The Paris Sisters
The Paris Sisters is the name of a female vocal trio from the United States who enjoyed particular success with pop songs in the 1960s .
history
The trio consisted of the sisters Priscilla Paris (born January 4, 1945 in San Francisco ; † March 5, 2004), Albeth Paris (* 1944) and Sherrell Paris (* 1939), daughters of an opera singer in San Francisco. Ms. Paris raised her daughters to be singers at an early age and accompanied them on the piano herself. During a three-week tour of the Andrews Sisters , the Paris sisters sat in the front row every evening. Finally the three were brought on stage and were allowed to perform the Andrews song Rum and Coca Cola . A music agent got them involved in the USO's troop support program .
1954 started the record company Decca Records a series of eight single records , which were released under the name "The Paris Sisters". The recordings were just as unsuccessful as the subsequent two records by Imperial Records , which were produced in 1957 and 1958. The three sisters performed in Las Vegas while they were working at Decca and were on stage between midnight and seven in the morning. At the time, Priscilla, the youngest, was nine years old.
In 1959 and 1960 no records were produced with the Paris Sisters. In March 1961, the first single came out on the Gregmark record label. The title Be My Boy contained on it came in the Hot 100 of the US music magazine Billbord at number 56. The producer was Phil Spector , who later also worked with the Beatles . Of the following four Gregmark records, also produced by Spector, three more titles came into the Hot 100. The song I Love How You Love Me , released in August 1961, became the Paris Sisters' greatest success, it rose to the Hot 100 by Fifth place. During the Gregmark productions, the sisters were temporarily in New York.
At the end of 1962 the contract with Gregmark ran out, in 1963 the Paris Sisters were without a record deal. Instead, they starred in Richard Lester's Ring-A-Ding Rhythm music film and toured with Dion and the Marvelettes . In the spring of 1964, the MGM record company produced a version of the Bobby Darin hit Dream Lover with them . This brought the Sisters back to the Hot 100, albeit only in 91st place. Between 1964 and 1965, two singles were recorded on Mercury Records, followed by a two-year engagement with the Reprise record company . Four singles were produced there and the long-playing record Everything Under the Sun was released in 1967 . In the same year the label Sidewalk released the LP Golden Hits of the Paris Sisters . Previously, Unifilms Record had released the LP The Glass House in 1966 .
In 1968 three more singles came out with the record companies Capitol , Crescendo and Eric, after which no new recordings are known. In the early 1970s, the trio broke up. Sherell formed her own band, "Sherell and the New People," Albeth went into television production with her husband, and Priscilla moved to Paris where she taught language courses for hotel staff. She died in 2004 at the age of 59 as a result of a fall.
Discography
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Albums
| title | Label / no. | published |
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| The Glass House | Unifilms 505 | 1966 |
| Everything Under the Sun | Recapitulation 6359 | 1967 |
| Golden Hits of the Paris Sisters | Sidewalk 5906 | 1967 |
| The Best | Curb | 2004 |
| The Complete Phil Spector Sessions | Vivid | 2007 |
| Their Greatest Hits & More | Marginal | 2013 |
| Sing Everything Under the Sun | WEA | 2013 |
| Always Heavenly - The Paris Sisters Anthology | Ace Records | 2016 |
Singles
| From page | Catalog no. | published |
|---|---|---|
| Decca | ||
| Ooh La La / Whose Arms Are You Missing | 29372 | 1954 |
| Huckleberry Pie / Baby, Honey, Baby | 29488 | 4.1955 |
| His and Hers / Truly Do (& Gary Crosby) | 29527 | 1955 |
| The Know How / I Wanna | 29574 | 1955 |
| Lover Boy / Oh Yes You Do | 29744 | 1955 |
| I love you dear / mistaken | 29891 | 4.1956 |
| Daughter! Daughter! / So Much - So Very Much | 29970 | 1956 |
| Mind Reader / Don't Tell Anybody | 30554 | 2.1958 |
| Imperial | ||
| Tell Me More / Old Enough to Cry | 5465 | 9.1957 |
| Some Day / My Original Love | 5487 | 1958 |
| Gregmark | ||
| Be My Boy / I'll Be Crying Tomorrow | 2 | 3.1961 |
| I Love How You Love Me / All Through the Night | 6th | 8.1961 |
| He Knows I Love Him Too Much / A Lonely Girl's Prayer | 10 | 1.1962 |
| Let Me Be the One / What Am I To Do | 12 | 4.1962 |
| Yes - I Love You / Once Upon a While Ago | 13 | 7.1962 |
| MGM | ||
| Dream Lover / Lonely Girl | 13236 | 5.1964 |
| Mercury | ||
| When I Fall in Love / Once Upon a Time | 72320 | 8.1964 |
| Why Do I Take It From You / Always Waitin ' | 72468 | 8.1965 |
| Recapitulation | ||
| Sincerely / Too Good to Be True | 0440 | 2.1966 |
| I'm Me / You | 0472 | 5.1966 |
| My Good Friend / It's My Party | 0511 | 8.1966 |
| Some Of Your Lovin '/ Long After Tonight Is All Over | 0548 | 1.1967 |
| Capitol | ||
| Greener Days / Golden Days | 2081 | 1.1968 |
| crescendo | ||
| The Ugliest Girl in Town / Stark Naked Clown | 410 | 7.1968 |
| Eric | ||
| I Love How You Love Me / He Knows I Love Him Too Much | 101 | 1968 |
literature
- Frank Laufenberg: Rock & Pop Lexicon . Econ Taschenbuch Verlag 1998, ISBN 3-612-26206-8 , Volume 2, p. 1141.
- Martin Popoff : Standard Catalog of American Records 1948–1991 . Krause Publications, Iola 2010, ISBN 978-1-4402-1131-7 , p. 889.
- Julia Edenhofer : The Great Oldie Lexicon . Bastei-Lübbe 1991, ISBN 3-404-60288-9 , s. 462.