the mcguire sisters performed on pbs in 2004.
the mcguire sisters performed on pbs in 2004.
when did the mcguire sisters perform on pbs?
2004
singing their greatest hits as part of their act, they were also featured performing specialty numbers such as the frantic "i love a violin", the "a cappella" "danny boy", and a segment during which phyllis retired backstage as christine and dorothy shared the spotlight playing a concert arrangement of "the way we were" on twin pianos. other highlights in the act were a comical trinidad-flavored tune, a soft rendering of "memory" from broadway's "cats", and a "money medley", which they also performed live on the jerry lewis mda telethon in 1994. since then, the sisters had made occasional public appearances together, including in 2004, when they reunited to perform in a pbs special "magic moments: best of '50s pop." the sisters' command of their vocal cords and harmonious blend had not significantly diminished.
the mcguire sisters
the mcguire sisters signed with coral records in 1952. in the same year, they appeared on "arthur godfrey's talent scouts," and godfrey hired them for his other shows, where they remained for seven years. the november 1953 issue of "cosmopolitan" called them "godfrey's merry mcguires". the sisters often were compared to the andrews sisters. maxene andrews said in an interview with joe franklin on wor (am) radio in 1979, "the mcguire sisters were fine once they stopped imitating the andrews sisters." while working on the godfrey show, the mcguires befriended the singer lu ann simms and attended her wedding to the music publisher loring buzzell in july 1956. buzzell's publishing firm, hecht-lancaster & buzzell music (co-owned by harold hecht and burt lancaster) provided two songs for the mcguire sisters, "may you always" and "theme from the unforgiven (the need for love)".
the mcguire sisters