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-'''Christine McGuire''' was born on July 30, 1926, '''Dorothy
+They were Christian.
-McGuire''' on February 13, 1928, and '''Phyllis McGuire''' on
-February 14, 1931 in Middletown, and grew up in Miamisburg, [[Ohio]]
-where their mother was the minister of the First Church of Christ.
-During their high school years, The McGuire Sisters sang at [[church]]
-services and by the late 1940’s were touring veteran’s hospitals and
-[[military]] bases before beginning their professional career singing at
-supper clubs and on local TV.
-By the early 1950’s they moved on to the Kate Smith [[radio]] show and
-were winners of the Arthur Godfrey Talent Scouts, invited to
-become regulars for the next six years on his national radio/TV
-broadcasts and began recording for Coral Records.
-“Pine Tree, Pine, Over Me” was their first national hit in 1954, but it
-was their follow-up, “Goodnight Sweetheart, Goodnight,” that gave
-them their first Top Ten and “Muskrat Ramble,” that duplicated the
-effort. “Sincerely” was the first chart topper for the McGuire Sisters
-and it would open the way for them to appear at New York’s
-Waldorf Astoria and on to the big casino’s of Las Vegas.
-The ride on the Hit Parade for the sisters would continue with
-“It May Sound Silly,” “Something’s Gotta Give,” the inspirational
-“He,” the theme from the motion picture “Picnic” and in
-“Sugartime” saw the McGuire Sisters once again with
-a million selling #1 hit, followed by “May You Always” in 1959.
-In 1961 they continued with “Just For Old Time’s Sake”
-The McGuire Sisters have performed for five Presidents of the
-United States, [[Richard Nixon]], [[Gerald Ford]], [[Jimmy Carter]],
-[[Ronald Reagan]], and [[George H. W. Bush]] and for [[Queen Elizabeth II]].
-Now retired, Phyllis lives in [[Las Vegas]], while Christine and Dorothy
-live in Scottsdale, [[Arizona]].
-[[Category:Musical Groups]]
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