Sister Acts

I like Big Band and Swing music.  Last night I stumbled over a group I wasn't familiar with called The King Sisters:

I got to thinking of other close harmony sister acts (with 3 or more sisters) associated with this style of music. Of course, the first one to come to mind was my favorite  -and probably most people's favorite - the Andrew Sisters, that perfect blend of talent as sass.

The Andrew Sisters didn't spring from a void, but rather were influenced by these pioneers, the Boswell Sisters:

Other groups include the McGuire Sisters and the Fontane Sisters:


and the Latin flavored DeCastro Sisters:

All these groups were mostly pre-1960s  Rock and Roll soon overwhelmed Big Band. But during its waning days one sister group attained a modicum of popularity, the Lennon Sisters:

Interesting. Everyone remembers the Andrews sisters of course; it is easy to forget that they were merely the most successful of a whole genre of singing sister acts.

I was raised in Puerto Rico...I remember Los Panchos.....

just spent a night on route 66 in Barstow Ca. last week: no kicks.....

I remember the King Family Show back in the 60s.  And Alvino Rey, husband of one of the King sisters, playing pedal steel guitar, the first time I'd ever seen that instrument.

My favourite since BioShock.

hi

The male trio?

Interesting. I wasn't born until the 1970s but I know Alvin Rey was one of the key persons involved in developing the electric guitar pick up.  I'd never heard of the King Sisters.  
Here he is with his famous talking steel guitar

Barstow is mentioned in my favorite Sheryl Crow song, "Leaving Las Vegas" (around 1:42).