The Wilton Sisters

Overview

All that can presently (July 2023) be gleaned about The Wilton Sisters, Mae and Rosie, from sheet music covers and by Internet searching is that they were presumably American vaudeville performers who have been featured on 5 works published between 1924 and 1927.
Quoting from the Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette, Fort Wayne, Indiana, 24 February 1918, p.22a/b which described their appearance at the Palace Theatre, Fort Wayne in February 1918:
The Wilton Sisters, a couple of winning little lassies, one a comedienne of genuine talent and the other a perfect foil for her younger sister, will entertain the folks with some diversified bits of everything. The girls play the violin and piano, dance distractingly and sing delightfully, while they are unusually good to look at and pleasing in their personalities.
Their portrait on the left is taken from I'm Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover (1927) music by Harry Woods, words by Mort Dixon and published by Jerome H. Remick & Co., New York & Detroit, USA.
Surfers are welcome to contribute any further information about this performer.

	Title	Attribution	Instruments	Source	Remarks


	Follow the Swallow (1924)	R. Henderson (music) B. Rose (words) Mort Dixon (words) Wilton Sisters (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Univ. of Maine

Works

This list is arranged by composer and contains 6 works performed by Wilton Sisters who is featured on sheet music covers. It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located.

	Title	Composer	Attribution	Remarks


For My Sweetheart (1926)	Walter Donaldson	Gus Kahn (words) Clariece Catlett (perf.) Hazel Hurd (perf.) Bobby Jackson (perf.) Jones & Elliott (perf.) Maurine Marseilles (perf.) Ryan Sisters (perf.) Paul Smith (perf.) Wilton Sisters (perf.)
Dreamer of Dreams (1924)	Ted Fiorito	Gus Kahn (words) Eileen Van Biene (perf.) Margie Carson (perf.) Charles H. Forsythe (perf.) Heller & Riley (perf.) Nick Lucas (perf.) Nelson Maple (perf.) Rogers & Allen (perf.) Wilton Sisters (perf.)	Pub.
Follow the Swallow (1924)	Ray Henderson	Billy Rose (words) Mort Dixon (words) Brooks & Ross (perf.) Margie Carson (perf.) Jean Granese (perf.) Heller & Riley (perf.) Nora Kelly (perf.) Olin Landick (perf.) O'Connor Sisters (perf.) Dick Regan (perf.) Ray Stillwell (perf.) Wilton Sisters (perf.) Wright & Bessinger (perf.) Austin Young (perf.)
Bye Bye Blackbird (1926)	Ray Henderson	Mort Dixon (words) Angelus Sisters (perf.) Jimmy Carr (perf.) Earl & Bell (perf.) Ross Girls (perf.) Olive O'Neil (perf.) Wilton Sisters (perf.)	Pub.
When Shall We Meet Again? (1921)	Richard A. Whiting	Raymond B. Egan (words) Duncan Sisters (perf.) Lewis James (perf.) Gladys Rice (perf.) Wilton Sisters (perf.)
I'm Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover (1927)	Harry Woods	Mort Dixon (words) Angelus Sisters (perf.) Earl & Bell (perf.) Mildred 'Mickey' Feeley (perf.) Art Mooney (perf.) Frank Richardson (perf.) Wilton Sisters (perf.)	Pub.