Duncan Sisters (1911-1959)

Overview

According to the Internet source given below, The Duncan Sisters [Rosetta (1894-1959) and Vivian Duncan (1897-1986)] were an American vaudeville duo born in Los Angeles, California.
Their stage careers started being cast in The Kiddies' Revue by Gus Edwards in 1911. They went on to perform in vaudeville, night-clubs and on stage in New York and London. Their greatest success was the Broadway production Topsy and Eva which ran from December 23, 1924 until May 9, 1925. They wrote and published many on their songs as well as being recording artists along with making a few film appearances.
In later years they remained popular night club entertainers and made television appearances.
Rosetta died in Berwyn, Illinois and Vivian in Beverly Hills, California.

Websites:
	Duncan Sisters	Biography by wikipedia.org.
	Duncan Sisters	Biography by David Soren at arizona.edu

Duncan Sisters (1911-1959) has at least 3 item(s) at the Amazons which you can order on-line by clicking the item's order icon.

I'm Following You
Music by: Dave Dreyer.
Words by: Ballard McDonald
Perf. by: Duncan Sisters

Publisher:	Irving Berlin Inc.
Suppliers:
Printed: 1929.	Sheet Music.

Rememb'ring
Words and Music by: Duncan Sisters.
Perf. by: Duncan Sisters

Publisher:	Irving Berlin Inc.
Suppliers:
Printed: 1923.	Sheet Music 5 pages.

I Never Had a Mammy
Words and Music by: Duncan Sisters.
Perf. by: Duncan Sisters

Publisher:	Irving Berlin Inc.
Suppliers:
Printed: 1923.	Sheet Music.

CDs

	Performer	CD Title	Supplier


	Folk Music CDs:
	Duncan Sisters	The Duncan Sisters

Music Halls

	Title	Attribution	Instruments	Source	Remarks


As performer
Bull-Frog Patrol (1919), The	J. Kern (music) Anne Caldwell (words) Duncan Sisters (perf.)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP
Baby Sister Blues (1922)	H.I. Marshall (music) Marion Sunshine (words) Duncan Sisters (perf.)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP
Oh Sing-A-Loo (1922)	L. Pollack (music) Sidney D. Mitchell (words) L. Brown (words) Duncan Sisters (perf.)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP
When Shall We Meet Again?	R.A. Whiting (music) Raymond B. Egan (words) Duncan Sisters (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Kirk	Pub.
I Ain't-En Got-En No Time to Have the Blues	H. von Tilzer (music) A.B. Sterling (words) Duncan Sisters (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Greer

Titles

This list is arranged by composer and contains 36 works performed by Duncan 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) ER

	Title	Composer	Attribution	Remarks


Mean Cicero Blues (1924)	Billy Baskette	Billy Waldron (words) Duncan Sisters (perf.)
Topsy (1924)	Billy Baskette	Duncan Sisters (perf.)
Aunt Susie's Picnic Day ()	Edward S. Brooks	Harold Duncan (words) Duncan Sisters (perf.)
Sweet Onion Time (1924)	Sam Coslow(w&m)	Duncan Sisters (perf.)	Pub.
Gay Caballero (1929), A	Frank Crumit	Lou Klein (co-author) F. Crumit (perf.) Duncan Sisters (perf.)
Kinky Kids' Parade (1925), The	Walter Donaldson	Gus Kahn (words) N. Bayes (perf.) Duncan Sisters (perf.)
Hoosier Hop (1929), The	Dave Dreyer	Ballard McDonald (words) Duncan Sisters (perf.)
I'm Following You (1929)	Dave Dreyer	Ballard McDonald (words) Duncan Sisters (perf.)	Pub.
Baby Sister Blues (1922)	Duncan Sisters	Henry I. Marshall (words) Marion Sunshine (words) Duncan Sisters (perf.)
Do, Re, Mi (1923)	Duncan Sisters	Duncan Sisters (perf.)	Pub.
⇑I Never Had a Mammy (1923)	Duncan Sisters(w&m)	Duncan Sisters (perf.)	Pub.
In the Autumn (1923)	Duncan Sisters	Duncan Sisters (perf.)	Pub.
Moon Am Shinin' (1923)	Duncan Sisters	Duncan Sisters (perf.)	Pub.
Rememb'ring (1923)	Duncan Sisters(w&m)	Duncan Sisters (perf.)	Pub.
Um Um Da Da (1923)	Duncan Sisters	Duncan Sisters (perf.)	Pub.
You'll Want Me Back Sometime (1923)	Duncan Sisters	Duncan Sisters (perf.)
Stick in the Mud (1924)	Duncan Sisters	Duncan Sisters (perf.)	Pub.
Tom-Boy Blues (1924)	Duncan Sisters	Duncan Sisters (perf.)	Pub.
Vocalizing (1924)	Duncan Sisters	Duncan Sisters (perf.)
Cross Word Puzzle Blues (1925)	Duncan Sisters	Duncan Sisters (perf.)	Pub.
Daniel in the Lion's Den (1917)	Fred Fisher	Joseph McCarthy (words) Duncan Sisters (perf.)
⇑Ti-pi-tin (1938)	María Grever(w&m)	Duncan Sisters (perf.)	Pub.
Feather Your Nest (1920)	James Kendis(w&m)	J. Brockman (co-author) H.E. Johnson (co-author) Lenzberg's Riverside Orchestra (perf.) Duncan Sisters (perf.) Anna Chandler (perf.) Etti Hager (perf.) Florence Timponi (perf.) E. White (perf.)
Bull-Frog Patrol (1919), The	Jerome Kern	Anne Caldwell (words) Duncan Sisters (perf.)
Baby Sister Blues (1922)	Henry I. Marshall	Marion Sunshine (words) Duncan Sisters (perf.)
Black and Blue Blues (1928)	Chas H. Marsh	Duncan Sisters (perf.)
Argentines, the Portuguese and the Greeks (1925), The	Carey Morgan	Arthur Swanstrom (words) Duncan Sisters (perf.) Tom G Clare (perf.) N. Bayes (perf.) E. Cantor (perf.) Edward Meeker (perf.)
Oh Sing-A-Loo (1922)	Lew Pollack	Sidney D. Mitchell (words) Lew Brown (words) Duncan Sisters (perf.)
In a Little Dutch Kindergarten (1937)	L. Rosenstock	Herre De Vos (words) Alfred Bryan (words) Duncan Sisters (perf.)
Cry Baby (1926)	Walter Smith(w&m)	Duncan Sisters (perf.)
Forsaken Blues (1924)	Charles T. Straight	Don Morgan (words) Duncan Sisters (perf.)	Pub.
I Ain't-En Got-En No Time to Have the Blues (1919)	Harry von Tilzer	Andrew B. Sterling (words) Billy Murray (perf.) Ed Smalle (perf.) Duncan Sisters (perf.)
⇑Loch Lomand in Swingtime (1938)	Unknown	Duncan Sisters (perf.)
When Shall We Meet Again? (1921)	Richard A. Whiting	Raymond B. Egan (words) Gladys Rice (perf.) Lewis James (perf.) Duncan Sisters (perf.)
Happy-Go-Lucky Days (1926)	Al Wilson	J.A. Brennan (co-author) Duncan Sisters (perf.)

Works

This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 12 works by Duncan Sisters (1911-1959). It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys:

(w&m)

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


Baby Sister Blues	1922	Henry I. Marshall (words) Marion Sunshine (words) Duncan Sisters (perf.)
Do, Re, Mi	1923	Duncan Sisters (perf.)
I Never Had a Mammy (w&m)	1923	Duncan Sisters (perf.)	Pub.
In the Autumn	1923	Duncan Sisters (perf.)	Pub.
Moon Am Shinin'	1923	Duncan Sisters (perf.)	Pub.
Rememb'ring (w&m)	1923	Duncan Sisters (perf.)	Pub.
Um Um Da Da	1923	Duncan Sisters (perf.)	Pub.
You'll Want Me Back Sometime	1923	Duncan Sisters (perf.)
Stick in the Mud	1924	Duncan Sisters (perf.)
Tom-Boy Blues	1924	Duncan Sisters (perf.)	Pub.
Vocalizing	1924	Duncan Sisters (perf.)
⇑ Cross Word Puzzle Blues	1925	Duncan Sisters (perf.)	Pub.

Videos

	Title	Duration	Performer


The Termite's Love Song 1942	3:03	Duncan Sisters
The Hoosier Hop 1929	5:10	Duncan Sisters
I'm Following You 1930	3:09	Duncan Sisters
Baby Sister Blues	2:31	Duncan Sisters
Black and Blue Blues	3:19	Duncan Sisters
Happy Go Lucky Days 1926	3:18	Duncan Sisters