Demarco sisters singers biography

The DeMarco Sisters (Anne DeMarco, Jeanette DeMarco, Gloria DeMarco, Terri DeMarco and Arlene DeMarco).
The DeMarco Sisters were an American close harmony singing group of the big-band era who recorded popular music and performed in concerts and on the radio.
The DeMarco Sisters were a close harmony singing group active from the 1930's to the 1960's.

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Gloria Marilyn DeMarco (1928 - 1997)

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Born in Rome, New York, USA

Ancestors

Daughter of Samuel A DeMarco and Julia (Brandi) DeMarco

Sister of Antoinette (DeMarco) Rose, Marie Grace (DeMarco) Hamilton and Arlene (DeMarco) Brasselle

[spouse(s) unknown]

[children unknown]

Died at age 69in South Plainfield, Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA

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Biography

Singer, The DeMarco Sisters

The DeMarco Sisters were an American close harmony singing group of the big-band era who recorded popular music and performed in concerts and on the radio, television, and on film from the 1930s through the 1960s. They first achieved fame as weekly performers on The Fred Allen Show from 1946 to 1949, and were featured singers in the 1952 film Skirts Ahoy! with actress Esther Williams. The group was initially composed of five biological sisters. Music critics have compared their sound and style to that of The King Sisters. They made recordings for Majestic Records and Mercury Recor

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For National Sisters Day: The DeMarco Sisters

Happy National Sisters Day! This is an especially auspicious day to peruse our section on the sister acts of vaudeville and other entertainment forms, where you will find over 50 posts.

Today, we add to it with a look at the DeMarco Sisters, originally from Rome, New York, later, of Brooklyn. The sisters were five in number: in order of seniority, Antoinette (“Anne”), Jeanette (“Gina”), Gloria, Terri, and Arlene. Naturally sister quintets were rare; the novelty of their number provided added value, although it was no means unprecedented: just on this blog we’ve written about the Locust Sisters, the Barrison Sisters, the Cherry Sisters (such as they were). The King Sisters (to whom the DeMarcos were often compared) were at one point a sextet.

Anyway, the act started out as a trio, featuring the three oldest girls. They broke into radio in 1935 on Uncle Charlie’s Tent Show, hosted by brother-sister performers Jack Clemens and Loretta Tupper. The same year, they appeared with Ja