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Sharon, Lois & Bram
12+ albums
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Sharon, Lois & Bram. Children's performers - the singer Sharon Hampson (b Toronto 31 Mar 1943), singer and pianist Lois Lilienstein (b Chicago, 10 Jul 1936; B MUS [Michigan] 1958), and singer and guitarist Bram Morrison (b Toronto 18 Dec 1940). All three singers performed individually for the Mariposa in the Schools program during the mid-1970s and the Mariposa Folk Festival. They teamed up in 1978 to record One Elephant, Deux Éléphants for their own Elephant label. The album eventually sold more than 400,000 copies in Canada and the US, and the elephant became a character (played in costume by Paula Gallivan, then Line Roberge) in their concerts and TV shows. Due to the popularity of their show and their albums, Sharon, Lois & Bram emerged during the 1980s as one of the most successful children's acts in North America. The trio's repertoire has been eclectic from the outset, comprising folk songs, schoolyard chants, pop tunes, camp songs, singing games, rounds and nonsense rhymes, performed variously in jazz, calypso, rock 'n' roll, country and folk styles. The group's recordings and the participatory nature of its concerts are designed to allow children and their parents to share the experience of making music. With the success of One Elephant, Deux Éléphants, Sharon, Lois & Bram travelled across Canada as part of the Greatest Little Touring Supershow for Young People in 1979 and made their US debut at the Lincoln Center Out-of-Doors Festival in New York in 1980. By the m
