323 | 12/1954 |
| Open Up Your Heart / Melody of Love | 61334 | 12/1954 |
| Hearts of Stone / The Naughty Lady of Shady Lane | 61335 | 12/1954 |
| Doesn't Anybody Love Me? / It May Sound Silly | 61369 | 2/1955 |
| Rhythm and Blues / Something's Gotta Give | 61423 | 5/1955 |
| Kiss Me and Kill Me With Love / If It's a Dream | 61454 | 6/1955 |
| Heart / Young and Foolish | 61455 | 6/1955 |
| Give Me Love / Sweet Song of India | 61494 | 8/1955 |
| If You Believe / He | 61501 | 9/1955 |
| The Littlest Angel / I'd Like to Trim the Tree With You | 61531 | 11/1955 |
| Be Good to Me / My Baby's Got Such Lovin 'Ways | 61532 | 1955 |
| Missing / Tell Me Now | 61587 | 2/1956 |
| Delilah Jones / Picnic | 61627 | 4/1956 |
| Every Day of My Life / Endless | 61703 | 9/1956 |
| Goodnight My Love, Pleasant Dreams / Mommy | 61748 | 12/1956 |
| Kid Stuff / Without Him | 61771 | 2/1957 |
| He's Got Time / Blue Skies | 61798 | 2/1957 |
| Drownin 'in Memories / Please Don't Do That to Me | 61815 | 4/1957 |
| Rock Bottom / Beginning to Miss You | 61842 | 6/1957 |
| Around the World In 80 Days / Interlude | 61856 | 7/1957 |
| Forgive Me / Kiss Them for Me | 61888 | 1957 |
| Santa Claus Is Comin 'to Town / Honorable Congratulations | 61911 | 1957 |
| Sugartime / Banana Split | 61924 | 12/1957 |
| Ding Dong / Since You Went Away to School | 61991 | 5/1958 |
| Volare / Do You Love Me Like You Kiss Me | 62021 | 7/1958 |
| Sweetie Pie / I'll Think of You | 62047 | 8/1958 |
| May You Always / Achoo Cha Cha | 62059 | 11/1958 |
| Summer Dreams / Peace | 62106 | 4/1959 |
| Red River Valley / Compromise | 62135 | 1959 |
| Some of These Days / Have a Nice Weekend | 62155 | 1959 |
| Livin 'Dangerously / Lover's Lullaby | 62162 | 11/1959 |
| The Unforgiven / I Give Thanks | 62196 | 1960 |
| Nine O'Clock / The Last Dance | 62216 | 1960 |
| To Be Loved / I Don't Know Why | 62235 | 1960 |
| Just for Old Time's Sake / Really Neat | 62249 | 1/1961 |
| Tears on My Pillow / Will There Be Room in the Space Ship | 62276 | 6/1961 |
| Just Because / I Do, I Do, I Do | 62288 | 1961 |
| I Can Dream, Can't I / I'm Just Taking My Time | 62296 | 1961 |
| Sugartime Twist / More Hearts Are Broken That Way | 62305 | 2/1962 |
| I Really Don't Want To Know / Mama's Gone, Goodbye | 62333 | 9/1962 |
| Recapitulation | ||
| Now and Forever / Never | 0256 | 2/1964 |
| ABC paramount | ||
| Truer Than You Were / Grazia | 10776 | 2/1966 |
Chart placements
Singles
| year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 DE
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 UK
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 US
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| 1955 | No more | - |
UK20 (1 week) UK |
- | |
| Sincerely |
DE22 (4 weeks) DE |
UK14 (4 weeks) UK |
- | ||
| 1956 | Hey | - | - |
US21 (10 weeks) US |
|
| Missing | - | - |
US44 (6 weeks) US |
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| Picnic | - | - |
US13 (20 weeks) US |
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| Delilah Jones | - |
UK24 (2 weeks) UK |
US37 (11 weeks) US |
||
| Weary blues | - | - |
US32 (8 weeks) US |
with Lawrence Welk and His Champagne Music
|
|
| In the Alps | - | - |
US63 (5 weeks) US |
with Lawrence Welk and His Champagne Music
|
|
| Ev'ry Day Of My Life | - | - |
US37 (12 weeks) US |
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| Endless | - | - |
US52 (8 weeks) US |
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| Goodnight My Love, Pleasant Dreams | - | - |
US32 (9 weeks) US |
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| 1957 | Around The World In Eighty Days | - | - |
US73 (6 weeks) US |
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| 1958 | Sugartime | - |
UK14 (6 weeks) UK |
US5 (23 weeks) US |
|
| Ding dong | - | - |
US43 (6 weeks) US |
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| Volare (Nel Blu, Dpinto Di Blu) | - | - |
US80 (1 week) US |
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| 1959 | May you always | - |
UK15 (11 weeks) UK |
US11 (16 weeks) US |
|
| Summer dreams | - | - |
US55 (7 weeks) US |
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| Peace | - | - |
US85 (3 weeks) US |
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| 1960 | Livin 'Dangerously | - | - |
US97 (1 week) US |
|
| The Last Dance | - | - |
US99 (1 week) US |
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| 1961 | Just For Old Time's Sake | - | - |
US20 (14 weeks) US |
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| Tears On My Pillow | - | - |
US59 (5 weeks) US |
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| Just Because | - | - |
US99 (1 week) US |
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| 1964 | I don't want to walk without you | - | - |
US79 (3 weeks) US |
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literature
- Warner, Jay: The Billboard Book Of American Singing Groups. A History 1940-1990 . New York City / New York: Billboard Books, 1992, pp. 250-252
- Frank Laufenberg: Rock & Pop Lexicon . Econ Taschenbuch Verlag 1998, ISBN 3-612-26207-6 , Volume 2, p. 985.
Web links
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- ↑ Chart sources: DE / US before 1960 UK US