de Castro Sisters
The music business has produced a number of successful sister teams, from the Boswells to the Andrews, McGuires, Lennons, De Johns... the list grows on. Fondly remembered by their fans, though somewhat lost in the drift of time, are the de Castro Sisters -- Peggy, Cherie and Babette. The de Castro Sisters are worth remembering, and not just they made some fine music and were the first to popularize one of popular music's most enduring standards. Most popular in the '50s, the de Castros began a decade earlier as a Latin act; virtually dropped the Latin aspect when they became the only pop act signed to the otherwise hilbilly-oriented Abbott label; did not record cover versions of recent black or country hits for the pop market, preferring to draw largely from their circle of friends and professional associates; and are still active today.
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Love Boom Boom Boomerang To Say You're Mine The Wedding Song If I Ever Fall In Love I'm Bewildered Teach Me Tonight Give Me Time Too Late Now Cry Baby Blues Let Your Love Walk In Cuckoo In The Clock Cuban Love Song I Can't Escape From You Rockin' and Rollin' In Hawaii No One To Blame But You |
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Don't Cry It's Yours I Never Meant To Hurt You I Hear A Melody Don't Call Me Sweetie Flowers On The Hillside I Know Plenty Blue And Broken-Hearted Where Have You Been My Love That Little Word Called Love Old Timer's Tune Biddle-Dee Bop What A Relief (Hoop Ah Hoop Ah, Bah Dah Dah) You Take Care of Me (I'll Take Care Of You) My Sweetheart Left Me Behind |
Most popular in the 50s, the de Castros began a decade earlier as a Latin act, which they virtually dropped when they were signed by the otherwise hillbilly-oriented Abbott label. Besides 31 (big band accompanied) period hits, "Teach Me" includes a thick photo album with the history of these 3 Cuban rich girls who shared an amazing musical career stretching from the 1940s to the present day (at least as of 1999, when the CD was released), from Miami to Hollywood to New York City. Sneaking off from their gig at Miami's Clover Club to sing (and record) with Tito Puente's band, being invited to Hollywood by Walt Disney to sing background vocals on "Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah"‹it's an amazing musical story. The title tune was on the flip side of the supposed-to-be hit "It's Love." A Cleveland disc jockey turned it over, played it and got bags of mail. The "suggestive" tune became the Sisters' biggest hit. Novelty and pop tunes like "Boom Boom Boomerang," "Cuckoo In The Clock," "Rockin' and Rollin' In Hawaii," "Cowboys Don't Cry," "Don't Call Me Sweetie," "Old Timer's Tune" the upbeat "Biddle-Dee Bop" and "You Take Of Me (I'll Take Care of You;" torch songs like "No One to Blame But You," "Give Me Time," "If I Ever Fall In Love," "It's Yours," and the country tune "That Little Word Called Love"we've never heard most of these songs, but we like them. They are as full of energy, spirit and innocence as the 1950s, and the improbable de Castro Sisters!
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