The Kane Triplets were a 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 made up of triplets

Multiple birth

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 Lucille, Jeanne and Maureen Kane. They are perhaps best known for their recording of the Mission: Impossible

Mission: Impossible

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, which was released in 1968 by United Artists Records

United Artists Records

United Artists Records was a record label founded by Max E. Youngstein of United Artists in 1957 initially to distribute records of its movie soundtracks, though it soon branched out into recording music of a number of different genres.-History:...

 with vocals written by Fred Milano and Angelo D'Aleo of The Belmonts

The Belmonts

The Belmonts are an American doo-wop group that originated in the mid 1950s. The group consisted of Fred Milano, Angelo D'Aleo, Carlo Mastrangelo, and Nick Caruso.. The group took their first name from Belmont Avenue in the Bronx. There were several stages in their history, including the 1958–1960...

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Career

When only a few weeks old, the triplets were featured in an advert in Life magazine. Their singing career began after their performance on the Arthur Godfrey Talent Scout Show; they were picked up by The McGuire Sisters

The McGuire Sisters

The McGuire Sisters were a singing trio in American popular music. The group was composed of three sisters: Christine McGuire , Dorothy McGuire , and Phyllis McGuire...

 and performed alongside them in both theater and television performances. They later performed on The Jack Benny Show, The Ed Sullivan Show

The Ed Sullivan Show

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, The Mike Douglas Show

The Mike Douglas Show

The Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that aired in syndication from 1961 to 1982, distributed by Westinghouse Broadcasting and for much of its run, originated from studios of two of the company's TV stations.The program featured light banter with...

, The Perry Como Show and The Tonight Show

The Tonight Show

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On 30 January 2007, Jeanne Kane was murdered by her ex-husband and retired NYPD sergeant John Galtieri. Galtieri, who was (at the time) a manager at Quiznos, was sentenced to 25 years to life imprisonment for shooting Kane in a Staten Island

Staten Island

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parking lot.