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Which pair of child sisters recorded a 1956 version of 'Gonna Get Along Without You Now' that outcharted an adult version released the same year?
Answer
Patience and Prudence
Patience and Prudence, a duo of young sisters, turned the song into a novelty hit in 1956, surpassing a competing adult recording on the charts that same year.
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Patience & Prudence were child sisters (ages 10 and 11) when their 1956 novelty song 'Gonna Get Along Without You Now' outcharted the adult version by the Skedoo.
Other options people guess
- The Chordettes
- The Fontane Sisters
- The DeCastro Sisters
Topics
- one-hit-wonders
- 1950s
- child-stars
- novelty-song
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