The Cooperettes

[blueskies]

http://www.crystalballrecords.com/girl-group-female-lead/ladies-with-soul-the-cooperettes-meet-the-apollas.html

Anyone out there know anyting about this group?

[roger]

http://www.crystalballrecords.com/girl-group-female-lead/ladies-with-soul-the-cooperettes-meet-the-apollas.html

Anyone out there know anyting about this group?

Presumably these are the COOPERETTES who did "Shing A Ling" on Brunswick ..

http://www.discogs.com/Cooperettes-Shing-A-Ling-Life-Has-No-Meaning-Now/release/1364313

The song has been posted on You-tube ..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdkcd35QwSA

It was one of Weldon MacDougall's "Harthon" productions so presumably they were from Philly ..

One of the posters on that You-Tube link states that the group are his/her Mother and Aunts so no doubt he/she will know a lot more. :)

Roger

[jsmith]

Here they are backing up BEnny Sigler in 1968 .....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrN4jtB9RGw

[jsmith]

Under another youtube clip it states this ....
THE COOPERETTES ARE 4 SISTERS: JANETTE, DEBBIE, TINA AND ANGIE, THAT WERE MANAGED BY THEIR MOTHER ETHYL WHO ARRANGED A RECORDING CONTRACT WITH A MAJOR LABEL BRUNSWICK RECORDS. THEY STARTED OUT AS A GOSPEL GROUP.

[blueskies]

Thanks to everyone for the information.