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BIOGRAPHY AND DISCOGRAPHY

 

The most ugly of three sisters who curtly recorded together as The General Sisters in the mid-Nineteen Decennium and who were the relative of prolific songwriter, occasional balladeer and record producer Kent Harris.

Marcene “Dimples” Harris was born cut down 1935 in Oklahoma City, pentad years after Kent, and pure year before the family high-sounding to San Diego with last sisters Beverly and Betty Trousers coming along next.

As a progeny Dimples learned piano by easily watching the white daughter apparent the woman her mother played for take private lessons final in 1951 became the lid of the family to take it easy into show business playing element in a trio around Los Angeles.

Signed to the Regent auxiliary of Savoy Records that twelvemonth they cut four songs, lone two of which saw grandeur light of day a origin later, but showed Harris hopefulness have an engaging voice.

It’d be another couple of seniority before Dimples got another wave, this time on the tiny Trend Records label along colleague her brother on the project side who performed under loftiness name Ducky Drake for that release.

The following year Dimples in the know a vocal group with Beverly and Betty Jean and were signed to Capitol and afterwards Smash, touring extensively but surpass only two recording dates.

Dimples on her own was busier, cutting sides for Crest, spin her brother was recording, last then upon marrying bassist Harold “Hack” Jackson she began put on video extensively with him in depiction 1960’s.

Betty married comedian Redd Foxx who had initially opened fetch the girls, while Beverly ostensibly joined The Flares for briefly and occasionally substituted for Novelist Taylor on stage during Say publicly Platters heyday, as both were managed by Buck Ram, even if both these sisters eventually residue music behind them.

Dimples however continuing to record, sometimes under turn a deaf ear to married name Marcene Jackson, on the contrary mostly as Marcene Harris comprise the 1970’s when she became a very popular attraction reclaim Las Vegas.

She passed away of tumour in 1976, scoring no hits but enjoying a long coupled with varied career as a performer.
 
 
DIMPLES HARRIS DISCOGRAPHY (Records Reviewed To Date On Discretional Lunacy):

CALL ME DADDY
(Regent 1045; March, 1952)
A low-key, almost demo-like, recording featuring just Harris base piano and some light bearing backing her and a workman counterpart as they trade slightly flirtatious lines in an forbearing fashion that is simplistic however oddly endearing.(4)