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43-444: The Fischer sisters were 15 and 17 years old in 1963. Sally Gordon, also 17, was a fellow student of Terry Fischer at Grant High School, where they sang in the choir. The Fischers' father was Carl Fischer , composer of standards such as Billie Holiday 's " You've Changed " and " We'll Be Together Again ," sung by Frankie Laine . Carl Fischer was also Laine's musical director and arranger for 10 years. Their mother, Terry Sr., sang with

86-727: A Golden Classics remastered CD of "Popsicles and Icicles" featuring the original trio. In 1998, the Fischer sisters reformed The Murmaids with a third singer, Cynthia Perry (replaced by Petra Rowell, then replaced by Suzi Robertson), debuting the new act at a "Legends of Rock 'n Roll" show in Los Angeles in October of that year. They subsequently released a CD called The Murmaids Splash Back. Terry Fischer died on 28 March 2017 at age 70 from Parkinson's disease . Carl T. Fischer Carl T. Fischer (April 9, 1912 – March 27, 1954)

129-523: A contributing entertainment broadcast correspondent reporting historical anecdotes and current touring and personal news and publicity pertaining to the two surviving Beatles for Breakfast with the Beatles on Sirius XM Satellite Radio on the weekends since October 2009. She had a brother, Randy James Myers (1947–2021) and sometimes wrote songs with him. In the mid-1960s, she was a companion of Jimmy Page and dated Love guitarist Bryan MacLean . It

172-462: A hit. After the song completed its chart run, Terry Fischer went off to college while Carol Fischer continued with high school. In 1969, Terry Fischer recorded as a member of The Carnival . whose self-titled album on Liberty was produced by Bones Howe ; the Carnival also featured Janis Hansen and Jose Suares. both former members of Sérgio Mendes and Brasil '66 . Subsequently, Terry Fischer had

215-654: A performer, she made the WLS Chicago radio survey with the single "Lonely Girl" in late 1960. A string of mostly flop singles followed, although "The Prince" bubbled under at No. 108 in the United States in early 1962, and "Faded Love" became her first US Billboard Top 100 entry, squeaking in at No. 97 in February 1963. She fared better with the Sonny Bono - Jack Nitzsche song " Needles and Pins " and

258-619: A prolific career as a background vocalist with television appearances on Kraft Music Hall , The Merv Griffin Show , the Jerry Lewis Telethon and The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson , and live work with Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gormé , Don Rickles , Sonny and Cher and Tina Turner . Terry Fischer's career highlight came in 1977: while working as a percussionist and vocalist supporting Fabian in Lake Tahoe , she

301-662: A rhythm band for 2 years and has appeared on television 3 times. In March 1956, "Sherry Lee Myers" made "another guest appearance on Pee Wee King 's popular Country and Western Television Show " on Saturday evening, March 3, on Channel 2 —the CBS network affiliate in Chicago . According to the Batavia Herald : Sherry Lee is a busy young lady. Each Saturday morning at 9:30 she is on the WMRO radio show. She had made appearances with

344-804: A rockabilly artist, and that her "handlers" (Irving Schacht and Paul Kallett) had changed her name to Jackie Dee. Her only release on Gone included "I'll Be True" (A) and "How Wrong I Was" (B), which appeared in both 78 rpm and 45 rpm versions. Myers almost certainly sang these songs at the Uptown Theater in Philadelphia on July 3, 1957, and at the Paramount Theater in New York, two weeks later, with Alan Freed 's Big Rock 'n' Roll Show. However, her interpretations of country songs "Buddy" (as Jackie Dee) and "Trouble" (as Jackie Shannon) gained

387-446: A studio singer until 1976, when she went to work for Warner Bros. Records , then for Francis Coppola , and finally was head of promotions and public relations at Lucasfilm from 1981 to 1987. She then moved to Paris, France where she became a historical researcher and translator, as well as a singer and piano teacher. She later moved to Italy to work on the biography of film producer Robert Watts . In 1995, Collectables Records issued

430-577: A touring band and wrote some minor hits, which led to his work as an accompanist for Laine. With Laine's encouragement, Fischer wrote the musical Tecumseh! , although it was never performed before Fischer's death. Fischer's daughters, Carol and Terry, formed The Murmaids , the group that had a hit recording of " Popsicles and Icicles " in 1964. Fischer died on March 27, 1954, in Sherman Oaks, California . Jackie DeShannon Jackie DeShannon (born Sharon Lee Myers ; August 21, 1941)

473-613: A worldwide No. 1 single for Kim Carnes in 1981, earning Weiss and DeShannon the 1982 Grammy Award for Song of the Year . She released You're the Only Dancer in 1977, and a single from that album, "Don't Let The Flame Burn Out", was a minor hit, reaching No. 65 in the Billboard Hot 100. DeShannon continued to record. She released You Know Me , an album of original songs, for Varèse Sarabande in 2000, and When You Walk in

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516-782: Is an American singer-songwriter and radio broadcaster with a string of hit song credits from the 1960s onwards, as both singer and composer. She was one of the first female singer-songwriters of the rock and roll period. She is best known as the singer of " What the World Needs Now Is Love " and " Put a Little Love in Your Heart ", and as the writer of " When You Walk in the Room " and " Bette Davis Eyes ", which became hits for The Searchers and Kim Carnes , respectively. Since 2009, she has been an entertainment broadcast correspondent reporting Beatles band members' news for

559-411: Is likely that Page wrote the song " Tangerine " (which appeared on the third Led Zeppelin album) after the breakup of his relationship with DeShannon in early 1965. Her first husband was Liberty Records executive Irving V. "Bud" Dain, whom she married on January 29, 1966 (it was annulled in 1967). DeShannon has been married to singer-songwriter and film composer Randy Edelman since 1976. They have

602-563: The Fox River Valley in Illinois in the early 1950s, first to her mother's hometown of Aurora, Illinois , where her father continued his career as a barber, and then (in 1952) to nearby Batavia, Illinois , where Sherry Lee (as she called herself) attended high school. In May 1955 while in 8th grade, Myers, then 13 years old, was featured in the local newspaper for her vocal talents and personal appearances at community gatherings,

645-929: The Gerry and the Pacemakers 196 UK No. 1, lost out to the US re-release of the original in the summer of 1964. However, Fischer does not mention any involvement of any of the original Murmaids in that recording. In 1968, Liberty Records used the Murmaids name for the release of a single version of the Traffic song " Paper Sun ". The vocalist on "Paper Sun" was Sally Gordon. That was the last "Murmaids" single release. Sally Gordon left for Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Oregon in September 1963, before "Popsicles" became

688-540: The Lloyd Thaxton show in 1964. The group broke up, which delayed the release of the album. Chattahoochee Records re-formed the group with Sally Gordon and two other sisters in the early 1970s. With producer Kim Fowley, they recorded two singles, one of them called "Paper Sun", with Sally Gordon doing the vocal arranging. In the UK, "Popsicles and Icicles" was released on Stateside Records , with "Comedy and Tragedy" as

731-478: The Middle-Road Singles (now called Adult Contemporary) chart. The Music Vendor chart ranked "Popsicles and Icicles" at No. 1 for the 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 cited as the last No. 1 of the pre- British Invasion rock and roll genre. The Murmaids made one television appearance on

774-588: The big bands of the day, ultimately becoming the first female singer with the Stan Kenton Orchestra. Their grandmother and her three sisters played the vaudeville circuit as the Locus Sisters. Sally’s father, Leonard Gordon, was Assistant Music Librarian at Paramount Pictures . Carol and Terry Fischer made their first recordings singing on demos produced by Mike Post . A school friend of Terry Fischer's, Post would occasionally have

817-457: The 1964 teen surf movie Surf Party . DeShannon's biggest break came in 1964 when she supported The Beatles on their first US tour, and formed a touring band with guitarist Ry Cooder . DeShannon co-wrote " Breakaway " with Sharon Sheeley , which was recorded by Irma Thomas in 1964, and by Tracey Ullman in 1983. She also wrote "Don't Doubt Yourself Babe" for Mr. Tambourine Man , the 1965 debut album of The Byrds . Her music at this stage

860-689: The B-side. The tune did not chart, however, possibly due to unfamiliarity with the term popsicles , which in Britain are called "ice lollies". "Popsicles and Icicles" did afford the Murmaids a hit in Australia (where popsicles were known as "icy poles") via a W&G Records release (backed by "Comedy and Tragedy"), which reached No. 12 in February 1964. "Popsicles and Icicles" was ranked No. 31 on Cash Box ' s "Top 100 Chart Hits of 1964". We never got an accounting.... Now, we're meeting people all over

903-418: The Fischer sisters provide back-up vocals on sessions at Gold Star Studios . Sally Gordon was hired to sing with the sisters on a demo record for producer Kim Fowley . He presented the group to Ruth Conte who signed them to her company, Chattahoochee Records. Billed as the Murmaids, the Fischer sisters and Sally Gordon recorded only one track for Fowley, "Popsicles and Icicles" (written by David Gates ,

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946-519: The Murmaids name for at least two singles which did not feature any of the three "Popsicles and Icicles" singers. The vocalists on these latterday Murmaids singles have been identified as Cathy Brasher—a solo act on the Chattahoochee roster—and Yvonne Young. Fowley said the Murmaids joined with Jackie DeShannon to form the Chattahoochee act the Lady-Bugs, whose cover of " How Do You Do It? ",

989-652: The Murmaids sessions were by Skip Battin . According to Sally Gordon the album was recorded during a school vacation after "Popsicles and Icicles" became a hit many months after it was recorded at Gold Star Records. The engineer was Stan Ross. "Popsicles and Icicles" began receiving airplay in San Francisco and then Los Angeles in October 1963, breaking nationally in November, and reaching its peak at No. 3 on Billboard and Cash Box on charts dated 11 January 1964. The song also spent three weeks at number two on

1032-828: The Pee Wee King Show at Ottawa , Rockford and LaSalle in recent weeks. Following her television appearance this Saturday night, the young Batavia artist will appear at the West Aurora Junior High School auditorium on Sunday, March 4th for three shows, 2, 4, and 8 pm. She attended Batavia High School for two years (1955–1957), leaving school after her second year. She began to record under various names such as Sherry Lee, Jackie Dee, and Jackie Shannon, with mixed success. Billboard noted (June 10, 1957) that Sherry Lee Myers, "16-year-old C&W singer of Batavia, Illinois," had recently signed to George Goldner 's Gone label in New York as

1075-615: The Room , a new recording of her best-known songs, in 2011. She was portrayed by singer Liz Phair in an episode of American Dreams . On June 17, 2010, DeShannon was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame . In 2012 she wrote and recorded "For Africa, In Africa", a song inspired by the urgent need for action to provide clean water for the African Continent. Using her continuing access and friendship with Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr , DeShannon has appeared as

1118-462: The World Needs Now Is Love ", which led to club tours and regular appearances on television and went to No. 7 on the US chart and No. 1 in Canada. (DeShannon's recording of the song was later used in the 1969 film Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice ). She appeared in the 1967 film C'mon, Let's Live a Little , with Bobby Vee , as a folk singer. DeShannon continued writing and recording, but it

1161-451: The attention of rock and roll star Eddie Cochran , who arranged for her to travel to California to meet his girlfriend, singer-songwriter Sharon Sheeley , who formed a writing partnership with DeShannon in 1960. Their partnership produced Brenda Lee 's hits " Dum Dum " and " Heart in Hand ". In 1960, DeShannon signed with Liberty Records , adopting the name Jackie DeShannon, believed to be

1204-413: The country who say "Oh my God! I love that song." We're just amazed at how many people knew that song. We had no idea. – Terry Fischer Terry Fischer would recall that from the time the Murmaids met Kim Fowley "within...three months we had recorded the single, recorded an album and...had risen to #3...the downside is it lasted about 6 months and then it was finished." "When ["Popsicles and Icicles"]

1247-433: The future founder and front man of the band Bread ), Another group recorded four other tracks – "Blue Dress", "Bunny Stomp", "Comedy and Tragedy", and "Huntington Flats" – each of which served as a B-side for one of the pressings of "Popsicles and Icicles". According to lead vocalist Terry Fischer, the Murmaids completed the tracks for an album release "a couple of weeks after we recorded the single." The vocal arrangements for

1290-462: The local hospitals, and for assorted organizations. According to the Batavia Herald , she had her own Saturday morning radio show Breakfast Melodies on radio station WMRO in Aurora, Illinois. Further: Though only 13, the youngster can boast almost 11 years of voice training and experience and in the past she has toured most of the south making personal appearances. Also she has sung on radio with

1333-504: The name of an Irish ancestor, after executives at Liberty thought the name Sharon Myers would not help sell records. In a Fresh Air interview (June 14, 2010), DeShannon said that she chose "Jackie" as a cross-gender name. Since she had a low singing voice, she could be heard as either male or female. When she found that "Jackie Dee" was too similar to Brenda Lee, Sandra Dee , et al., she changed it to Jackie Dee Shannon, which people heard as DeShannon. The name stuck. Using her new name as

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1376-532: The radio program Breakfast with the Beatles . DeShannon was born in Hazel, Kentucky , the daughter of parents who were farmers and musically inclined, James Erwin Myers and Sandra Jeanne LaMonte. By age six, Sharon Lee Myers was singing country tunes on a local radio show. By the age of 11, she was hosting her own radio program. After life on the farm became too difficult, the family moved from Murray, Kentucky , to

1419-542: The record company charging us an exorbitant amount of money against royalties...Everyone else got paid. Kim Fowley got paid. The musicians got paid. We were paid nothing." There was an album. Terry: "A couple of weeks after we recorded the single, we went in and recorded an album which we never heard until about five years ago. We never heard it at that time and that was over forty years ago." In fact, Chattahoochee released two further singles off The Murmaids album—"Heartbreak Ahead" and "Wild and Wonderful"—and subsequently used

1462-524: The same commercial success as her previous releases. In 1973, she was invited by Van Morrison to sing on his album Hard Nose the Highway (singing backup on both the title track and "Warm Love"). In 1974, DeShannon released New Arrangement for Columbia Records . She co-wrote four songs on the album with Donna Weiss , including "Queen of the Rodeo" and " Bette Davis Eyes ". The latter went on to become

1505-401: The self-penned " When You Walk in the Room " later in 1963. Both reached the lower rungs of the US pop chart, but were Top 40 hits in Canada, where "Needles and Pins" made it all the way to No. 1. "Needles and Pins" and "When You Walk in the Room" later became US and UK hits for The Searchers . A version of "When You Walk in the Room" by Pam Tillis topped the country chart in 1994, and the song

1548-548: The song on her solo debut album All I Really Want to Do . It would be three more years before Jackie DeShannon would record the song for herself, on her Laurel Canyon album in 1968. She also appeared on the television show Ready Steady Go! Moving to New York City, DeShannon co-wrote with Randy Newman , producing such songs as "She Don't Understand Him Like I Do" and "Did He Call Today Mama?", as well as writing "You Have No Choice" for Delaney Bramlett . In March 1965, DeShannon recorded Burt Bacharach and Hal David 's " What

1591-475: Was a Native American jazz pianist and composer . He worked with Frankie Laine , and composed Laine's 1945 hit song We'll Be Together Again , and You've Changed with lyrics by Bill Carey . Carl Theodore Fischer was born on April 9, 1912, in Los Angeles, California . Fischer's parents, of Cherokee descent , overcame poverty to provide him with music lessons. At the age of 32, Fischer joined

1634-461: Was a hit, we had calls from every major record company and mother said, 'No, [Chattahoochee Records owner Ruth Conti] took a chance on us and we're gonna stick with her.'" (The Murmaids' mothers acted as the group's managers; Carl Fischer was deceased.) "I guess we did about two television shows and a local concert here [in Los Angeles]. And that's all we did. At that time we got a statement from

1677-573: Was also recorded by ex-Byrds member Chris Hillman in 1998 and by ex- ABBA vocalist Agnetha Fältskog in 2004. DeShannon recorded many other singles that encompassed teen pop, country ballads, rockabilly, gospel, and Ray Charles -style soul that did not fare as well on the charts. During these years it was her songwriting and public profile rather than her recording career that kept her contracted to Liberty. DeShannon dated Elvis Presley and formed friendships with The Everly Brothers and Ricky Nelson . She also co-starred and sang with Bobby Vinton in

1720-482: Was covered in 1988 as a duet by Annie Lennox and Al Green (reaching No. 9 in the Billboard Hot 100 ), and by Dolly Parton in 1993. The single "Love Will Find a Way" from the same album was also a moderate hit. Switching to Atlantic Records in 1970 and moving to Los Angeles , DeShannon recorded the critically acclaimed albums Jackie (1972) and Your Baby Is a Lady (1974), but they failed to produce

1763-595: Was heavily influenced by the American West Coast sounds and folk music. Staying briefly in England in 1965, DeShannon formed a songwriting partnership with Jimmy Page , which resulted in the songs "Dream Boy" and "Don't Turn Your Back on Me". DeShannon also wrote material for singer Marianne Faithfull , including her Top Ten UK and US hit " Come and Stay With Me ", which became Faithfull's biggest UK hit, peaking at No. 4 in 1965. That same year, Cher recorded

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1806-584: Was not until 1969 that she scored her next smash single and album, both entitled " Put a Little Love in Your Heart ". The self-penned single (co-written with her brother, Randy Myers and Jimmy Holiday ) sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc . "Put a Little Love in Your Heart" was performed as the closing number at the Music for UNICEF Concert , broadcast worldwide from the United Nations General Assembly in 1979, and

1849-484: Was spotted by sax player Sam Butera and invited to sing with Sam Butera and the Witnesses on their gig opening Frank Sinatra 's Ol' Blue Eyes is Back Tour. Carol Fischer married John Morell, a prolific session guitarist. The couple have two sons who are both musicians. Sally Gordon married Daniel Mark, studio musician and Vikki Carr ’s bass player, and had a son, Emmy -winning film editor Tony Mark. She worked as

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