The Kittens were from Chicago's West Side. They included Joan Montgomery [[wife of The Vows' Larry Montgomery, Bernice Wills from Farragut High school, and Marshall High's Thelma Mack and her cousin Laurel Ross. They started off in 1964 [[as a 4-member group), managed by Ruth Moore, and recorded for her and Bob Lee on their small Chicago Indie label, Vick Records [[distributed by Leo Austell's Renee Records). They later worked with arranger/producer Johnny Pate with ABC-Paramount from late 1964 through early 1966, and moved on to Chess [[as a trio), after Joan retired, to have a family. At Chess, they worked with Gerald Sims and Carl Davis during 1967-68. I saw them appear locally a few times during the mid '60s.
There's a CD out now that has many of their ABC and Chess songs:
THE CHICAGO GIRLS - The Kittens The Du-Ettes & Fantaisions. It likely has a photograph of them in its booklet.
I have a photo of them from their Vick period, that was given to me by Don Montgomerie, who used to post here a lot back from 2001-2007. I'm not where the photo is right now, but, in any case, I wouldn't post the photo without his permission. I had promised him I would just keep it for my own reference, and not publish it. Don is the nephew [[adopted son) of Larry Montgomery, [[member of The Vows/Major's/Majors/Major IV) and Joan. The Vows were also managed by Ruth Moore.
My friend, Bob Abrahamian [[may he rest in peace), had an interview on his "Sitting In The Park" radio programme [[and website) of Three of The Kittens' members [[minus Joan).
Here's a link to it:
http://www.sittinginthepark.com/inte...s-7-9-2006.mp3
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