The Bell Sisters

The Life and Career of Cynthia and Kay Strother

Recordings

RCA Recording Sheets in PDF Format

BERMUDA (Cynthia Strother) LYRIC
JUNE NIGHT (Cliff Friend, Abel Baer) LYRIC
with Henri Rene and his Orchestra
RCA 47-4422 / 45 rpm; RCA 20-4422 / 78 rpm

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THE POOR WHIP-POOR-WILL (Move Over, Move Over) (Jimmy Kennedy, Nat Simon) LYRIC
WHEEL OF FORTUNE (Bennie Benjamin, George David Weiss) LYRIC
with Henri Rene and his Orchestra
RCA 47-4520 / 45 rpm; RCA 20-4520 / 78 rpm

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HAMBONE (Red Saunders, Leon Washington) LYRIC
MAMA’S ON THE WARPATH (Walter O’Keefe, Irv Orton)
Hambone with Phil Harris and the Bell Sisters
with Henri Rene and his Orchestra
RCA 47-4584 / 45 rpm; RCA 20-4584 / 78 rpm

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RUTZA, RUTZA (Hurry, Hurry) (Paul Laub, Sadie Hurwitz, Robert Conlan) LYRIC
BOO-HOO (Edward Heyman, Carmen Lombardo, John Jacob Loeb) LYRIC
with Henri Rene and his Orchestra
RCA 47-4665 / 45 rpm; RCA 20-4665 / 78 rpm

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HANG OUT THE STARS (Jack Lawrence) LYRIC
WISE LITTLE ECHO (Dave Coleman) LYRIC 
with Henri Rene and his Orchestra
RCA 47-4844 / 45 rpm; RCA 20-4844 / 78 rpm

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IF’N (Jody Evans, Jeff Davis, By Dunham) LYRIC
THERE’S A SHIP COMIN’ IN (Van Alexander, Jay Sims) LYRIC
with Jack Pleis and his Orchestra
RCA 47-4961 / 45 rpm; RCA 20-4961 / 78 rpm>

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SOCKO THE SMALLEST SNOWBALL (Freddy Morgan, David Myers) LYRIC
BARNYARD CHRISTMAS (Jack Stern, Spike Jones) LYRIC
both with Spike Jones
RCA 47-5015 / 45 rpm; RCA 20-5015 / 78 rpm
Also RCA Y-461, EP “Christmas Fun with Spike Jones” IMAGE

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PIECE A-PUDDIN’ (Rudolph Toombs) LYRIC
HI-DIDDLE-DIDDLE (Carleton Coon, Hal Keidel) LYRIC
both with Phil Harris
with Jack Pleis and his Orchestra
RCA 47-4993 / 45 rpm; RCA 20-4993 / 78 rpm

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TALK, TALK, TALK (Lester Lee, Eddie Maxwell) LYRIC
DO, DO, DO, DO, DO, DO, DO IT AGAIN (Roy Jordan, Sid Bass) LYRIC
with Jack Pleis and his Orchestra

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(Now and Then There’s) A FOOL SUCH AS I (Bill Trader) LYRIC
I’M TEACHING MY DOLLY TO PRAY (John Oliver, Allan Roberts) LYRIC
with Jack Pleis and his Orchestra
RCA 47-5122 / 45 rpm; RCA 20-5122 / 78 rpm

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THE DANCE OF LOVE (Al Hazan) LYRIC
SO LATE, SO EARLY (Cynthia Strother, Raymond Keith Saar)  LYRIC
With Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra

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SIN IN SATIN (Margie O’Neale) LYRIC
With Harry Geller and His Orchestra

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HEARTLESS (Lori and Carl Ford) LYRIC
TAKE BACK YOUR GOLD (Monroe H. Rosenfeld) (from the Paramount film “Those Redheads from Seattle”) LYRIC
With Orchestra conducted by Harry Geller
RCA 47-5433 / 45 rpm; RCA 20-5433 / 78 rpm

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BOOM BOOM, MY HONEY (Milton Kellem) LYRIC
BABY COUNT TEN (Cynthia Strother, Raymond Keith Saar) LYRIC
Under the direction of Darrel Terwilliger
Bermuda Records B-1000 / 45 rpm

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HONEY BABY (Russ Regan) LYRIC
SOMETHING JAPANESE (Cynthia Strother) LYRIC
With Mauro Bruno & Orchestra
Brad Records B-2210 / 45 rpm
Honey Baby recorded with Bell Sisters & Rex (their brother)

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SCHOOL IS OVER (Cynthia Strother) LYRIC
THE BIG GOODBYE (Cynthia Strother) LYRIC
With Mauro Bruno & Orchestra

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  • THE WAITING SONG (My Johnny) LYRIC 
    First original composition auditioned and performed by Cynthia on Peter Potter’s “Search for a Song.” (demo of Cynthia and piano; sheet music survives)
  • MERRY XMAS TO YOU FROM US 
    Second song auditioned and performed by Cynthia on Peter Potter’s “Search for a Song.” (written by Cynthia and Edith Strother, no demo available; sheet music survives)
  • LITTLE BOY BULLFIGHTER (also called “El Nino Torreador”) LYRIC 
    Performed on original Mickey Mouse Club, November 22, 1955, mentioned by announcer as a “recording”; sheet music survives
  • WILDERNESS LYRIC 
    Written by Gene Strother) (demo, unknown male vocalist and guitar, dated February 20, 1953; sheet music survives
  • DARE I CRY 
    Demo of Cynthia, instrumental piano, dated November 8, 1954
  • A SONG TO A GUY 
    Demo of Cynthia, instrumental piano, dated November 8, 1954)
  • A DAY IN COURT 
    Demo of Cynthia, instrumental piano, dated 11/8/1954)
  • CYNTHIA 
    Demo of Cynthia, instrumental piano, dated 11/8/1954)
  • SIX HEARTS 
    Demo of Cynthia, instrumental piano, dated 11/8/1954)
  • RIDIN’ SHOTGUN 
    Written by Gene Strother and Joe Lilley (demo of Bob Arnold, voice and piano, dated 11/15/1954; sheet music survives)
  • LAS VEGAS BLUES LYRIC 
    Demo of Cynthia, voice and piano, dated 11/22/1955; sheet music survives)
  • I’M NOT GONNA FALL IN LOVE AGAIN LYRIC 
    Demo of Cynthia, voice and piano, dated 3/4/1956)
  • BY HIS ONLY LYRIC 
    Demo of Cynthia, voice and piano, dated 3/4/1956)
  • DIAMONDS, ORCHIDS AND BLUES LYRIC 
    Demo of Cynthia, voice and piano, dated 9/5/1956)
  • SOMEBODY’S GOTTA LYRIC 
    Demo of Cynthia, voice and piano, dated 9/5/1956)
  • WARM WINDS 
    Demo of Cynthia, voice and piano, dated 9/5/1956)
  • HOPIN’ TIL I DIE 
    Written by Cynthia and Edith Strother) (no demo available, sheet music survives)
  • HOPE I – HOPE I LYRIC 
    Demos of Bell Sisters, voice and piano
  • MORE THAN ONCE LYRIC 
    Demo of Bell Sisters, voice and piano
  • TIME AND TIME AGAIN LYRIC 
    Demo of Cynthia, voice and piano
  • ONLY A LONELY HEART LYRIC 
    Demo of Cynthia, voice and piano
  • ONLY IN MY HEART LYRIC 
    Demo of Cynthia, voice and piano
  • WHO’S TO BLAME LYRIC 
    Demos of Bell Sisters, voice and piano; sheet music survives) (Registered with BMI, Work #1664875, on December 28, 1956).
  • NO, NO, ONLY ALWAYS LYRIC 
    Demo of Cynthia, voice and piano
  • WHAT DID GO WRONG LYRIC 
    Demo of Cynthia, voice and piano
  • BYE HONEY BYE BYE 
    Demo of Cynthia, instrumental piano)
  • LATIN LOUIE LYRIC 
    Demo of Bell Sisters, voice and music combo
  • CAROL LEE LYRIC 
    Demo of Cynthia, voice and piano
  • LORELEI 
    Demo of Cynthia, instrumental piano


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