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词条 The Fontane Sisters
释义

  1. Early years

  2. Success

  3. Retirement

  4. Deaths

  5. Hit Records

  6. Recordings

  7. References

  8. External links

{{Infobox musical artist
| name = The Fontane Sisters
| image = The Fontane Sisters.jpg
| caption = The Fontane Sisters
Geri (left), Marge (center), Bea (right)|
| background = group_or_band
| origin = New Milford, New Jersey, United States
| years_active = 1941–1961
| label =
| associated_acts = The Ross Trio
| past_members = Bea Rosse (December 12, 1915–March 25, 2002)[1]
Marge Rosse (October 19, 1917–December 3, 2003)
Geri Rosse (October 15, 1919 or 1921–September 13, 1993)[2]
Frank Rosse (1914–1945)
}}The Fontane Sisters were a trio (Bea, Geri and Marge Rosse) from New Milford, New Jersey.[1]

Early years

Born to an Italian family, their mother, Louise Rosse, was both a soloist and the leader of the St. Joseph's Church choir in New Milford.[4] Bea and Marge started out singing for local functions, doing so well that they were urged to audition in New York City. Originally they performed as a trio with their guitarist brother Frank, under the name the Ross Trio (Rosse with the "e" omitted).[2] The group auditioned for NBC and was soon sent off to work in Cleveland.[3]

When they returned to New York in 1944, Frank was drafted into the Army; he was killed in action in World War II in 1945.[4] Geri, who had just finished school, took her brother's place, making it an all-girl trio.[5][3]

The sisters first recorded together as The Three Sisters. Sheet music was published in the late 1940s/early 1950s with at least two of their songs with a full photograph of the three: "I'm Gonna See My Baby", and "Pretty Kitty Blue Eyes."{{cn|date=November 2018}}

Success

The now all-female group chose the name of Fontaine from a great-grandmother; they decided to drop the "i", making themselves the Fontane Sisters.[2] The sisters worked on sustaining (non-sponsored) programs for NBC, meeting and working with Perry Como soon after he came to the network. Word reached the sisters, then in Chicago for NBC, that "Supper Club" would be making cast changes; they were eager for a chance to join Como's show, which also meant being closer to their home.[3] Beginning in the summer of 1948, they were featured on his radio show and television show known as The Chesterfield Supper Club and later (1950–1954) as The Perry Como Show.[6][7] The trio also did appearances on Chesterfield Sound Off Time when the program originated from New York; however, the television show lasted only one season.[3][8]

In 1949 they were signed by RCA Victor, and appeared on several recordings as backup to Como.[9] In 1951, they had a minor hit with "The Tennessee Waltz", of which bigger selling recordings were made by Patti Page and Les Paul and Mary Ford.

In 1954 they switched to Randy Wood's Dot Records,[10] where they had 18 songs reaching the Billboard pop charts, including ten in the Top 40. Their late 1954 recording, "Hearts of Stone", sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc.[11]

Retirement

The Fontane Sisters retired from show business around 1961, when youngest sister Geri was expecting her daughter.[12] The daughter was named after Geri, and as an adult she went by the name 'Geri Fontane Latchford' — 'Latchford' coming from her father's name, Al(bert) Latchford.[2] Neither Bea nor Marge had any children, and the younger Geri was her parents' only child.[5][3][12]

Marge Fontane felt that the trio did not want to continue the grind of tours and mixing with the newer members of the music scene. The sisters agreed that they did not want to be part of the evolving rock and roll scene, and wanted private lives. Geri married Al Latchford, a history professor.[4] Marge was married to Franklin Hobbs, who became a long-time on-air personality at WCCO in Minneapolis-St. Paul. They met while the sisters were still working in Chicago for NBC.[5][3][13][14] She remarried and became Marge Smith, the wife of an advertising executive. Only Marge left the area, relocating to Florida with her second husband.[12] Bea became Mrs. E. Holmes Douglass in 1964.[12][15]

In 1963, Dot Records released one last album, Tips of my Fingers, and single ("Tips of My Fingers"/"Summertime Love") by The Fontane Sisters. These recordings did not mark a return to performing for the trio, who remained retired despite having agreed to make the recordings.{{cn|date=November 2018}}

Deaths

For the next 40 years, The Fontane Sisters remained mostly out of the public's eye. In 2001, RCA Victor released a compilation of recordings made by the Fontane Sisters and Perry Como, "Perry Como With The Fontane Sisters", containing many of the songs featured on the Como radio and television shows.[16]

In 2004 an article in the New York Daily News reported that Geri Fontane Latchford had received royalties due to her mother and two aunts. It was revealed in this same article that all three of The Fontane Sisters had died: Geri, on September 13, 1993;[17] Bea, on March 25, 2002;[18] and Marge, on December 3, 2003.[19]

Hit Records

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Recordings

  • "Tennessee Waltz" (1951, RCA Victor) (bigger hits by Patti Page and Les Paul and Mary Ford)
  • "Kissing Bridge" (1953, RCA Victor)
  • "Happy Days and Lonely Nights" (1954, this and all subsequent releases on Dot)
  • "Willow Weep For Me" (1954)
  • "Hearts Of Stone" (1954) (their biggest hit, originally recorded by Johnny Torrence and The Jewels; also covered by The Charms)
  • "Rock Love" (1955) (originally recorded by Lula Reed; also covered by Eddie Fontaine)
  • "Most of All (1955) (originally recorded by The Moonglows; also covered by Don Cornell)
  • "Rollin' Stone" (1955), (originally recorded by The Marigolds)
  • "Playmates" (1955) (originally recorded by Kay Kyser in 1940)
  • "Seventeen" (1955) (originally recorded by Boyd Bennett)
  • "Daddy-O" (1955) (originally recorded by "Mary Kath" known as Bonnie Lou)
  • "Adorable" (originally recorded by The Colts; a bigger hit by The Drifters) (1955)
  • "Nuttin' For Christmas" (1955) (also recorded by Art Mooney, Barry Gordon and Stan Freberg the same year)
  • "Eddie My Love" (1956) (originally recorded by The Teen Queens; also covered by The Chordettes)
  • "I'm In Love Again" (1956), (originally recorded by Fats Domino)
  • "Lonesome Lover Blues" (1956) (originally recorded Billy Eckstine in 1946)
  • "Doin' The Rock and Rolla" (1956) (a rewording of the Andrews Sisters, Rum & Coca-Cola)
  • "(Remember Me) I'm the One Who Loves You" (1956) – (Remake of the Stuart Hamblen c/w hit)
  • "Please Don't Leave Me" (1956), (originally recorded by Fats Domino)
  • "Still" (1956), (originally recorded by Lavern Baker)
  • "Voices" (1956)
  • "With a Little Bit of Luck (1957)" (a bigger hit for Harry Belafonte and The Tarriers)
  • "The Banana Boat Song (1957)" (originally recorded by The Tarriers)
  • "I'm Stickin' with You" (1957) (originally recorded by Jimmy Bowen in 1957.
  • "Jealous Heart" (1958) (originally recorded by Tex Ritter in 1945)
  • "Chanson D'Amour" (1958) (bigger hit for Art and Dotty Todd)

References

1. ^{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=8mEvAAAAIBAJ&sjid=49wFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4280,2872001&dq=perry+como&hl=en|title=Two Gypsy Folk Tales|date=August 8, 1949|publisher=Ottawa Citizen|accessdate=June 24, 2010}}
2. ^1 2 {{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=lBxgAAAAIBAJ&sjid=DW4NAAAAIBAJ&pg=2644,4116763&dq=fontaine+sisters&hl=en|title=Fontane Sisters' Mother Still Keeps Busy|date=27 June 1975|author=Werley, Judy|publisher=The Evening News|accessdate=January 11, 2011}}
3. ^1 2 3 4 5 {{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=pb9FAAAAIBAJ&sjid=mb0MAAAAIBAJ&pg=1145,5918721&dq=perry+como&hl=en|title=Fontane Sisters Spend Yule with Parents in Cornwall|date=December 26, 1951|publisher=The Newburgh News|accessdate=November 3, 2010}}
4. ^1 {{cite news|url=http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MTYwMFgxMTAw/z/jzgAAOSwrklU22Is/$_57.JPG?rt=nc|title=They Have Hair Harmony, Too.|author=Okon, May|date=February 20, 1955|publisher=New York Sunday News|page=7|accessdate=April 4, 2015|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150404034902/http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MTYwMFgxMTAw/z/jzgAAOSwrklU22Is/$_57.JPG?rt=nc|archivedate=April 4, 2015}}
5. ^1 2 3 {{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KSMEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA44&dq=fontane+sisters+intitle:billboard&hl=en&ei=uOYrTaqMA82nnAeNxcDfDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CCwQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=fontane%20sisters%20intitle%3Abillboard&f=false|title=Biographies of Dot Artists-The Fontane Sisters|date=March 9, 1954|publisher=Billboard|accessdate=January 10, 2011}}
6. ^{{Citation|editor-last=Macfarlane|editor-first=Malcolm|title=Perry Como: A Biography and Complete Career Record|year=2009|page=310|publisher=McFarland|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iymN4zko8JkC&pg=PA76&lpg=PA76&dq=perry+como+sands+point&source=bl&ots=jS2EmKP72m&sig=kn-5GRUFqADRo4Kxm1vsvffZaTo&hl=en&ei=tkrWS4fpBoTcM7DQyc8D&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7&ved=0CBgQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=perry%20como%20sands%20point&f=false | isbn = 0-7864-3701-4|accessdate=2010-04-28}}
7. ^{{cite news|title=Networks Budget Millions For 'Rainbow' TV Shows|author=Slifka, Adrian M.|date=August 14, 1954|publisher=Youngstown Vindicator|accessdate=October 24, 2010|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=13E_AAAAIBAJ&sjid=41QMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5894,3744973&dq=perry+como&hl=en}}
8. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043233/|title=Chesterfield Sound Off Time|publisher=Internet Movie Database|accessdate=November 3, 2010}}
9. ^{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EBcEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT15&dq=fontane+sisters+intitle:billboard&hl=en&ei=xPErTZbYA4qOnweS1KXbDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CDYQ6AEwBTha#v=onepage&q=fontane%20sisters%20intitle%3Abillboard&f=false|title=Recorders Snare Wax Talent|date=January 22, 1949|publisher=Billboard|accessdate=January 11, 2011}}
10. ^{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Rh8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA17&dq=fontane+sisters+dot+intitle:billboard&hl=en&ei=pPIrTbq3OMmmnAemhOjPDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CDAQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=fontane%20sisters%20dot%20intitle%3Abillboard&f=false|title=Dot Inks Term Pact With Fontane Sisters|date=April 17, 1954|publisher=Billboard|accessdate=January 11, 2011}}
11. ^{{cite book| first= Joseph| last= Murrells| year= 1978| title= The Book of Golden Discs| edition= 2nd| publisher= Barrie and Jenkins Ltd| location= London| page= 68| isbn= 0-214-20512-6}}
12. ^1 2 3 {{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=fh1gAAAAIBAJ&sjid=R24NAAAAIBAJ&pg=4154,3842124&dq=fontane+sisters&hl=en|title=Where Are The Fontane Sisters Now?|author=Schiff, Martha|date=January 23, 1977|publisher=The Evening News|accessdate=January 10, 2011}}
13. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.pavekmuseum.org/hobbs.html|title=Franklin Hobbs|publisher=Minneapolis-St. Paul Museum of Broadcasting|accessdate=January 10, 2011}}
14. ^{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/13919033/hobbs_2/|title=Voice of all-night radio legend Franklin Hobbs falls still|page=8|date=October 20, 1995|publisher=Star-Tribune|accessdate=January 10, 2011|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}}
15. ^{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=l7pGAAAAIBAJ&sjid=-zMNAAAAIBAJ&pg=659,96746&dq=fontane+sisters&hl=en|title=Attendants For Fontane Bridal Named|date=1 April 1964|publisher=The Evening News|accessdate=January 10, 2011}}
16. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.answers.com/topic/perry-como-with-the-fontane-sisters|title=Perry Como With The Fontane Sisters|date=July 8, 2001|publisher=RCA Victor|accessdate=July 2, 2010}}
17. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://otrrpedia.net/getpersonF.php?PN=2216|title=Geri Fontane|publisher=OTRRpedia|accessdate=April 6, 2011}}
18. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://otrrpedia.net/getpersonF.php?PN=2215|title=Bea Fontane|publisher=OTRRpedia|accessdate=April 6, 2011}}
19. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/news/music-heirs-long-lost-royalties-delivered-article-1.614279|title=MUSIC TO THEIR HEIRS Long-lost royalties delivered|date=May 13, 2004|author=Peterson, Helen|publisher=New York Daily News|accessdate=July 2, 2010}}
20. ^{{cite web|url=http://kokomo.ca/early_years/nyot_nyow__the_pussycat_song_.htm |title=N'yot N'yow |publisher=Kokomo |accessdate=July 2, 2010 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120307175331/http://kokomo.ca/early_years/nyot_nyow__the_pussycat_song_.htm |archivedate=March 7, 2012 }}
21. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.kokomo.ca/early_years/a_youre_adorable.htm |title=A You're Adorable |publisher=Kokomo |accessdate=July 2, 2010 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402140809/http://www.kokomo.ca/early_years/a_youre_adorable.htm |archivedate=April 2, 2012 }}
22. ^{{cite web|url=http://kokomo.ca/early_years/a_dreamers_holiday.htm |title=A Dreamer's Holiday |publisher=Kokomo |accessdate=July 2, 2010 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120225102223/http://kokomo.ca/early_years/a_dreamers_holiday.htm |archivedate=February 25, 2012 }}
23. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.kokomo.ca/early_years/i_wanna_go_home_with_you.htm |title=I Wanna Go Home |publisher=Kokomo |accessdate=July 2, 2010 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120609173617/http://www.kokomo.ca/early_years/i_wanna_go_home_with_you.htm |archivedate=June 9, 2012 }}
24. ^{{cite web|url=http://kokomo.ca/early_years/bibbidi_bobbidi_boo.htm |title=Bibbidi Bobbidi Boo |publisher=Kokomo |accessdate=July 2, 2010 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120225102137/http://kokomo.ca/early_years/bibbidi_bobbidi_boo.htm |archivedate=February 25, 2012 }}
25. ^{{cite web|url=http://kokomo.ca/early_years/hoopdeedoo.htm |title=Hoop Dee Doo |publisher=Kokomo |accessdate=July 2, 2010 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308071708/http://kokomo.ca/early_years/hoopdeedoo.htm |archivedate=March 8, 2012 }}
26. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.kokomo.ca/early_years/i_cross_my_fingers.htm |title=I Cross My Fingers |publisher=Kokomo |accessdate=2 July 2010 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110612022516/http://www.kokomo.ca/early_years/i_cross_my_fingers.htm |archivedate=June 12, 2011 }}
27. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.kokomo.ca/early_years/youre_just_in_love.htm |title=You're Just In Love |publisher=Kokomo |accessdate=2 July 2010 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120614074220/http://www.kokomo.ca/early_years/youre_just_in_love.htm |archivedate=June 14, 2012 }}
28. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.kokomo.ca/early_years/theres_no_boat_like_a_rowboat.htm |title=There's No Boat Like a Rowboat |publisher=Kokomo |accessdate=2 July 2010 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120925205406/http://www.kokomo.ca/early_years/theres_no_boat_like_a_rowboat.htm |archivedate=September 25, 2012 }}
29. ^{{cite web|url=http://kokomo.ca/early_years/rollin_stone.htm |title=Rollin' Stone |publisher=Kokomo |accessdate=July 2, 2010 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308072818/http://kokomo.ca/early_years/rollin_stone.htm |archivedate=March 8, 2012 }}
30. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.kokomo.ca/early_years/cold_cold_heart.htm |title=Cold Cold Heart |publisher=Kokomo |accessdate=July 2, 2010 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120614074234/http://www.kokomo.ca/early_years/cold_cold_heart.htm |archivedate=June 14, 2012 }}
31. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Perry-Como-And-Fontane-Sisters-Noodlin-Rag-Play-Me-A-Hurtin-Tune/release/1572724|title=Noodlin' Rag|publisher=Discogs.com|accessdate=April 4, 2015}}
32. ^{{cite web|url=http://kokomo.ca/early_years/to_know_you_is_to_love_you_.htm |title=To Know You (Is To Love You) |publisher=Kokomo |accessdate=July 2, 2010 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140311223414/http://kokomo.ca/early_years/to_know_you_is_to_love_you_.htm |archivedate=March 11, 2014 }}
33. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.kokomo.ca/xmas/kissing_bridge.htm |title=Kissin' Bridge |publisher=Kokomo |accessdate=2 July 2010 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120614074239/http://www.kokomo.ca/xmas/kissing_bridge.htm |archivedate=June 14, 2012 }}

External links

{{Wikipedia books|The Fontane Sisters}}{{commons category}}
  • [https://archive.org/details/ChesterfieldSupperClub-27november1949 Video of Chesterfield Supper Club-November 27 1949-Fontane Sisters-Internet Archive]
  • [https://archive.org/details/thePerryComoShow-24december1952 Video of "Perry Como Show" December 24, 1952-Fontane Sisters-Internet Archive]
  • [https://archive.org/details/thePerryComoShow-16september1953 Video of "Perry Como Show" September 16, 1953-Fontane Sisters-Internet Archive]
  • [https://archive.org/details/thePerryComoShow-20january1954 Video of "Perry Como Show" 20 January 1954-Fontane Sisters-Internet Archive]
  • [https://archive.org/details/perrycomoshow Video of 1954 "Perry Como Show"-Fontane Sisters-Internet Archive]
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