They were a vivacious and versatile harmony group, and this collection is an entertaining showcase for their talents.

The Dinning Sisters, comprising Lou, Jean and Ginger Dinning (Jean and Ginger were twins), were all born in the early 1920s in Kansas, and started singing together professionally in the late 1930s, basing their style on The Andrews Sisters. They won talent contests and got work on radio in Chicago in 1939, and did transcription recordings and 'soundies' before a movie appearance led to their being signed by the newly-founded Capitol label in 1943 as the company's answer to the Andrews Sisters. They enjoyed their heyday during 1947 and '48 when they had a run of four hits in the Billboard chart. This 53-track 2-CD collection comprises selected A & B sides of their releases on the Capitol, Decca and Essex labels from these years, plus early transcription and soundie recordings. It features their hits 'My Adobe Hacienda', 'I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now', 'I Beg Your Pardon' and 'Buttons And Bows', and includes recordings with Tex Ritter, Bob Crosby, Art Van Damme and Tennessee Ernie Ford. The group disbanded in 1955, so this collection offers a representative overview of their entire recording career before their style was largely overtaken by the advent of rock 'n' roll. They were a vivacious and versatile harmony group, and this collection is an entertaining showcase for their talents.

Track Listing

Disc 1:

• They Just Chopped Down The Apple Tree
• Pig Foot Pete
• Homesick, That's All
• Love Letters
• Sentimental Gentleman From Georgia
• Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone
• Aunt Hagar’s Blues
• Brazil
• The Way You Look Tonight
• Do You Love Me?
• Wave To Me My Lady
• Love On A Greyhound Bus
• The Iggidy Song
• And Then It's Heaven
• Years And Years Ago
• My Adobe Hacienda
• If I Had My Life To Live Over
• I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now
• Lolita Lopez
• And Mimi
• Beg Your Pardon
• Melancholy
• The Bride And The Groom Polka
• You’re A Character, Dear
• Buttons And Bows

Disc 2:

• San Antonio Rose
• Harlem Sandman
• Oh! Mo'nah
• I Get The Blues When It Rains
• Cool Water
• When The White Azaleas Start Blooming
• Down In The Diving Bell
• You Are My Sunshine
• Once In Awhile
• Christmas Island
• Kissing Song
• Very Good Advice
• Strawberry Tears
• Tennessee Blues
• Dreamy Melody
• Oklahoma Hills
• Kiss Me Goodbye, Love
• Love Me Blues
• I Don't Stand A Ghost Of A Chance
• Heartbreak Hill
• Rock City Boogie
• Whatsa Malla You (The Pidgin English Hula)
• I'm Lost
• As Long As I'm Dreaming
• They Didn't Believe Me
• Mama, He Treats Your Daughter Mean
• Hold Me Tight

Additional Details

Label: Acrobat

Genre: Adult Contemporary/MOR

Run Time: 143 mins

Region: 0

Release Date: 12/08/23

UPC: 824046349325