The Chordettes

The Chordettes were a female popular singing quartet, usually singing a cappella. Their songs were mainly traditional popular music. They are best known for their hit songs "Mr. Sandman" and "Lollipop".

Singles
 Year Single (A-side, B-side)Both sides from same album except where indicated Chart positions AlbumU.S.U.S.R&BU.S.ACUKNugent, Stephen / Fowler, Anne / Fowler, Pete (1976): Chart Log of American/British Top 20 Hits, 1955-1974. In: Gillett, Charlie / Frith, Simon (ed.): Rock File 4. Frogmore, St. Albans: Panther Books, p. 113f 1954 "Mr. Sandman"b/w "I Don't Wanna See You Cryin'" (Non-album track) 1Whitburn, Joel (1973): Top Pop Records 1940-1955. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research, p. 133 11The Chordettes1955 "Lonely Lips"b/w "The Dudelsack Song" (Non-album track)7All the Very Best of the Chordettes "Humming Bird"b/w "I Told a Lie" (Non-album track)9The Chordettes 1956 "The Wedding"b/w "I Don't Know, I Don't Care" (Non-album track) 91Whitburn, Joel (1994): Top Pop Singles 1955-1993. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Ltd., p. 1125All the Very Best of the Chordettes "Eddie My Love"b/w "Whistlin' Willie" (Non-album track) 143The Chordettes "Born to Be with You"b/w "Love Never Changes" 54 8 "Lay Down Your Arms" / 16Whitburn, Joel (2005): The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Hits. 7. überarbeitete und erweiterte Auflage, New York City, New York: Billboard Books, p. 1292 "Teen Age Goodnight" 458 1957 "Come Home to My Arms"b/w "(Fifi's) Walkin' the Poodle" (Non-album track)7 "Echo of Love"b/w "Like a Baby" (from The Chordettes)56Non-album track "Just Between You and Me" / 88The Chordettes "Soft Sands" 731 "Baby of Mine"b/w "Photographs"3Non-album tracks 1958 "Lollipop"b/w "Baby, Come-a Back-a" (Non-album track) 2 3 6All the Very Best of the Chordettes "Zorro"b/w "Love Is a Two-Way Street" (Non-album track) 175 1959 "No Other Arms, No Other Lips"b/w "We Should Be Together" (Non-album track) 276 "A Girl's Work Is Never Done"b/w "No Wheels" (Non-album track) 890 1960 "A Broken Vow"b/w "All My Sorrows" —4Non-album tracks 1961 "Never on Sunday" / 132 4Never on Sunday "Faraway Star" 905All the Very Best of the Chordettes "The Exodus Song"b/w "Theme from 'Goodbye Again'"6Never on Sunday1962 "The White Rose of Athens"b/w "Adios"5Non-album tracks "In the Deep Blue Sea"b/w "All My Sorrows"1 1963 "True Love Goes On and On"b/w "All My Sorrows"8

References

Notes: The Chordettes originally started off as a quartet but multiple people come and go thruout the bands lifetime

Other websites
 Picture and names of The Chordettes


 The Chordettes' page on the Primarily A Cappella site
 Chordette Lynn Evans harmonizes in classroom while a teacher

 Chordettes sing "Lollipop" and "Mr. Sandman" on the Saturday Night Beech-Nut Show, February 22, 1958
 Carol Buschmann Interview NAMM Oral History Library (2010)
 Dorothy Schwartz Interview NAMM Oral History Library (2010)

Category:Musicians from Wisconsin
Category:People from Sheboygan, Wisconsin