The Chordettes
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The Chordettes were an American female vocal quartet, specializing in traditional pop music. They are best known for their 1950s hit singles "Mr. Sandman" and "Lollipop", both of which sold over a mil
Clockwise: Carol Buschmann, Dorothy "Dottie" Schwartz, Jinny Osborn, and Janet Ertel Bleyer
The Chordettes (Amsterdam, 1959)
Barbershop music
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Barbershop music is a style of a cappella close harmony and vocal harmony, or unaccompanied vocal music, characterized by consonant four-part chords for every melody note in a primarily homorhythmic t
The Chordettes
…née Virginia Cole). Originally they sang folk music in the style of The Weavers, but eventually changed to a harmonizing style of the type known as barbershop harmony or close harmony. After performing locally in Sheboygan, they won on Arthur Godfrey's radio program Talent Scouts in 1949. They held feature status on…
The Dapper Dans barbershop quartet, at Disneyland's Main Street, USA
WPA poster, 1936
The Peerless Quartet in 1922, featuring singers (left to right) John H. Meyer, Henry Burr, Albert Charles Campbell, and Frank Croxton.
Rönninge Show, the highest ever scoring Sweet Adelines International barbershop chorus.