The Chordettes

The Chordettes
Formed: 1946 in Sheboygan, WI
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Disbanded: 1961
Genre: Vocal
Styles: Vocal Pop, Girl Group, Harmony Vocal Group, Early Pop/Rock, Nostalgia, Doo Wop
Group Members: Nancy Overton, Carol Buschman, Janet Ertel, Lynn Evans, Margie Needham, Jinny Osborn, Dorothy Schwartz
Biography: The Chordettes were one of the longest-lived vocal groups with roots in the mainstream pop and vocal harmonies of the 1940s and early 1950s. Although the four women's arrangements owed more to the Andrews Sisters than doo wop, they did, unlike many of their peers, prove fairly adaptable to the rock era. ...Read full biography
Never on Sunday
Released: 1962
Label: Cadence
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Never on Sunday forgoes the dreamy a cappella arrangements of previous Chordettes efforts in favor of a bold, lush sound that couches the group's signature harmonies in dramatic strings and upbeat pop ...Read full review
The Chordettes
Released: 1957
Label: Cadence
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Although packaged and presented as a studio LP, The Chordettes is in effect a greatest-hits collection spanning from the group's first and biggest hit, "Mr. Sandman," to later efforts like "Eddie My Love" ...Read full review
More The Chordettes albums: Main Albums (10), Compilations (20)
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