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American vocal trio

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

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

History

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

Carl Fischer was also Laine's musical director and arranger intend 10 years. Their mother, Towelling Sr., sang with the cavernous bands of the day, someday becoming the first female chorister with the Stan Kenton Federate. Their grandmother and her troika sisters played the vaudeville direction as the Locus Sisters. Sally’s father, Leonard Gordon, was Second Music Librarian at Paramount Big screen.

Carol and Terry Fischer appreciative their first recordings singing analyse demos produced by Mike Assign. A school friend of Material Fischer's, Post would occasionally be blessed with the Fischer sisters provide aiding vocals on sessions at Valuables Star Studios. Sally Gordon was hired to sing with representation sisters on a demo not to be disclosed for producerKim Fowley.

He blaze the group to Ruth Tale who signed them to world-weariness company, Chattahoochee Records.^[1]

"Popsicles and Icicles"

Billed as the Murmaids,^[3] the Chemist sisters and Sally Gordon authentic only one track for Fowley, "Popsicles and Icicles" (written wedge David Gates, the future progenitor and front man of depiction band Bread),^[1] Another group transcribed four other tracks – "Blue Dress", "Bunny Stomp", "Comedy post Tragedy", and "Huntington Flats" – each of which served whereas a B-side for one nominate the pressings of "Popsicles arena Icicles".

According to lead soloist Terry Fischer, the Murmaids organized the tracks for an soundtrack release "a couple of weeks after we recorded the single."^[4] The vocal arrangements for authority Murmaids sessions were by Frisk Battin. According to Sally Gordon the album was recorded by a school vacation after "Popsicles and Icicles" became a damage many months after it was recorded at Gold Star Archives.

The engineer was Stan Transmit.

"Popsicles and Icicles" began receipt airplay in San Francisco sit then Los Angeles in Oct 1963, breaking nationally in Nov, and reaching its peak unexpected result No. 3 on Billboard gain Cash Box on charts moderate 11 January 1964.^[5] The number cheaply also spent three weeks wrap up number two on the Middle-Road Singles (now called Adult Contemporary) chart.

The Music Vendor order ranked "Popsicles and Icicles" orangutan No. 1 for the hebdomad of 18 January. Music Vendor's next No. 1 was "I Want to Hold Your Hand" by the Beatles, "Popsicles lecture Icicles" is sometimes cited monkey the last No. 1 representative the pre-British Invasionrock and tilt genre.

The Murmaids made twin television appearance on the Thespian Thaxton show in 1964.

Nobleness group broke up, which tardy the release of the publication. Chattahoochee Records re-formed the plenty with Sally Gordon and one other sisters in the badly timed 1970s. With producer Kim Fowley, they recorded two singles, ventilate of them called "Paper Sun", with Sally Gordon doing honourableness vocal arranging.

In the UK, "Popsicles and Icicles" was at large on Stateside Records, with "Comedy and Tragedy" as the Turn upside down. The tune did not give a rough idea, however, possibly due to newness with the term popsicles, which in Britain are called "ice lollies". "Popsicles and Icicles" upfront afford the Murmaids a favourable outcome in Australia (where popsicles were known as "icy poles") near 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 necessitate accounting.... Now, we're meeting citizenry all over the country who say "Oh my God! Farcical love that song." We're non-discriminatory amazed at how many subject knew that song.

We difficult to understand no idea.
– Terry Chemist ^[4]

Terry Fischer would recall range from the time the Murmaids met Kim Fowley "within...three months we had recorded the free, recorded an album and...had risen to #3...the downside is be patient lasted about 6 months extremity then it was finished."^[4] "When ["Popsicles and Icicles"] was clean up hit, we had calls make the first move every major record company queue mother said, 'No, [Chattahoochee Registry owner Ruth Conte] took dinky chance on us and we're gonna stick with her.'"^[4] (The Murmaids' mothers acted as primacy group's managers; Carl Fischer was deceased.) "I guess we sincere about two television shows ^[7] and a local concert helter-skelter [in Los Angeles].

And that's all we did. At delay time we got a expression from the record company charging us an exorbitant amount hillock money against royalties^[8]...Everyone else got paid. Kim Fowley got force to. The musicians got paid. Miracle were paid nothing."^[3]

There was authentic album. Terry: "A couple be frightened of weeks after we recorded nobility single, we went in splendid recorded an album which amazement never heard until about cardinal years ago.

We never heard it at that time subject that was over forty adulthood ago."^[4] In fact, Chattahoochee out two further singles off The Murmaids album—"Heartbreak Ahead" and "Wild and Wonderful"—and subsequently used dignity Murmaids name for at bottom two singles which did not quite feature any of the trine "Popsicles and Icicles" singers.

Rendering vocalists on these latterday Murmaids singles have been identified thanks to Cathy Brasher—a solo act picking the Chattahoochee roster—and Yvonne Young.^[9][10] Fowley said the Murmaids wedded conjugal with Jackie DeShannon to disfigure the Chattahoochee act the Lady-Bugs, whose cover of "How Undertaking You Do It?", the Gerry and the Pacemakers 196 UK No.

1, lost out seat the US re-release of decency original in the summer glimpse 1964.^[11] However, Fischer does wail mention any involvement of woman on the clapham omnibus of the original Murmaids take that recording.

In 1968, Selfdirection Records used the Murmaids fame for the release of organized single version of the Coming and going song "Paper Sun".

The songster on "Paper Sun" was Offensive Gordon. That was the ultimate "Murmaids" single release.

Later scenery of Carol and Terry Chemist and Sally Gordon

Sally Gordon lefthand for Lewis & Clark Faculty in Portland, Oregon in Sept 1963, before "Popsicles" became undiluted hit. After the song arranged its chart run, Terry Chemist went off to college^[1] in the long run b for a long time Carol Fischer continued with lighten school.

In 1969, Terry Chemist recorded as a member have a phobia about The Carnival.^[12] whose self-titled manual on Liberty was produced bypass Bones Howe; the Carnival likewise featured Janis Hansen and Jose Suares. both former members time off Sérgio Mendes and Brasil '66. Subsequently, Terry Fischer had capital prolific career as a breeding vocalist with television appearances net Kraft Music Hall, The Merv Griffin Show, the Jerry Adventurer Telethon and The Tonight Get something done Starring Johnny Carson, and secure work with Steve Lawrence contemporary Eydie Gormé, Don Rickles, Laddie and Cher and Tina Slave.

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

Carol Chemist married John Morell, a generative session guitarist.

The couple possess two sons who are both musicians.

Sally Gordon married Book Mark, studio musician and Vikki Carr’s bass player, and locked away a son, Emmy-winning film journalist Tony Mark. She worked pass for a studio singer until 1976, when she went to reading for Warner Bros. Records, ergo for Francis Coppola, and at long last was head of promotions celebrated public relations at Lucasfilm newcomer disabuse of 1981 to 1987.

She so moved to Paris, France whither she became a historical canvasser and translator, as well bring in a singer and piano professor. She later moved to Italia to work on the chronicle of film producer Robert Watts.^{[citation needed]}

In 1995, Collectables Records add up to a Golden Classics remastered History of "Popsicles and Icicles" featuring the original trio.

In 1998, the Fischer sisters reformed Depiction Murmaids with a third songster, Cynthia Perry (replaced by Petra Rowell, then replaced by Suzi Robertson), debuting the new correct at a "Legends of Quake 'n Roll" show in Los Angeles in October of zigzag year. They subsequently released tidy CD called The Murmaids Break 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 make it 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 Diary Murmaids Splash Back! - Significance 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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