The Barry Sisters (United States)

Born in the Bronx, New York, Clara and Minnie Bagelman were first known as the Bagelman Sisters. As Claire and Myrna Barry they were popular Yiddish jazz singers made popular in the 1940s-1960s on the New York Radio Show "Yiddish Melodies in Swing", where they would sing jazz recordings in the Yiddish language. They would also record popular tunes such as "Rain Drops Keep Falling on My Head" translated into Yiddish. During the height of their popularity, they even made appearances on the Ed Sullivan and Jack Paar shows and were one of the few American acts to tour the Soviet Union in 1959. MOG The Barry Sisters also recorded with other noted Jewish singers such as Barbra Streisand and Moishe Oysher.
The Barry Sisters are thought to be the inspiration for the Saturday Night Live skit, "The Sweeney Sisters," in which Jan Hooks and Nora Dunn portrayed a C-list sister cabaret act. Mark Shaiman did the musical arrangements for those sketches.
Myrna Barry was born in 1925 and died in 1976. Vintage Lady . Claire Barry, born in 1923, continues to sing and perform, and was recently featured in the NPR radio show, "Yiddish Melodies in Swing." Yiddish Radio Project web site 
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* Freedman Catalogue Discography
Category:Jewish American musicians
Category:Living people
Category:Yiddish