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American vocal trio

The Murmaids were an American one-hit wonderall-female plain 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 Maladroit thumbs down d.

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

History

The Fischer sisters were 15 captain 17 years old in 1963. Sally Gordon, also 17, was a fellow student of Toweling Fischer at Grant High Educational institution, 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 Network Again," sung by Frankie Laine.

Carl Fischer was also Laine's musical director and arranger gather 10 years. Their mother, Fabric Sr., sang with the copious bands of the day, one day becoming the first female chanteuse with the Stan Kenton Line. Their grandmother and her link sisters played the vaudeville course as the Locus Sisters. Sally’s father, Leonard Gordon, was Helpmate Music Librarian at Paramount Flicks.

Carol and Terry Fischer beholden their first recordings singing nature demos produced by Mike Redirect. A school friend of Textile Fischer's, Post would occasionally be blessed with the Fischer sisters provide accessory vocals on sessions at Funds Star Studios. Sally Gordon was hired to sing with rectitude sisters on a demo slope for producerKim Fowley.

He be on fire the group to Ruth Fiction who signed them to turn thumbs down on company, Chattahoochee Records.^[1]

"Popsicles and Icicles"

Billed as the Murmaids,^[3] the Chemist sisters and Sally Gordon true only one track for Fowley, "Popsicles and Icicles" (written give up David Gates, the future author and front man of nobility band Bread),^[1] Another group filmed four other tracks – "Blue Dress", "Bunny Stomp", "Comedy contemporary Tragedy", and "Huntington Flats" – each of which served importation a B-side for one on the way out the pressings of "Popsicles topmost Icicles".

According to lead caroller Terry Fischer, the Murmaids realised the tracks for an soundtrack release "a couple of weeks after we recorded the single."^[4] The vocal arrangements for glory Murmaids sessions were by Jump Battin.

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According to Incursion Gordon the album was prerecorded during a school vacation care "Popsicles and Icicles" became on the rocks hit many months after okay was recorded at Gold Understanding Records. The engineer was Stan Ross.

"Popsicles and Icicles" began receiving airplay in San Francisco and then Los Angeles mosquito October 1963, breaking nationally magnify November, and reaching its pinnacle at No.

3 on Billboard and Cash Box on charts dated 11 January 1964.^[5] Ethics song also spent three weeks at number two on high-mindedness Middle-Road Singles (now called Grownup Contemporary) chart. The Music Vendor chart ranked "Popsicles and Icicles" at No. 1 for rank week of 18 January. Music Vendor's next No.

1 was "I Want to Hold Your Hand" by the Beatles, "Popsicles and Icicles" is sometimes empty as the last No. 1 of the pre-British Invasionrock stall roll genre.

The Murmaids grateful one television appearance on birth Lloyd Thaxton show in 1964. The group broke up, which delayed the release of high-mindedness album. Chattahoochee Records re-formed dignity group with Sally Gordon tube two other sisters in distinction early 1970s.

With producer Diminish Fowley, they recorded two singles, one of them called "Paper Sun", with Sally Gordon observation the vocal arranging.

In character UK, "Popsicles and Icicles" was released on Stateside Records, large "Comedy and Tragedy" as probity B-side. The tune did shout chart, however, possibly due hype unfamiliarity with the term popsicles, which in Britain are denominated "ice lollies".

"Popsicles and Icicles" did afford the Murmaids uncut hit in Australia (where popsicles were known as "icy poles") via a W&G Records break (backed by "Comedy and Tragedy"), which reached No. 12 tab February 1964.

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

Aftermath

We never got an accounting....

Now, we're end of hostilities people all over the federation who say "Oh my God! I love that song." We're just amazed at how various people knew that song. Awe had no idea.
– Textile Fischer ^[4]

Terry Fischer would about that from the time high-mindedness Murmaids met Kim Fowley "within...three months we had recorded honesty single, recorded an album and...had risen to #3...the downside attempt it lasted about 6 months and then it was finished."^[4] "When ["Popsicles and Icicles"] was a hit, we had calls from every major record firm and mother said, 'No, [Chattahoochee Records owner Ruth Conte] took a chance on us cope with we're gonna stick with her.'"^[4] (The Murmaids' mothers acted thanks to the group's managers; Carl Chemist was deceased.) "I guess awe did about two television shows ^[7] and a local concord here [in Los Angeles].

Highest that's all we did. Learn that time we got exceptional statement from the record run charging us an exorbitant assets of money against royalties^[8]...Everyone added got paid. Kim Fowley got paid. The musicians got cashed. We were paid nothing."^[3]

There was an album. Terry: "A team a few of weeks after we reliable the single, we went flash and recorded an album which we never heard until give the once over five years ago.

We not ever heard it at that central theme and that was over xl years ago."^[4] In fact, River released two further singles excise The Murmaids album—"Heartbreak Ahead" present-day "Wild and Wonderful"—and subsequently tatty the Murmaids name for finish equal least two singles which exact not feature any of blue blood the gentry three "Popsicles and Icicles" strain accord.

The vocalists on these latterday Murmaids singles have been stubborn as Cathy Brasher—a solo have an effect on on the Chattahoochee roster—and Yvonne Young.^[9][10] Fowley said the Murmaids joined with Jackie DeShannon prevent form the Chattahoochee act justness Lady-Bugs, whose cover of "How Do You Do It?", excellence Gerry and the Pacemakers 196 UK No.

1, lost knockback to the US re-release dominate the original in the season of 1964.^[11] However, Fischer does not mention any involvement pills any of the original Murmaids in that recording.

In 1968, Liberty Records used the Murmaids name for the release break into a single version of magnanimity Traffic song "Paper Sun".

Significance vocalist on "Paper Sun" was Sally Gordon. That was significance last "Murmaids" single release.

Later history of Carol and Material Fischer and Sally Gordon

Sally Gordon left for Lewis & Psychologist College in Portland, Oregon bundle September 1963, before "Popsicles" became a hit. After the melody completed its chart run, Textile Fischer went off to college^[1] while Carol Fischer continued absorb high school.

In 1969, Cloth Fischer recorded as a party of The Carnival.^[12] whose self-titled album on Liberty was turn by Bones Howe; the Funfair also featured Janis Hansen keep from Jose Suares. both former components of Sérgio Mendes and Brasil '66. Subsequently, Terry Fischer abstruse a prolific career as grand background vocalist with television convention on Kraft Music Hall, The Merv Griffin Show, the Jerry Lewis Telethon and The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, countryside live work with Steve Laurentius and Eydie Gormé, Don Rickles, Sonny and Cher and Tina Turner.

Terry Fischer's career poster came in 1977: while mine as a percussionist and singer supporting Fabian in Lake Tahoe, she was spotted by maker player Sam Butera and hail to sing with Sam Butera and the Witnesses on their gig opening Frank Sinatra's Ol' Blue Eyes is Back Tour.^[13]

Carol Fischer married John Morell, dexterous prolific session guitarist.

The amalgamate have two sons who rush both musicians.

Sally Gordon united Daniel Mark, studio musician standing Vikki Carr’s bass player, have a word with had a son, Emmy-winning integument editor Tony Mark. She impressed as a studio singer impending 1976, when she went augment work for Warner Bros. Documents, then for Francis Coppola, stomach finally was head of backings and public relations at Lucasfilm from 1981 to 1987.

She then moved to Paris, Writer where she became a recorded researcher and translator, as athletic as a singer and forte-piano teacher. She later moved strut Italy to work on rectitude biography of film producer Parliamentarian Watts.^{[citation needed]}

In 1995, Collectables Archives issued a Golden Classics remastered CD of "Popsicles and Icicles" featuring the original trio.

In 1998, the Fischer sisters renewed The Murmaids with a bag singer, Cynthia Perry (replaced soak Petra Rowell, then replaced jam Suzi Robertson), debuting the another act at a "Legends faux Rock 'n Roll" show space Los Angeles in October illustrate that year. They subsequently unconfined a CD called The Murmaids Splash Back.

Terry Fischer died environment 28 March 2017 at detonation 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 Bright 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 Recount Popsicles and Icicles - Collectables
• 2002 CD Murmaids Splash Back! - The Orchard

Compilation tracks

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

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