The Original Moon Maids Plus One

Curtain Call II: The Best Of The Big Band Era

       Crooner Vaughn Monroe's back up female singing group, The Moon Maids, get together again to reprise Big Band standards on this CD. Three of the original Moon Maids  -  Mary Jo (Thomas) Grogan, Tinker (Cunningham) Rautenberg and June (Hiett) Bratone  -  all childhood friends from the Dallas, TX, area, sang with Monroe from 1946 to 1950. Rounding out the female quartet is Carol Piper, a veteran songtress with a number of big bands. Harrold Grogan (Mary Jo's husband), who sang with trumpeter Sonny Dunham's group, The Sonny Siders, in 1946, is also added as the "Plus One."

Smooth, tight harmony was the signature style of The Moon Maids, and remains so from these 1985 to 1987 recordings. Musicians on these tracks include offsprings from the Bratone's, the Grogan's, and the Piper's, making this CD a multi-generational project. Great listening!

Track selections:  Big Band Classics (String Of Pearls, Stompin' At The Savoy, Take The "A" Train, Pennsylvania 6-5000), Poinciana, As Time Goes By, Route 66, Star Eyes, It Don't mean A Thing, Love Medley: (My Ideal, Long Ago And Far Away, At Last), Breathless, My Foolish Heart, Look For The Silver Lining, Vaughn Monroe Memories: (Racing With The Moon, Ballerina, Tangerine, Riders In The Sky, Red Roses For A Blue Lady, There, I've Said It Again), Cherokee, Stardust, Big Band Medley: (Juke Box Saturday, Don't Get Around Much Anymore, Little Brown Jug, Tuxedo Junction, In The Mood, On The Atcheson, Topeka And The Santa Fe), In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning, I'm Beginning To See The Light, Dream.

CD is $10 plus $2 plus shipping and handling. To order, e-mail hmjgrogan@webtv.net 

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