Trio US originaire de New Milford (New Jersey) qui comprenait les soeurs Marge, Bea et Geri Fontane. Elles débutèrent en 1944 et enregistrent chez RCA en 1948. Les Fontane Sisters, spécialistes de la Cover s'imposèrent en 1954 chez Dot Records et elles contribuèrent à faire accepter le Rock 'n' Roll noir auprès du public blanc. Après un dernier hit en 1958, elles furent très injustement oubliées malgré un répertoire de qualité qui fait partie des archives du Rock 'n' Roll.

Trio US originating in New Milford (New Jersey) which included the sisters Marge, Bea and Geri Fontane. They began in 1944 and record at RCA in 1948.  The Fontane Sisters, specialists in Cover asserted themselves in 1954 at Dot Records and they contributed to make accept the black Rock 'n' Roll near the white public. After the last hit in 1958, they were very wrongfully forgotten in spite of a repertory of quality which belongs to the files of the Rock 'n' Roll.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fontane_Sisters

Style musical : Rockabilly, Rock 'n' Roll, Pop

https://youtu.be/vf4S9RAx_CQ?si=rMJextkHHdTPx2NQ  

HEARTS OF STONE (1954)

ROCK LOVE (1955)

SEVENTEEN (1955)

DADDY-O (1955)

EDDIE MY LOVE (1956)

PLEASE DON'T LEAVE ME (1956)

Years in activity :

1910 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 2000 10 20

DISCOGRAPHY

78 t., Singles & EP

1948 78 t. RCA VICTOR 20-3127 (US) . Cinderella Work Song / Fairy Tales
1949 78 t. RCA VICTOR 20-3344 (US) . Put Your Shoes on, Lucy / Underneath The Linden Tree
1950 78 t. RCA VICTOR 20-3713 (US) . Mississippi Mud / Id've Baked A Cake
1950 SP RCA VICTOR 47-3713 (US) . Mississippi Mud / Id've Baked A Cake
1950 78 t. RCA VICTOR 20-3772 (US) . I Didn’t Know What / I Wanna Be Loved
1950 SP RCA VICTOR 47-3772 (US) . I Didn’t Know What / I Wanna Be Loved
1950 78 t. RCA VICTOR 20-3814 (US) . Down Home Rag / 3 Lil Rings
1950 SP RCA VICTOR 47-3814 (US) . Down Home Rag / 3 Lil Rings
1950 78 t. RCA VICTOR 20-3871 (US) . Can't We Talk It Over / I Had A Talk With The Wind And The Rain
1950 SP RCA VICTOR 47-3871 (US) . Can't We Talk It Over / I Had A Talk With The Wind And The Rain
1950 78 t. RCA VICTOR 20-3940 (US) . Fontane Sisters, Dick Contino & Hugo Winterhalter's Orchestra - Jing-A-Ling, Jing-A-Ling / Silver Bells
1950 SP RCA VICTOR 47-3940 (US) . Fontane Sisters, Dick Contino & Hugo Winterhalter's Orchestra - Jing-A-Ling, Jing-A-Ling / Silver Bells
1951 78 t. RCA VICTOR 20-3979 (US) . I Guess I'll Have To Dream The Rest / Tennessee Waltz
1951 SP RCA VICTOR 47-3979 (US) . I Guess I'll Have To Dream The Rest / Tennessee Waltz
1951 78 t. RCA VICTOR 20-4009 (US) . What Did I Do? / Bouncy Bouncy
1951 SP RCA VICTOR 47-4009 (US) . What Did I Do? / Bouncy Bouncy
02/1951 78 t. RCA VICTOR 20-4054 (US) . Grasshopper Heart  (And A Butterfly Brain) (The FONTANE SISTERS & The Sons Of The Pioneers) / Handsome Stranger (The Sons Of The Pioneerss And The FONTANE SISTERS)
02/1951 SP RCA VICTOR 47-4054 (US) . Grasshopper Heart  (And A Butterfly Brain) (The FONTANE SISTERS & The Sons Of The Pioneers) / Handsome Stranger (The Sons Of The Pioneerss And The FONTANE SISTERS)
1951 78 t. RCA VICTOR 20-4077 (US) . Let Me In / Hurry Home To Me (Texas Jim ROBERTSON)
1951 SP RCA VICTOR 47-4077 (US) . Let Me In / Hurry Home To Me (Texas Jim ROBERTSON)
1951 78 t. RCA VICTOR 20-4106 (US) . Fifth Wheel On / Fortune Teller
1951 SP RCA VICTOR 47-4106 (US) . Fifth Wheel On / Fortune Teller
1951 78 t. RCA VICTOR 20-4168 (US) . Moon, June, Spoon / Rhumba Boogie
1951 SP RCA VICTOR 47-4168 (US) . Moon, June, Spoon / Rhumba Boogie
1951 78 t. RCA VICTOR 20-4274 (US) . Cold Cold Heart / I Get The Blues
1951 SP RCA VICTOR 47-4274 (US) . Cold Cold Heart / I Get The Blues
10/1951 78 t. RCA VICTOR 20-4322 (US) . A Howdy Doody Christmas / The Popcorn Song
10/1951 SP RCA VICTOR 47-4322 (US) . A Howdy Doody Christmas / The Popcorn Song
1951 78 t. RCA VICTOR 20-4387 (US) . Alabama Jubilee / Grand Central Station
1951 SP RCA VICTOR 47-4387 (US) . Alabama Jubilee / Grand Central Station
1951 78 t. RCA VICTOR 20-4449 (US) . Snowflakes / River In The Moonlight
1951 SP RCA VICTOR 47-4449 (US) . Snowflakes / River In The Moonlight
1952 78 t. RCA VICTOR 20-4542 (US) . Perry COMO & The FONTANE SISTERS - Noodlin' Rag / Play Me A Hurtin' Tune
1952 SP RCA VICTOR 47-4542 (US) . Perry COMO & The FONTANE SISTERS - Noodlin' Rag / Play Me A Hurtin' Tune
1952 78 t. RCA VICTOR 20-4667 (US) . I Grabbed For Engine / When I Dream
1952 SP RCA VICTOR 47-4667 (US) . I Grabbed For Engine / When I Dream
1952 78 t. RCA VICTOR 20-4676 (US) . Theres Doubt In My Mind / If You Would Only Be Mind
1952 SP RCA VICTOR 47-4676 (US) . Theres Doubt In My Mind / If You Would Only Be Mind
1952 78 t. RCA VICTOR 20-5162 (US) . Walking The Floor Over You / The Price I Paid For Loving You
1952 SP RCA VICTOR 47-5162 (US) . Walking The Floor Over You / The Price I Paid For Loving You
1952 78 t. RCA VICTOR 20-5266 (US) . Mexican Joe / He Who Has Love
1952 SP RCA VICTOR 47-5266 (US) . Mexican Joe / He Who Has Love
1952 78 t. RCA VICTOR 20-5383 (US) . Falling / Please Play Our Song
1952 SP RCA VICTOR 47-5383 (US) . Falling / Please Play Our Song
1953 78 t. RCA VICTOR 20-5524 (US) . Kissing Bridge / Silver Bells
1953 SP RCA VICTOR 47-5524 (US) Kissing Bridge / Silver Bells
1954 78 t. RCA VICTOR 20-5581 (US) . Which Way To Your Heart / Fool Around
1954 SP RCA VICTOR 47-5581 (US) . Which Way To Your Heart / Fool Around
1954 78 t. RCA VICTOR 20-5612 (US) . Baion / Till Them
1954 SP RCA VICTOR 47-5612 (US) . Baion / Till Them
1954 78 t. DOT 15171 (US) . Happy Days And Lonely Nights / If I Didn't Have You
1954 SP DOT 45-15171 (US) . Happy Days And Lonely Nights / If I Didn't Have You
1954 78 t. DOT 15248 (US) . A Love Like You / Willow Weep For Me
1954 SP DOT 45-15248 (US) . A Love Like You / Willow Weep For Me
12/1954 78 t. DOT 15265 (US) . Bless Your Heart / Hearts Of Stone
12/1954 SP DOT 45-15265 (US) . Bless Your Heart / Hearts Of Stone
1954 EP DOT DEP-1019 (US) THE FONTANE SISTERS - Once In Awhile / Echoes Of Your Love / Take Everything / Happy Days And Lonely Nights
1954 EP DOT DEP-1020 (US) THE FONTANE SISTERS - Royal Garden Blues / If I Didn't Have You / Does Your Heart Beat For Me ? / Playmates
1955 78 t. DOT 15333 (US) . Rock Love / You're Mine
1955 SP DOT 45-15333 (US) . Rock Love / You're Mine
1955 78 t. DOT 15352 (US) . Most Of All / Put Me In The Mood
1955 SP DOT 45-15352 (US) . Most Of All / Put Me In The Mood
1955 78 t. DOT 15370 (US) . Playmates / Rollin' Stone
1955 SP DOT 45-15370 (US) . Playmates / Rollin' Stone
07/1955 78 t. DOT 15386 (US) . Seventeen / If I Could Be With You
07/1955 SP DOT 45-15386 (US) . Seventeen / If I Could Be With You
10/1955 78 t. DOT 15428 (US) . Adorable / Daddy-O
10/1955 SP DOT 45-15428 (US) . Adorable / Daddy-O
11/1955 78 t. DOT 15434 (US) . Silver Bells / Nuttin' For Christmas
11/1955 SP DOT 45-15434 (US) . Silver Bells / Nuttin' For Christmas
1955 EP VERSAILLES 90 S 136 (F) THE FONTANE SISTERS (VOL. I) - Seventeen / If I Could Be With You / Lonesome Lover Blues / Voices
11/1955 EP LONDON RED 1029 (UK) THE FONTANE SISTERS - VOLUME I - Once In Awhile / Happy Days And Lonely Nights / Does Your Heart Beat For Me ? / If I Didn't Have You
11/1955 EP LONDON RED 1037 (UK) THE FONTANE SISTERS - VOLUME II - Echoes Of Your Love / Take Everything / Playmates / Royal Garden Blues
02/1956 78 t. DOT 15450 (US) . Eddie My Love / Yum Yum
02/1956 SP DOT 45-15450 (US) . Eddie My Love / Yum Yum
04/1956 78 t. DOT 15462 (US) . I'm In Love Again / You Always Hurt The One You
04/1956 SP DOT 45-15462 (US) . I'm In Love Again / You Always Hurt The One You
06/1956 78 t. DOT 15480 (US) . Lonesome Lover Blues / Voices
06/1956 SP DOT 45-15480 (US) . Lonesome Lover Blues / Voices
09/1956 SP DOT 45-15501 (US) . Please Don't Leave Me / Still
11/1956 SP DOT 45-15527 (US) . Honolulu Moon / Banana Boat Song
1956 EP VERSAILLES 90 S 163 (F) CALYPSO - The Banana Boat Song (FONTANE SISTERS) / Dancing To The Rock And Rolla (FONTANE SISTERS) / Marianne (HILLTOPPERS) / Calypso Joe (Anna VALENTINO)
1957 SP DOT 45-15547 (US) . Dancing To The Rock And Rolla / I'm The One Who Loves You
1957 SP DOT 45-15555 (US) . I'm Stickin With You / Let The Rest Of The World
05/1957 SP DOT 45-15581 (US) . Fool Around / Which Way To Your Heart
1957 SP DOT 45-15682 (US) . Ain't It The Truth Side / Love Like A Fool
1958 SP DOT 45-15736 (US) . Chanson D'Amour / Coconut Grove
1958 SP DOT 45-15782 (US) . Buttermilk / Take A Step
10/1958 SP DOT 45-15853 (US) . Jealous Heart / Encore D'Amour
1958 EP VERSAILLES 90 S 212 (F) Chanson D'Amour / Let The Rest Of The World Go By / I'm Sticking With You / Cocoanut Groove
1959 SP DOT 45-15908 (US) . Billy Boy / Third Man Theme
1959 SP DOT 45-15943 (US) . You Are My Sunshine / A Lovers Hymn
1959 SP DOT 45-16014 (US) . Please Be Kind / Listen To Your Heart
1960 SP DOT 45-16059 (US) . Darling It's Wonderful / Theme From A Summer Place
1960 SP DOT S-222 (US) . Come Home Eddie / Lover's Leap
19?? SP COLLECTABLES  COL-90142 (US) .

Chanson D'Amour (FONTANE SISTERS) / I Met Him On A Sunday (Ronde-Ronde) (SHIRELLES)





Albums

1955 LP 10" ROYALE 18136 (US) FONTANE SISTERS AND ORCHESTRA - Linger In My Arms A Little Longer Baby / Missouri Waltz / It Couldn't Be True / My Fickle Eye / Tarantella / Dream Of Love / Butterfly Polka / Swanee Swing
1955 LP 10" DOT DLP-108 (US) THE FONTANE SISTERS - Once In A While / Echoes Of Your Love / Take Everything / Happy Days And Lonely Nights / Does Your Heart Beat For Me / Playmates / Royal Garden Blues / If I Didn't Have You
1956 LP 12" DOT DLP-3004 (US) THE FONTANE SISTERS SING... - . If I Didn't Have You / Happy Days And Lonely Nights / Hearts Of Stone / Rock Love / You're Mine / Most Of All / Put Me In The Mood / If I Could Be With You / Rolling Stone / Playmates / Seventeen / Bless Your Heart
1957 LP 12" DOT DLP-3042 (US) A VISIT WITH THE FONTANE SISTERS - Vaya Con Dios / Got You On My Mind / Oh What It Seemed To Be / Honolulu Moon / Old Piano Roll Blues / How Soon / I Understand / Save Your Sorrow / Waltz You Saved For Me / Don't Know Why / Ragtime Rock And Roll / Whispering Hope
1957 LP 12" LONDON HA-D 2053  (UK) THE FONTANES SINGS - If I Didn't Have You / Happy Days And Lonely Nights / Hearts Of Stone / Rock Love / You're Mine / Most Of All / Put Me In The Mood / Rollin' Stone / Playmates / Seventeen / If I Could Be With You / Bless Your Heart
1960 LP 12" DOT DLP-3294 (mono) / DLP-25294 (stereo) (US) SWEET HOUR OF PRAYER - I Love To Tell The Story / Jesus Is Tenderly Calling / Softly And Tenderly / Old Rugged Cross / Lead Kindly Light / In The Garden / Rock Of Ages / What A Friend We Have In Jesus / I Need Thee Every Hour / Abide With Me / Living For Jesus / Sweet Hour Of Prayer
1963 LP 12" DOT DLP-3531 (mono) / DLP-25531 (stereo) (US) TIPS OF MY FINGERS - Tips Of My Fingers / Moon River / Days Of Wine And Roses / She'll Have To Go / Ramblin' Rose / Everybody's Somebody's Fool / Yellow Bird / The Three Bells / I Left My Heart In San Francisco / Fly Me To The Moon / Wonderland By Night / Summertime Love
1966 LP 12" HAMILTON HLP-172 (mono) / HLP-12172 (stereo) (US) LOVE IS A HURTING GAME - I Understand / Royal Garden Blues / Mean To Me / Echo of Your Love / Cuban Love Song / Houseboat / Love Song / When I Grow Too Old To Dream / Always Late / Waiting Around
02/1984 LP 12" CHARLY CR 30229 (UK) ROCK LOVE - Seventeen / I'm Stickin' With You / Please Don't Leave Me / I'm In Love Again / Playmates / Hearts Of Stone / Love Like A Fool / You Are My Sunshine / Eddie My Love / Billy Boy / The Rock 'n' Rolla / Daddy-O / Jealous Heart / Most Of All / Banana Boat Song / Echoes Of Love
1986 LP 12" CHARLY CR 30257 (UK) Rock Again Love - Rock Love / Fool Around / You're Mine / Listen To Your Heart / Ragtime Rock 'n' Roll / The Old Piano Roll Blues / Rollin' Stone / Still / Chanson D'Amour / Got You On My Mind / You Always Hurt The One You Love / Lonesome Lover Blues / I Understand / If I Could Be With You
10/1994 CD VARESE VSD-5526 (US) HEART OF STONE - THE BEST OF THE FONTANE SISTERS - Happy Days And Lonely Nights / Hearts Of Stone / Rock Love / Rollin' Stone / If I Could Be With You / Seventeen / Adorable / Daddy-O / Eddie My Love / I'm In Love Again / Voices (with Pat BOONE) / Please Don't Leave Me / I'm Stickin' With You / Dancing To The Rock 'n' Rolla / Which Way To Your Heart / Summertime Love / Chanson D'Amour / Jealous Heart
11/2005 2 CD JASMINE JASCD 645 (UK) TILL THEN :
CD 1 : Till Then / Baion / Cold Cold Heart / Handsome Stranger / Grasshopper Heart (And A Butterfly Brain) / Can't We Talk It Over / Three Little Rings / Down Home Rag / Turtle Song / I'm A Little Cuckoo / Moon June Spoon / If You Would Only Be Mine / Rhumba Boogie / Silver Bells / Jing A Ling Jing A Ling / I Guess I'll Have To Dream The Rest / Fifth Wheel On The Wagon / Fortune Teller Song / There's Doubt In My Mind / Winter's Here Again / Lonesome Road / I Didn't Know What Time It Was / Kissing Bridge / Makin' Like A Train / What Did I Do / Bounce Bouncy Bally / Hurry Home To Me / Walkin' The Floor Over You / Grand Central Station / I Grabbed For The Engine
CD 2 : I Had A Talk With The Wind And The Rain / Falling / Please Play Our Song / Mexican Joe / I Wanna Be Loved / Underneath The Linden Tree / Mississippi Mud / Put Your Shoes On Lucy / Fairy Tales / Cinderella Work Song / Tennessee Waltz / I Get The Blues When It Rains / Alabama Jubilee / Snowflakes / River In The Moonlight / Fortune Teller Song / Castle Rock / Howdy Doody Christmas / Popcorn Song / Twenty Four Hours Of Sunshine / Bumpity Bus / If I Knew You Were Coming I'dve Baked A Cake / Price I Paid For Loving You / Let Me In / When I Dream / He Who Has Love / My Fickle Eye / It Couldn't Be True (Or Could It) / Linger In My Arms A Little Longer Baby / Missouri Waltz
10/2006 3 CD GOLDEN STARS 5449 (NL) CLASSIC HITS AND GOLDEN MEMORIES :
CD 1 : Tennesse Waltz / I Wanna Be Loved / I Didn't Know What Time It Was / I Had A Talk With The Wind & The Rain / Let Me In / Rhumba Boogie / Castle Rock / Cold, Cold Heart / Alabama Jubilee / Snowflakes / When I Dream / I Wanna Go Home (With You) (with Perry COMO) / There's No Boat Like A Row Boat (with Perry COMO) / To Know You (Is To Love You) (with Perry COMO)
CD 2 : 15. If You Would Only Be Mine / Winter's Here Again / Walkin' The Floor Over You / Price I Paid For Loving You / Mexican Joe / He Who Has Love / Please Play Our Song / Falling / Baion / Till Then / Kissing Bridge / Happy Days & Lonely Nights / Willow Weep For Me / Love Like You
CD 3 : Hearts Of Stone / Bless Your Heart / Rock Love / You're Mine / Most Of All / Put Me In The Mood / Rollin' Stone / Playmates / Seventeen / If I Could Be With You (One Hour Tonight) / Daddy-O / Adorable / Silver Bells / Nuttin' For Christmas
05/2007 CD REMEMBER 75125 (US) THEIR GREATEST HITS - Tennessee Waltz / Let Me In / Castle Rock / Cold, Cold Heart / Kissing Bridge / Happy Days And Lonely Nights / Echoes Of Love / Hearts Of Stone / Rock Love / Most Of All / Rollin’ Stone / Playmates / Seventeen / If I Could Be With You (One Hour Tonight) / Daddy O / Adorable / Nuttin' For Christmas / Eddie My Love / I'm In Love Again / Voices (narration by Pat Boone) / Lonesome Lover Blues (narration by Pat Boone) / Please Don’t Leave Me / Still / Banan Boat Song (Day-0) / Honolulu Moon
07/2011 2 CD JASMINE JASCD 680 (UK) ROCK LOVE :
CD 1 : Hearts Of Stone / (Remember Me) I'm The One Who Loves You / Ain't It The Truth / Theme From "A Summer Place" / Seventeen / Voices / Playmates / Most Of All / Lover's Leap / Third Man Theme / Buttermilk / Oh, What It Seemed To Be / I'm In Love Again / Encore D'Amour / Honolulu Moon / Ragtime Rock And Roll / Eddie My Love / Which Way To Your Heart / Vaya Con Dios / The Old Piano Roll Blues / Yum Yum / Coconut Grove / How Soon (Will I Be Seeing You) / Summertime Love / If I Could Be With You / Whispering Hope / Got You On My Mind / You're Mine / A Lover's Hymn / Please Don't Leave Me / Please Be Kind / The Waltz You Saved For Me / I Understand / Daddy-O Vocals
CD 2 : Rock Love / Still / Love Like A Fool / Adorable / Dancing To The Rock And Rolla / Lonesome Lover Blues / A Love Like You / Darling, It's Wonderful / Come Home, Eddie / I'm Stickin' With You / Chanson D'Amour / Rollin' Stone / Take A Step / You Are My Sunshine / Listen To Your Heart / Jealous Heart / The Banana Boat Song / You Always Hurt The One You Love / Fool Around / Billy Boy / Let The Rest Of The World Go By / I Love To Tell The Story / Calling Today / Softly And Tenderly / The Old Rugged Cross / Lead Kindly, Light / In The Garden / Rock Of Ages / What A Friend We Have In Jesus / I Need Thee Every Hour / Living For Jesus / Abide With Me / Sweet Hour Of Prayer
2017 2 CD ACROBAT ADDCD3223 (UK)

The Singles Collection 1946-60 :
CD 1 : Fontaine Sisters with Walter Gross & His Orch. : It Couldn't Be True (Or Could It) / Linger In My Arms A Little Longer, Baby / Perry Como with The Fontaine Sisters : N'Yot N'yow / FONTANE SISTERS : Underneath The Linden Tree / Perry Como with The Fontaine Sisters : "A" You're Adorable / A Dreamer's Holiday / I Wanna Go Home / Bibbity-Bobbity-Boo / Hoop-Dee-Doo / FONTANE SISTERS : I Wanna Be Loved / Perry Como with The Fontaine Sisters : I Cross My Fingers / You're Just In Love / FONTANE SISTERS : Tennessee Waltz / Sons Of The Pioneers & The Fontane Sisters : Grasshopper Heart / Fontane Sisters with Texas Jim Robertson : Let Me In / FONTANE SISTERS : The Fortune Teller Song / Perry Como with The Fontaine Sisters : There's No Boat Like A Rowboat / FONTANE SISTERS : Rhumba Boogie / Castle Rock / Perry Como with The Fontaine Sisters : Rollin' Stone / FONTANE SISTERS : Cold, Cold Heart / Perry Como with The Fontaine Sisters : It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas / To Know You Is To Love You / FONTANE SISTERS : Kissing Bridge / Happy Days And Lonely Nights / Willow Weep For Me / Hearts Of Stone / Bless Your Heart
CD 2 : Fontane Sisters : Rock Of Love / You're Mine / Most Of All / Rollin' Stone / Playmates / Seventeen / If I Could Be With You / Daddy-O / Adorable / Nuttin' For Christmas / Eddie My Love / Yum, Yum / I'm In Love Again / The Fontane Sisters with Pat Boone : Voices / FONTANE SISTERS : Lonesome Lover Blues / Please Don't Leave Me / Still / Honolulu Moon / The Banana Boat Song / Dancing To The Rock 'n' Rolla / I'm Stickin' With You / Fool Around / Ain't It The Truth / Chanson D'Amour / Buttermilk / Encore D'Amour / Jealous Heart / Billy Boy / You Are My Sunshine / Listen To Your Heart / Theme From "A Summer Place" / Come Home Eddie

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