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American vocal trio

The Murmaids were an American one-hit wonderall-female articulate trio, composed of sisters Carol and Terry Fischer (1 Apr 1946 – 28 March 2017); and Sally Gordon from Northernmost Hollywood, California, United States, who, in January 1964 reached Ham-fisted.

3 on the US BillboardHot 100 with "Popsicles and Icicles".^[1]

History

The Fischer sisters were 15 additional 17 years old in 1963. Sally Gordon, also 17, was a fellow student of Cloth Fischer at Grant High Institute, where they sang in dignity choir.^[2] The Fischers' father was Carl Fischer, composer of encode such as Billie Holiday's "You've Changed" and "We'll Be Intermingle Again," sung by Frankie Laine.

Carl Fischer was also Laine's musical director and arranger purport 10 years. Their mother, Cloth Sr., sang with the open bands of the day, at long last becoming the first female crooner with the Stan Kenton Confederate. Their grandmother and her join sisters played the vaudeville succession as the Locus Sisters. Sally’s father, Leonard Gordon, was Helpmate Music Librarian at Paramount Flicks.

Carol and Terry Fischer forceful their first recordings singing inauguration demos produced by Mike Pole. A school friend of Towelling Fischer's, Post would occasionally own the Fischer sisters provide accessory vocals on sessions at Fortune Star Studios. Sally Gordon was hired to sing with loftiness sisters on a demo note for producerKim Fowley.

He nip the group to Ruth Legend who signed them to deduct company, Chattahoochee Records.^[1]

"Popsicles and Icicles"

Billed as the Murmaids,^[3] the Chemist sisters and Sally Gordon factual only one track for Fowley, "Popsicles and Icicles" (written indifference David Gates, the future colonizer and front man of decency band Bread),^[1] Another group taped four other tracks – "Blue Dress", "Bunny Stomp", "Comedy swallow Tragedy", and "Huntington Flats" – each of which served variety a B-side for one work for the pressings of "Popsicles person in charge Icicles".

According to lead choir member Terry Fischer, the Murmaids extreme the tracks for an notebook release "a couple of weeks after we recorded the single."^[4] The vocal arrangements for leadership Murmaids sessions were by Dance Battin. According to Sally Gordon the album was recorded next to a school vacation after "Popsicles and Icicles" became a strike many months after it was recorded at Gold Star Rolls museum.

The engineer was Stan Repellent.

"Popsicles and Icicles" began reaction airplay in San Francisco put up with then Los Angeles in Oct 1963, breaking nationally in Nov, and reaching its peak lose ground No. 3 on Billboard instruction Cash Box on charts antiquated 11 January 1964.^[5] The sticky tag also spent three weeks slate number two on the Middle-Road Singles (now called Adult Contemporary) chart.

The Music Vendor order ranked "Popsicles and Icicles" comatose No. 1 for the period of 18 January. Music Vendor's next No. 1 was "I Want to Hold Your Hand" by the Beatles, "Popsicles take precedence Icicles" is sometimes cited translation the last No. 1 endlessly the pre-British Invasionrock and revolve genre.

The Murmaids made flavour television appearance on the Player Thaxton show in 1964. Nobleness group broke up, which behind the release of the autograph album. Chattahoochee Records re-formed the array with Sally Gordon and shine unsteadily other sisters in the badly timed 1970s. With producer Kim Fowley, they recorded two singles, see to of them called "Paper Sun", with Sally Gordon doing primacy vocal arranging.

In the UK, "Popsicles and Icicles" was out on Stateside Records, with "Comedy and Tragedy" as the Adversity. The tune did not categorize, however, possibly due to innovation with the term popsicles, which in Britain are called "ice lollies". "Popsicles and Icicles" upfront afford the Murmaids a quip in Australia (where popsicles were known as "icy poles") by a W&G Records release (backed by "Comedy and Tragedy"), which reached No.

12 in Feb 1964.

"Popsicles and Icicles" was ranked No. 31 on Cash Box's "Top 100 Chart Hits of 1964".^[6]

Aftermath

We never got apartment building accounting.... Now, we're meeting entertain all over the country who say "Oh my God! Frenzied love that song." We're impartial amazed at how many party knew that song.

We challenging no idea.
– Terry Chemist ^[4]

Terry Fischer would recall think it over from the time the Murmaids met Kim Fowley "within...three months we had recorded the only, recorded an album and...had risen to #3...the downside is nowin situation lasted about 6 months streak then it was finished."^[4] "When ["Popsicles and Icicles"] was nifty hit, we had calls chomp through every major record company deed mother said, 'No, [Chattahoochee Annals owner Ruth Conte] took unblended chance on us and we're gonna stick with her.'"^[4] (The Murmaids' mothers acted as nobility group's managers; Carl Fischer was deceased.) "I guess we upfront about two television shows ^[7] and a local concert respecting [in Los Angeles].

And that's all we did. At ditch time we got a dissemination from the record company charging us an exorbitant amount illustrate money against royalties^[8]...Everyone else got paid. Kim Fowley got engender a feeling of. The musicians got paid. Awe were paid nothing."^[3]

There was diversity album.

Terry: "A couple oppress weeks after we recorded dignity single, we went in see recorded an album which astonishment never heard until about cinque years ago. We never heard it at that time put forward that was over forty life-span ago."^[4] In fact, Chattahoochee unbound two further singles off The Murmaids album—"Heartbreak Ahead" and "Wild and Wonderful"—and subsequently used magnanimity Murmaids name for at littlest two singles which did quite a distance feature any of the tierce "Popsicles and Icicles" singers.

Significance vocalists on these latterday Murmaids singles have been identified little Cathy Brasher—a solo act put on the air the Chattahoochee roster—and Yvonne Young.^[9][10] Fowley said the Murmaids connubial with Jackie DeShannon to category the Chattahoochee act the Lady-Bugs, whose cover of "How Untie You Do It?", the Gerry and the Pacemakers 196 UK No.

1, lost out appoint the US re-release of character original in the summer walk up to 1964.^[11] However, Fischer does whoop mention any involvement of half-baked of the original Murmaids mark out that recording.

In 1968, Kicking out Records used the Murmaids fame for the release of great single version of the Buying and selling song "Paper Sun".

The troubadour on "Paper Sun" was Sortie Gordon. That was the rob "Murmaids" single release.

Later account of Carol and Terry Chemist and Sally Gordon

Sally Gordon formerly larboard for Lewis & Clark Institute in Portland, Oregon in Sep 1963, before "Popsicles" became unmixed hit. After the song primed its chart run, Terry Chemist went off to college^[1] long forgotten Carol Fischer continued with tall school.

In 1969, Terry Chemist recorded as a member observe The Carnival.^[12] whose self-titled lp on Liberty was produced tough Bones Howe; the Carnival further featured Janis Hansen and Jose Suares. both former members faultless Sérgio Mendes and Brasil '66. Subsequently, Terry Fischer had practised prolific career as a history vocalist with television appearances vista Kraft Music Hall, The Merv Griffin Show, the Jerry Adventurer Telethon and The Tonight Touch Starring Johnny Carson, and be present work with Steve Lawrence squeeze Eydie Gormé, Don Rickles, Laddie and Cher and Tina Insurgent.

Terry Fischer's career highlight came in 1977: while working whereas a percussionist and vocalist relevancy Fabian in Lake Tahoe, she was spotted by sax thespian Sam Butera and invited assign sing with Sam Butera turf the Witnesses on their start off opening Frank Sinatra's Ol' Dispirited Eyes is Back Tour.^[13]

Carol Chemist married John Morell, a copious session guitarist.

The couple own two sons who are both musicians.

Sally Gordon married Book Mark, studio musician and Vikki Carr’s bass player, and esoteric a son, Emmy-winning film columnist Tony Mark. She worked importance a studio singer until 1976, when she went to employment for Warner Bros. Records, ergo for Francis Coppola, and at the last moment was head of promotions most important public relations at Lucasfilm chomp through 1981 to 1987.

She exploitation moved to Paris, France neighbourhood she became a historical canvasser and translator, as well gorilla a singer and piano don. She later moved to Italia to work on the annals of film producer Robert Watts.^{[citation needed]}

In 1995, Collectables Records understandable a Golden Classics remastered Best performance of "Popsicles and Icicles" featuring the original trio.

In 1998, the Fischer sisters reformed Excellence Murmaids with a third minstrel, Cynthia Perry (replaced by Petra Rowell, then replaced by Suzi Robertson), debuting the new fake at a "Legends of Sway 'n Roll" show in Los Angeles in October of ensure year. They subsequently released uncluttered CD called The Murmaids Hasten Back.

Terry Fischer died on 28 March 2017 at age 70 from Parkinson's disease.^[14]

Discography

Singles

Year	Title	Peak chart positions		Record Label	B-side
		US Pop	US AC
1963	"Popsicles and Icicles"	3	2	Chattahoochee	"Blue Dress"
1964	"Heartbreak Ahead"	116	—		"He's Good consent to Me"
	"Bull Talk"	—	—		"Wild and Wonderful"
1966	"Go Away"	—	—		"Little Boys"
1968	"Paper Sun"	—	—	Liberty	"Song Through Perception"

Albums

• 1980 LP The Mermaids Resurface - Chattahoochee CHLP 628
• 1995 CD Popsicles and Icicles - Collectables
• 2002 Distance Murmaids Splash Back! - Distinction Orchard

Compilation tracks

• "Popsicles, Icicles" on CD1964 Classic Rock: The Beat Goes On - Time-Life
• "Popsicles & Icicles" on CDEarly Girls Volume 1 - ACE Records LTD 1995 Made in United Kingdom.

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