4GEMWORKS COMPLETE FOUR COLOR EMPORIUM
Four Color 951

COMIC DETAILS

Comic Description: Four Color #951 Universal
Grade: 9.6
Page Quality: OFF-WHITE
Certification #: 0951943005
Owner: 4GEMWORKS

SET DETAILS

Winning Set: 4GEMWORKS COMPLETE FOUR COLOR EMPORIUM
Date Added: 12/15/2009
Research: See CGC's Census Report for this Comic

Owner's Description

The Lennon Sisters Life Story 11/58 First of Two Lennon Sister appearances in Four Color.
Photo Cover: The Lennon Sisters [Kathy; Dianne; Janet; Peggy]
Pencils & Inks: Alex Toth

This is the single best copy graded to date of five submitted.


Table of Contents
1. 1. The Lennon Sisters at Work
[The Lennon Sisters]
2. 2. The Lennon Sisters' Life Story
The Lennon Sisters
3. 3. The Lennon Sisters' Favorite Games
4. 4. The Lennon Sisters' Favorite Recipes
5. 5. Let's Polka With The Lennon Sisters
6. 6. The Lennon Sisters at Home
[The Lennon Sisters]
7. 7. [The Lennon Sisters Pinup]
[The Lennon Sisters] Also the back cover of this copy
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A little about the Lennon Sisters from Wikipedia:

Career
The quartet debuted on The Lawrence Welk Show on Christmas Eve 1955[1] after their school classmate, Larry Welk, son of Lawrence Welk, brought them to the attention of his father. Welk was home, sick in bed, when his son brought the sisters in to sing for him. He was so impressed he picked up the phone and booked them for that week's show. They were a mainstay on the show until they left to start a career of their own in 1968. The quartet was only three members from 1960 to 1964; oldest sister Dianne (also called Dee Dee) married, left the group, and then rejoined them. Peggy sang the high harmony part, Kathy the low harmony, and Janet and Dianne sang the middle harmony and lead parts. Janet also specialized in barbershop or counter-harmony, taught her by her Dad (who performed during the big band era as one of a quartet with his own three brothers), and the girls idolized Patti Page's multi-track vocal sound, feeling they achieved something close to her smooth blend in their Dot recording of "Stars Fell On Alabama." Kathy was especially fond of Connie Francis, evident in her solo Spanish recording of "Malaguena Salerosa," which showcased her impressive vocal range, & the sisters made no secret that they were huge fans of the innovative, intricate musical stylings of both The Andrews Sisters and The Mills Brothers.[2]
Their first hit, "Tonight, You Belong to Me" reached to #15 on the charts in 1956. This was followed by their 1961 single, "Sad Movies (Make Me Cry)", (Dot 16255), which turned out to be their highest-charting record. It provided them with the only number #1 single of their career, reaching the top of the charts in Japan. While much is written of the group's singing on television, they also recorded frequently for Dot Records in the 1950s & 1960s, producing over a dozen stereo albums featuring their own interpretations of tried and true standards like "Among My Souvenirs," "Moon River," "Twilight Time," & many other popular songs, including some that they were best associated with, like "Scarlet Ribbons," "Greensleeves," and Schubert's "Ave Maria." A themed LP entitled "Dominique" featured the singers with their musically talented siblings & cousins performing a variety of 1960s folk songs, including "Where Have All the Flowers Gone," "If I Had My Way (The Sermon of Samson)," as well as the title track. Items such as coloring books, paper dolls and story books were produced with the Lennon sisters.[4]
In 1969, the sisters starred in their own variety show, Jimmy Durante Presents the Lennon Sisters Hour. Six weeks before the show premiered on August 12, the sisters were forced to deal with the shooting death of their father, William Lennon, by a stalker named Chet Young, who believed himself married to Peggy and claimed their father stood in the way and had to be eliminated. Young shot William Lennon in the parking lot of the Marina Del Rey golf course; two months later he used the same weapon to commit suicide. The sisters discovered an unopened letter containing a cut out of their father, a picture of a gun pointed at his head, and the words "High Noon" (the time of the murder). (Source, Dr. Doreen Orion, I Know You Really Love Me) In the wake of the murder, Jimmy Durante Presents The Lennon Sisters Hour lasted one season before it was cancelled by ABC.
In the 1970s, the sisters performed regularly on The Andy Williams Show, and toured with Williams across the country including engagements at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas. They also appeared on several game shows as well, such as Family Feud, Tattletales and The Hollywood Squares. From 1994 to 2004, the quartet performed as headliners at the Welk Champagne Theater in the Ozark community of Branson, Missouri. When Peggy retired from singing in 1999, younger sister Mimi took her place, and when Dianne left for a second time in 2001, the act became a trio again for the rest of its run in Branson.[5]
The four original Lennon Sisters wrote their autobiography Same Song, Separate Voices, which was originally published in 1985 and updated a decade later.
Two of their five brothers, Kipp & Pat Lennon make up part of the band Venice along with first cousins Michael and Mark Lennon. [6]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lennon_Sisters
 
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