Saturday, July 16, 2011

Lil' Liza Jane - The Cackle Sisters

Bird yodeling:




Mary-Jane and Caroline DeZurik, better known as the Cackle Sisters were a close harmony yodel two piece chiefly active in the 1930s and 40s. They shot to fame playing a run of talent shows with their hear-it-once-and-you-won't-forget-it style.

Growing up on a farm for most of the childhood, the Cackle sisters began to mimic the sounds of birds and other animals they heard around them. They developed these calls into a lovably eccentric yodel.


With regular spots on the Purina Mills Checkerboard radio show and guest appearances on programmes like I Love Lucy, the Cackle sisters star burned for but a short while but burned damned brightly. By 1951, after original sister Mary-Jane and her replacement sister Lorraine had already officially retired, the Cackle name was put to rest.

Fortunately you can still enjoy huge swathes of the Cackle legacy by downloading their Checkerboard performances from
this site entirely for free.

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