The Fontane Sisters

The Fontane Sisters

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Name = The Fontane Sisters


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Origin = New Milford, New Jersey, U.S.
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Years_active = 1941–1961
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Past_members = Bea Rosse - born [1925]
Geri Rosse -born [1928]
Marge Rosse-born [1923]
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The Fontane Sisters were a trio (Bea, Geri and Margi Rosse) from New Milford, New Jersey. Originally they performed with their guitarist brother Frank [1941 - 1944] , but he was killed in World War II. They were featured on a radio show done by Perry Como 1945 - 1948 and Como's later television simulcast program 1948 known as The Chesterfield Supper Club and later (1949 -1954) as The Perry Como Show.

In 1949 they were signed by RCA Records, and did some recordings as backup to Como. In 1951 they had a minor hit with "The Tennessee Waltz," of which bigger recordings were done by Patti Page and Les Paul and Mary Ford.

In 1954 they switched to Randy Wood's Dot Records, where they had 18 songs in the Billboard Hot 100, 10 in the top 40.

The Fontane Sisters retired from show business around 1961, when youngest sister Geri was expecting her daughter. The daughter was named after Geri, and as an adult she went by the name "Geri Fontane Latchford"--"Latchford" coming from Geri's (the mother's) husband, Al(bert) Latchford. Marge felt that the trio didn't 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'n roll scene. They felt they had become stereotyped as "cover" artists and wanted private lives.

In 1963, Dot Records did release one last album, "Tips of my Fingers", and single ("Tips of My Fingers"/"Summertime Love") by The Fontane Sisters. But these recordings did not mark a return to performing for the trio, who remained retired despite having agreed to make the recordings for Dot.

For the next 40 years, The Fontane Sisters remained out of the public's eye,living normal lives with their families. While many of their fans wondered what had become of them, it was apparently their choice that their private lives remain private. The next definitive word about them came in 2004, when an article in "New York Daily News" reported that Geri Fontane Latchford had received back 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 (65) in 1993, Bea (77) around 2002, and Marge (80) around 2003.

Recordings

*"Adorable" (originally recorded by [The Colts] a bigger hit by The Drifters)(1955)
*"Banana Boat Song" (1956) ("bigger hits by" Harry Belafonte "and" the Tarriers)
*"Chanson d'Amour" (1958) ("bigger hit for" Art and Dotty Todd)
*"Daddy-O" (1955) originally recorded by "Mary Kath" known as [Bonnie Lou]
*"Eddie My Love" (1956) ("bigger hit for" The Chordettes, but originally recorded by The Teen Queens)
*"Happy Days and Lonely Nights" (1954)
*"Hearts Of Stone" (1954) ("their first and biggest hit", originally recorded by Otis Williams and the Charms)
*"I'm In Love Again" (1956, originally recorded by Fats Domino)
*"I'm Stickin' With You" (1957, originally recorded by Jimmy Bowen)
*"Jealous Heart" (1958) written by Jenny Lou Carson, originally recorded by Tex Ritter in 1945.
*"Lonesome Lover Blues" (1956)
*"Nuttin' For Christmas" (1955) originally recorded by [Art Mooney] and [Barry Gordon] .
*"Playmates" (1955)originally recorded by [Kay Kyser] in 1940
*"Please Don't Leave Me" (1956)originally recorded by [Fats Domino]
*"Rock Love" (originally recorded by Eddie Fontaine - no relation)(1955)
*"Rollin' Stone" (1955)originally recorded by [The Marigolds]
*"Seventeen" (1955) ("cover of" Boyd Bennett)
*"Still" (1956)originally recorded by [Lavern Baker]
*"Tennessee Waltz" (1951) ("bigger hits by" Patti Page "and" Les Paul and Mary Ford)
*"Voices" (1956)
*"With A Little Bit Of Luck"(from Lerner/Loewe Broadway Musical "My Fair Lady" (1956) bigger hit by Jo Stafford and Percy Faith in 1956.

External references

* [http://www.musicweb-international.com/encyclopaedia/f/F133.HTM Music Web] Encyclopaedia of Popular Music article on the Fontane Sisters
* [http://home.planet.nl/~haan0654/hot100/hitarchive/f/fontanesisters.htm details of discography]


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