Anthology

McGuire Sisters | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 15, 1999)
• Original Release Date: June 15, 1999
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: Mca
• ASIN: B00000JCA5
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #13,185 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Worth 10 Stars, July 13, 1999

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This review is from: Anthology (Audio CD)

Marvelous musical memories by the McGuire Sisters, what more could you ask for? These ladies could really sing and swing! Phyllis, Dorothy & Christine McGuire are still going strong today and are top drawer in both Vegas & Atlantic City, if you can see them in concert you're in for a treat. Highly recommended!

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Three brilliant, versatile sisters, August 1, 2002

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Peter Durward Harris "Pete the music fan" (Leicester England) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Anthology (Audio CD)

Comparisons with other sister groups of the forties are often made, but are meaningless. They may have been influenced by the Andrews, the Boswells, the Dinnings or the Kings, or any number of other sister acts, but their style was very much their own.

The McGuires tackled a diverse range of material, from upbeat swinging song to tender love songs, and from jazz to country songs, yet all done in their trademark style, which was in some ways typical easy listening fifties pop, yet they didn't sound too much like anybody else. Despite the diverse sources of their songs, they all blend together very well.

Their two big #1 hits, Sincerely and Sugar time, are of course included, along with all the other hits that matter. Other reviewers bemoan the lack of minor hits, but all the songs included are brilliant. Perhaps Bear Family should do a boxed set, as they have done for other stars (and obscure singers) from the fifties. I would certainly be interested, though there are plenty of other equally deserving candidates for Bear Family to choose from.

This is a highly entertaining collection of music by three sisters who continued to have hits even after Elvis changed the face of popular music, and gives far more variety than any hits collection.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Our history in music, July 14, 2002

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S. Guy "Sulliam" (Charlottesville, VA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Anthology (Audio CD)

As a generation Xer, music that came before my time is very important to me. There is a whole world of it out there written for decades upon decades, performed and recorded for our listening pleasure. It is actual history. This is what people listened to and loved in the mid-20th century. And it is now on CD for us to enjoy forever. The McGuire Sisters were just one of several "sisters" groups that were around back then, and they were some of the best. Even today, many of their tunes are recognizable; not just for the music itself, but their rendition of it. If you like the McGuire Sisters, this is your ticket.