The Hess Sisters

Overview

All that can presently (July 2023) be gleaned about The Hess Sisters from sheet music covers and by Internet searching is that they were presumably American vaudeville singing comediennes and dancers who have been featured on 3 works published between 1911 and 1913.
Their portrait on the left is taken from My Brown Eyed Baby Boy (1911) music by Henry I. Marshall, words by Stanley Murphy and published by Chas. K. Harris, New York, USA.
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	Title	Attribution	Instruments	Source	Remarks


	Snookey Ookums (1913)	I. Berlin (w&m) Hess Sisters (perf.)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP

Works

This list is arranged by composer and contains 3 works performed by Hess Sisters who is featured on sheet music covers. It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: (w&m)

	Title	Composer	Attribution	Remarks


When That Midnight Choo-Choo Leaves For Alabam' (1912)	Irving Berlin(w&m)	Hess Sisters (perf.) Clara Inge (perf.) Madge Kinsey (perf.) Melnotte Twins (perf.) Vera Michelena (perf.) O'Connor Sisters (perf.) Joe Umberger (perf.) Unknown (perf.)
Snookey Ookums (1913)	Irving Berlin(w&m)	Rose Alarcon (perf.) Henry Bergman (perf.) Gladys Clark (perf.) Arthur Collins (perf.) Cooper & Ricardo (perf.) Billy Fogarty (perf.) Byron George Harlan (perf.) Hess Sisters (perf.) Bessie Kaplan (perf.) Ethel Kirk (perf.) Helen Trix (perf.)
My Brown Eyed Baby Boy (1911)	Henry I. Marshall	Stanley Murphy (words) Hess Sisters (perf.)