The Chordettes

The Chordettes were a female popular singing quartet, usually singing a cappella. Their songs were mainly traditional popular music. They are best known for their hit songs "Mr. Sandman" and "Lollipop".^[1]

The Chordettes
The Chordettes (clockwise: Carol Buschmann, Dorothy "Dottie" Schwartz, Jinny Osborn, and Janet Ertel)
Background information
Origin	Sheboygan, Wisconsin, U.S.
Genres	Barbershop music traditional pop doo wop pop rock
Years active	1946–1963
Labels	Columbia Cadence London
Past member(s)	Jinny Lockard (previously Osborn) Carol Buschmann Lynn Evans Janet Ertel (aka Bleyer) Margie Latzko Dorothy “Dottie” (Hummitzsch) Schwartz Nancy Overton Alice Mae Spielvogel (previously Buschmann) Joyce Weston
Website	The Chordettes' page on the Primarily A Cappella site

Singles

Year	Single (A-side, B-side) Both sides from same album except where indicated	Chart positions				Album
		U.S. [2]	U.S. R&B	U.S. AC	UK[3]
1954	"Mr. Sandman" b/w "I Don't Wanna See You Cryin'" (Non-album track)	1[4]	3		11	The Chordettes
1955	"Lonely Lips" b/w "The Dudelsack Song" (Non-album track)		7			All the Very Best of the Chordettes
	"Humming Bird" b/w "I Told a Lie" (Non-album track)		9			The Chordettes
1956	"The Wedding" b/w "I Don't Know, I Don't Care" (Non-album track)	91[5]	5			All the Very Best of the Chordettes
	"Eddie My Love" b/w "Whistlin' Willie" (Non-album track)	14	3			The Chordettes
	"Born to Be with You" b/w "Love Never Changes"	5	4		8
	"Lay Down Your Arms" /	16[6]	2
	"Teen Age Goodnight"	45	8
1957	"Come Home to My Arms" b/w "(Fifi's) Walkin' the Poodle" (Non-album track)		7
	"Echo of Love" b/w "Like a Baby" (from The Chordettes)		56			Non-album track
	"Just Between You and Me" /	8	8			The Chordettes
	"Soft Sands"	73	1
	"Baby of Mine" b/w "Photographs"		3			Non-album tracks
1958	"Lollipop" b/w "Baby, Come-a Back-a" (Non-album track)	2	3		6	All the Very Best of the Chordettes
	"Zorro" b/w "Love Is a Two-Way Street" (Non-album track)	17	5
1959	"No Other Arms, No Other Lips" b/w "We Should Be Together" (Non-album track)	27	6
	"A Girl's Work Is Never Done" b/w "No Wheels" (Non-album track)	89	0
1960	"A Broken Vow" b/w "All My Sorrows"	—[A]	4			Non-album tracks
1961	"Never on Sunday" /	13	2	4		Never on Sunday
	"Faraway Star"	90	5			All the Very Best of the Chordettes
	"The Exodus Song" b/w "Theme from 'Goodbye Again'"		6			Never on Sunday
1962	"The White Rose of Athens" b/w "Adios"		5			Non-album tracks
	"In the Deep Blue Sea" b/w "All My Sorrows"		1
1963	"True Love Goes On and On" b/w "All My Sorrows"		8