PTP 2014
STEREO
pickwick/33
SPOTLIGHT
2
RECORD SET
BY ARRANGEMENT WITH
DOT
RECORDS
2 Records / 20 Songs!
The Lennon Sisters
GOODNIGHT SWEETHEART
MY FAVORITE THINGS
HARBOR LIGHTS
MOONGLOW & other favorites
PTP 2014
AMERICA'S SWEETHEARTS - THE LENNON SISTERS
The old adage about "an ill wind" was never more true than in the case of the Lennon family of Venice, California. And it was just as true in the case of Lawrence Welk who "discovered" four lovely young ladies with voices like birds, while at home - taking time off from his busy schedule with a virus attack. His was a second hand "discovery" however, actually, his son, Larry, Jr. had discovered the girls as a result of dating young Dianne Lennon when the two were classmates at Saint Monica's High School. Larry besieged his father to audition the four girls, but Welk's schedule always precluded the necessary time. Came the day when Welk, Senior was bedded with flu. The alert Larry promptly rounded up the sisters, whose singing hitherto had been of an amateur nature only and herded them into the "sick room" of his unsuspecting Dad. "Okay, kids - sing out", he directed, and they did. Young Larry knew talent when he heard it, and he also knew his dad. At the latter's request they sang a half-dozen encores and Welk was enraptured.
Their first appearance on Welk's ABC-TV show was on Christmas Eve '55 and the mail flooding into Welk's office confirmed his hunch that the Lennons were natures. They appeared again several times - and at the end of the month were signed as regular members of his show - and have been regulars ever since.
The Lennon Sisters - for all their renown and adulation remain the same refreshing - wholesome girls they were when they first appeared on the Welk show. Possessors of unique senses of humor, they have been adopted by the entire band, and fun predominates throughout the musical family, whenever time and schedules permit. They are natural dancers as well as singers, and stage hands and band members alike often are seen dancing with them offstage while other musical numbers are being rehearsed.
The girls who rehearse their own numbers as they wash the family dishes each night, just as they did as toddlers, swapping melody and harmony with their monther and dad - "polish" their arrangements to and from the studio in the family station wagon. To them singing is a natural thing - having been surrounded in melody since early infancy. Besides their appearances on the Wlek show - the girls have made many recordings - and often accompany the Welk-men on cross-country tours, one of which was climaxed by a concert in Carnegie Hall. As one of the nation's outstanding personal appearance attractions by themselves, their own personal concert appearances have never failed to break record after record wherever they are booked, in their fans' ardent desire to see and hear "television's" beloved Lennon Sisters.
SIDE 1
GREEN LEAVES OF SUMMER 3:02
SCARLET RIBBONS 2:47
DOGGIE IN THE WINDOW 2:04
MEXICALI ROSE 2:30
GOODNIGHT SWEETHEART 2:37
SIDE 2
CAN'T HELP FALLING IN LOVE 2:20
GREENSLEEVES 2:41
HARBOR LIGHTS 3:04
FOREVER AND EVER 2:30
TWILIGHT TIME 2:15
SIDE 1
MY FAVORITE THINGS 2:28
MOONGLOW 2:02
SHE'LL HAVE TO GO 2:37
WHERE HAVE ALL THE FLOWERS GONE 3:33
SOUL OF MY SAVIOUR 2:09
SIDE 2
JUST OUT OF REACH 2:58
HIT THE ROAD, JACK 1:41
KENTUCKY BABE 2:35
AMONG MY SOUVENIRS 3:07
IF I HAD MY WAY 2:24
Previously released on Pickwick/33 & Dot Records
A product of Pickwick International, Inc., Long Island City, 1, New York.
(Printed in U.S.A.)
Manufactured by Keel Mfg. Corp., Hauppauge, L.I.
America's sweethearts give us a musical
corsage of 20 hits on two 12'' stereo L.P. records.
