England's Enchanting Beverley Sisters

 

I Thought Of You Last Night 

England's Enchanting Beverley Sisters

The Royal Command Performance Girls Sing With Tony Osborne's Orchestra

Recorded in England

Capitol Records T 10286

1961

From the back cover: Once upon a time there were three pretty sisters living in the snug Northamptonshire countryside, because there was a terrible war on, and London, where they were born, was no place for little girls. Though there were three, sometimes you might have thought there were only two, because Teddie and Bass were look-alike twins.

Joy, the eldest, was wild about horsed and wanted to become a groom. Teddie and Bass wanted to join the police force. Their Dad and Mum were Coram and Mills, well known in their day as a music hall singing and comedy act, and the girls learned to sing in the cradle, practically. But they were still very, very young.

Then one day an advertising photographer needed some bonny children to snap for a cocoa ad. He picked the girls, photogenic then as now.

While Jock Ware (the photog) was adjusting lenses and lights, the girls harmonized. "A discovery!" cried Ware, and wrote to a friend at BBC who auditioned them.

When they got their first radio spot Teddie and Bass were just 14. That was in 1949.

Within a year and a half, the Beverley Sisters were a top British singing act, and then went to conquer America in a stay of eighteen months. 1952 saw (and heard) their first recording for EMI. In the same year they gave their first Royal Command Performance; their second was in 1958. Their own television program and many more American tours have added the crowning touch to their popularity.

What magic spell brought about their fairy story of musical success? Some point out that there has been troupers' blood in their veins from birth. Some credit their good looks and unspoiled charm. Others think it's due to the hard work the girls have put in on their arrangements, lyrics, routines – even their costumes.

Anyway, we hope they'll live happily ever after, and that they'll keep making records as smooth and warm as the great songs in this album.

In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning

A Cottage For Sale

Once In A While

When The Boys Talk About The Girls

I'm Always Chasing Rainbows

No One But You

The Nearness Of You

Tammy

It Takes So Long To Say Goodbye

Beneath The Lights Of Home

I Thought Of You Last Night