The Chordettes

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American musical group musical group vocal group vocal quartet

The Chordettes were an American female vocal quartet popular in the 1950s, best known for their close-harmony pop hits like "Mr. Sandman" and "Lollipop."

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American musical group ⓘ
musical group ⓘ
vocal group ⓘ
vocal quartet ⓘ
activePeriodEnd 1963 ⓘ
activePeriodStart 1946 ⓘ
associatedAct Archie Bleyer NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithMedium radio ⓘ
television ⓘ
chartSuccess Lollipop reached the top 10 on the Billboard charts NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mr. Sandman reached number 1 on the Billboard charts NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
decadeOfGreatestPopularity 1950s ⓘ
formedIn Sheboygan, Wisconsin NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre barbershop-style harmony ⓘ
pop ⓘ
traditional pop ⓘ
vocal harmony ⓘ
hasWikipediaPage https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chordettes ⓘ
influencedGenre girl groups ⓘ
knownFor close-harmony singing ⓘ
female vocal quartet format ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
member Carol Buschmann NERFINISHED ⓘ
Dorothy Schwartz NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jinny Osborn NERFINISHED ⓘ
Judy Thompson NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lynn Evans NERFINISHED ⓘ
Margie Needham NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nancy Overton NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableSongReleaseYear Lollipop (1958) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mr. Sandman (1954) NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableWork Born to Be With You NERFINISHED ⓘ
Eddie My Love NERFINISHED ⓘ
Just Between You and Me NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lay Down Your Arms NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lollipop NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mr. Sandman NERFINISHED ⓘ
Never on Sunday NERFINISHED ⓘ
No Other Arms, No Other Lips NERFINISHED ⓘ
Zorro NERFINISHED ⓘ
originalMember Carol Buschmann NERFINISHED ⓘ
Dorothy Schwartz NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jinny Osborn NERFINISHED ⓘ
Judy Thompson NERFINISHED ⓘ
recordLabel Cadence Records NERFINISHED ⓘ
Columbia Records ⓘ
styleCharacteristic a cappella roots ⓘ
barbershop quartet-influenced arrangements ⓘ
vocalType female voices ⓘ

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I'll Walk Alone → hasNotableRecordingBy → The Chordettes ⓘ
subject surface form: "I'll Walk Alone"