CLASSIC 1958 UK No. 6 THE CHORDETTES 78 " LOLLIPOP " LONDON HL-D.8584 EX-/ EX

AN EXCELLENT PLAYING COPY OF THIS CLASSIC 78 FROM THE CHORDETTES The Chordettes The Chordettes was a barbershop-style quartet of female singers from Wisconsin. From 1954 to 1961, they placed thirteen songs in the US top one hundred and were a very popular singing group. The group was formed in the late 40's in Sheboygan, Wisconsin and originally was folk-oriented along the lines of another popular group at the time, the Weavers. The original members were Janet Ertel, her sister-in-law Carol Bushman, Dorothy Schwartz and Jinny Osborn. In 1952 Schwartz was replaced by Lynn Evans, and the following year Osborn was replaced by Margie Needham. Nancy Overton was a member of the Chordettes at a later date. The girls had a sweet sound and got away from folk and into harmonizing. They performed locally at first and went on the Arthur Godfrey Talent Scout show, which they won, and then became regulars on Godfrey's show. The show's musical director, Archie Bleyer, formed the Cadence label in 1953 and signed the Chordettes to a recording contract. Their first in a long series of hits on Cadence was "Mr. Sandman" , a song which topped the charts for several weeks in 1954. The male voice that is heard in the song is that of Archie Bleyer. The Chordettes became one of three groups [along with the Fontane Sisters and the Teen Queens] to have a top twenty hit with "Eddie My Love" in 1956. They followed it with "Born To Be With" You, which went top ten. Other hits followed: "Lay Down Your Arms" , and " Just Between You And Me ". In 1958 they hit big with one that just missed the top spot when they recorded "Lollipop" . They recorded other hit songs such as "Zorro" , all of them on the Cadence label, before their final big one in 1961, "Never On Sunday" . Janet Ertel married Cadence owner Archie Bleyer in 1954, and her daughter Jackie was married to another performer who recorded very successfully on Cadence in the 50's, Phil Everly of the Everly Brothers. Janet died of cancer in 1988. The excellent harmony of the Chordettes left us with many memorable songs. The hits in the US Billboard Hot 100 : record position weeks year Mr. Sandman 1 20 weeks 1954 The wedding 91 2 weeks 1956 Eddie my love 14 12 weeks 1956 Born to be with you 5 20 weeks 1956 Lay down your arms 16 18 weeks 1956 Teenage goodnight 45 11 weeks 1956 Just between you and me 8 15 weeks 1957 Soft sands 73 6 weeks 1957 Lollipop 2 15 weeks 1958 Zorro 17 11 weeks 1958 No other arms, no other lips 27 11 weeks 1959 A girl's work is never done 89 3 weeks 1959 Never on sunday 13 12 weeks 1961 Faraway star 90 1 weeks 1961 LOLLIPOP WAS ALSO A HIT IN THE UK AND IN MOST OF EUROPE. IN THE UK IT REACHED NUMBER 6 IN THE CHARTS STAYING THERE FOR A TOTAL OF 8 WEEKS. IT IS ONE OF THE ICONIC SONGS OF THE 50'S AND THE SONG CAN OFTEN BE HEARD ON TV ADVERTS EVEN TODAY ! DISC DETAILS: UK LONDON HLA 8584 10" 78rpm THE CHORDETTES SIDE 1 :- LOLLIPOP SIDE 2:- BABY COME-A-BACK-A CONDITION - EX/EX- (some light scuffs and marks but plays really GREAT! The A side label has some impressions of initials not shown up in the scan ) A REAL CLASSIC FROM THE CHORDETTES IN EXCELLENT PLAYING CONDITION DONT MISS IT BID NOW read more