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Dinning Sisters
Almost Sweet And Gentle

DISC ONE
(He's Just A) Sentimental Gentleman From Georgia
Beg Your Pardon
Harlem Sandman
Buttons And Bows
Where Or When - Version One
Aunt Hagar's Childern Blues
I Love My Love
Please Don't Talk about Me When I'm Gone
Brazil
Lolita Lopez
Your A Character, Dear
Love On A Greyhound Bus
My Adobe Hacienda
San Antonio Rose
Oh Mohah
Do You Love Me?
Fun And Fancy Free
The Iggity Song
The Bride And The Groom Polka
Wave To Me My Lady
Years And Years Ago
Melancholy
The Way You Look Tonight
If I Had My Life To Live Over
DISC TWO
They Just Chopped Down The Old Apple Tree
A Pretty Girl Milking Her Cow
Pig Foot Pete
Down In The Diving Bell
Better Not Roll Those Blue, Blue Eyes
Hawaiian War Chant
Clancy
Hold Everything ('Til I Get Back To You)
Pretty Little Busybody
Three-Quarter Boogie
Molly Malone
I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now
Sometimes Im Happy
Once In A While
Drop Me A Line
I Don't Know Why
I Get The Blues When It Rain
Little Te-Long
Shine On The Harvest Moon
The Statue In The Park
I Get Along Without You Very Well
The Lilac Tree
There's A Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder
The Old Music Master
Winter Wonderland
We'll Meet Again
Where Or When
As Time Goes By

When we think of "sister" groups, the Boswells in the 30s, Andrews in the 40s and McGuires in the 50s are the best known, but of all the others the Dinnings were the next best-known and loved. Farmer and Mrs. John Dinning of Wichita, OK, raised 9 children, all but one of which went into a music career. Twins Jean and Ginger and older sister Lou began their career in 1935 performing with brother Ace's orchestra, and continued in one form or another up into the 1960s. Their biggest hit was "Buttons and Bows" from the Bob Hope and Jane Russell movie "Paleface." Buddy Clark, Perry Como, Kate Smith, Ozzie Nelson, Tennessee Ernie Ford and many others appeared with or recorded with the girls. This is a 2-CD set, and prolific is not a strong enough word: 24 hits on the first disc and 28 on the second (all big band accompanied). It's fascinating to listen to the Sisters turn a chestnut like "Sentimental Gentleman From Georgia" into their own love story, or apply their bright, cheery, sexy sound to might-have-been hits like "Lolita Lopez" and "Love On A Greyhound Bus." On every level the Dinnings deliver sheer entertainment with the best of them, and the hits just keep on coming - highly recommended!

Item code: 4464C | 2 CDs | $15.98 add item to cart
Vocal Jazz  | Accompanied | Female | United States
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