The Sentimentalists

US vocal group also known as the "Clark Sisters" and also as the "Original" Clark Sisters; so-called to distinguish them from the current gospel music group of the same name). Members: sisters Mary Clark Branson, Peggy Clark Schwartz, Ann Clark Terry, and Jean Clark Frile. Hailing from Grand Forks, North Dakota, they were a mere 17 to 23 years of age when they signed with the Tommy Dorsey Band in 1944 to replace the popular Pied Pipers, after the Pipers had quit Dorsey's band to go out on their own. The four sisters quit working with Tommy Dorsey in April 1946. NOT to be confused with the instrumental group Tommy Dorsey And His Sentimentalists active around 1940.