The Fontane Sisters

After brief stints as The Ross Trio and The Three Sisters, close harmony sibling trio The Fontane Sisters scored more than a dozen Top 40 radio hits in the 1950s on their own and with Perry Como. ∙ In 1948, they started their long-running collaborative relationship with popular crooner Perry Como, appearing on his radio/TV show, The Chesterfield Supper Club, and performing on his LPs. ∙ The Fontane Sisters had a Top 20 radio hit in 1951 with a cover of Pee Wee King’s “Tennessee Waltz.” ∙ Their 1951 recording of “It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas” with Perry Como was an international Top 20 hit and remains one of the most popular versions of the seasonal standard. ∙ The trio’s lively take on the The Charms’ R&B number “Hearts of Stone” became their biggest single, selling more than a million copies and becoming a Billboard No. 1 hit in 1955. ∙ “Chanson D’Amour” was their last major hit, climbing to No. 12 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1958.