The DeJohn Sisters were an American vocal duo, Julie and Dux DeJohn (born DiGiovanni).[1] Julie was born on March 18, 1931[1] and died in 1996,[citation needed] whilst Dux was born on January 21, 1933.[1] Today, Dux lives in Florida and is known as "MaryAnn Barcaro".[citation needed]
They were born in Chester, Pennsylvania, United States,[1] which had been the hometown of an earlier vocal group, The Four Aces.[2] They were the daughters of a dry cleaner and worked in their parents' store after school, but while working at the club where the Four Aces were discovered, they were heard by a scout who worked for Epic Records,[1] a subsidiary label of Columbia. On signing with Epic, they anglicized their name and made a record, "Should I Run?" which was released as catalog # 9009 by Epic. This was not a hit, but their next record, "(My Baby Don't Love Me) No More," written by the sisters with music by their brother Leo in 1955 and released as catalog #9085, became a major hit (No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart,[3] No. 8 on the Billboard Best Sellers chart).[4] It was, however, the only one that the sisters had. In the late 1950s they moved to the parent Columbia label, and a 28-track compilation of their recordings is available on CD.[5] They also made an album Yes Indeed!, and at least one single for United Artists Records and four singles for a small independent label, Sunbeam Records, including the duet "Watermelon Heart" with Dick Haymes.[6]
As the Four Aces may have inspired the DeJohn Sisters, they in turn inspired another group, The Bonnie Sisters.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 668. ISBN 0-85112-939-0.
- ^ "Untitled Document". Archived from the original on 2009-01-14. Retrieved 2007-08-01.
- ^ a b The DeJohn Sisters bio on AllMusic site
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (1973). Top Pop Records 1940-1955. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research.
- ^ "DEJOHN SISTERS - The Complete DeJohn Sisters". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2020-04-07.
- ^ "45 Discography for Sunbeam Records". Globaldogproductions.info. Retrieved 2020-04-07.