Keller Sisters and Lynch
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The Keller Sisters and Lynch were a United States
pop music
group of singers of the 1920s and 1930s.
The group consisted of Annie Catherine "Nan" Keller (1900-75), Kathryne Ann "Taddy" Keller (1909-62), and Frank Lynch (1902-92). They were all siblings born with the family name Lynch.
They appeared on vaudeville
, radio
, and early sound film
s, but are best remembered by later generations for their phonograph records
, including many made with top big band
s and jazz
musicians of the era, including the bands of Jean Goldkette
(with Bix Beiderbecke
), Vincent Lopez
and Ben Bernie
(Taddy Keller later married Ben Bernie's star saxophonist Jack Pettis). Frank Lynch had a very high-pitched voice for a man, and when singing with his sisters the siblings could easily be taken for an all-female trio. Also Frank's solo recordings have a tendency to sound more lika a woman than a man.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
pop music
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
group of singers of the 1920s and 1930s.
The group consisted of Annie Catherine "Nan" Keller (1900-75), Kathryne Ann "Taddy" Keller (1909-62), and Frank Lynch (1902-92). They were all siblings born with the family name Lynch.
They appeared on vaudeville
Vaudeville
Vaudeville was a theatrical genre of variety entertainment in the United States and Canada from the early 1880s until the early 1930s. Each performance was made up of a series of separate, unrelated acts grouped together on a common bill...
, radio
Radio
Radio is the transmission of signals through free space by modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible light. Electromagnetic radiation travels by means of oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass through the air and the vacuum of space...
, and early sound film
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
s, but are best remembered by later generations for their phonograph records
Gramophone record
A gramophone record, commonly known as a phonograph record , vinyl record , or colloquially, a record, is an analog sound storage medium consisting of a flat disc with an inscribed, modulated spiral groove...
, including many made with top big band
Big band
A big band is a type of musical ensemble associated with jazz and the Swing Era typically consisting of rhythm, brass, and woodwind instruments totaling approximately twelve to twenty-five musicians...
s and jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
musicians of the era, including the bands of Jean Goldkette
Jean Goldkette
John Jean Goldkette was a jazz pianist and bandleader born in Patras, Greece. Goldkette spent his childhood in Greece and Russia, and emigrated to the United States in 1911....
(with Bix Beiderbecke
Bix Beiderbecke
Leon Bismark "Bix" Beiderbecke was an American jazz cornetist, jazz pianist, and composer.With Louis Armstrong, Beiderbecke was one of the most influential jazz soloists of the 1920s...
), Vincent Lopez
Vincent Lopez
Vincent Lopez was an American bandleader and pianist.Vincent Lopez was born of Portuguese immigrant parents in Brooklyn, New York and was leading his own dance band in New York City by 1917...
and Ben Bernie
Ben Bernie
Ben Bernie , born Bernard Anzelevitz, was an American jazz violinist and radio personality, often introduced as The Old Maestro. He was noted for his showmanship and memorable bits of snappy dialogue....
(Taddy Keller later married Ben Bernie's star saxophonist Jack Pettis). Frank Lynch had a very high-pitched voice for a man, and when singing with his sisters the siblings could easily be taken for an all-female trio. Also Frank's solo recordings have a tendency to sound more lika a woman than a man.