The King Sisters

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The King Sisters were an American big band-era vocal group consisting of six sisters: Alyce, Donna, Luise, Marilyn, Maxine, and Yvonne King. Born and raised in Pleasant Grove, Utah, about 35 miles south of Salt Lake City, the King Sisters originally were part of the "Driggs Family of Entertainers". Their first professional job was with a Salt Lake City radio station, from which they graduated to a station in Oakland, California. In the early 1930s sisters Luise, Maxine and Alyce formed a vocal trio along the lines of their idols, the Boswell Sisters, and traveled to San Francisco to audition for radio station KGO (to replace the Boswell Sisters themselves, who were leaving the station)." After this, Maxine retired to home life in Oakland and sisters Donna and Yvonne were added to the roster. In 1935, the King Sisters accepted a job with bandleader Horace Heidt. Gradually, relations between the King Sisters and Heidt deteriorated to the point where they left the band. In the following years, they separately and together sang with the bands of Artie Shaw's Old Gold program and Charlie Barnet and Al Pearce series. They turned down a request to be the vocal group for the Glenn Miller Orchestra. They recorded for Bluebird Records, a sub-label of RCA Victor Records and the same label as Miller, and also had their first hit with a vocal version of Miller's hit, "In The Mood". In 1937, Luise married guitarist Alvino Rey. At the peak of the sisters' success, they appeared in a number

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Spotlight On The King Sisters

The Very Best of the King Sisters

I’ll Get By

Aloha

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Music For A Traditional Christmas

Imagination

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The Best Movie Songs

Great Ladies Of Song / Spotlight On The King Sisters

Imagination - The Blend and The Elegance

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Over The Rainbow - The Very Best Of

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Ladies Of The 1940s

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Best Jazz Vocal 100 [Disc 3]

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