The Shepherd Sisters

The Shepherd Sisters were a lady vocal group from your mid-’50s featuring four true to life sisters, Martha, Gayle, Judy, and Mary Lou Shepherd, who enjoyed one short taste of chart success when their signature song, “Only (Why SHOULD I End up being Only),” hit the very best 20 in 1957. Originally from the city of Middletown, OH, that they had made an appearance on it displays Arthur Godfrey’s Talent Scouts and Dick Clark’s American Bandstand. Primarily performing being a trio with Martha, Gayle, and Mary Lou, they afterwards added sister Judy with their lineup. Record manufacturer and Lance label owner Morty Build released these to the tune “By itself (Why SHOULD I End up being Alone)” plus they discovered themselves within the graphs alongside competing variations by Petula Clark, the Southlanders, as well as the Kaye Sisters. It had been their only graph admittance both in the U.K. as well as the U.S. He also released these to the DJ Alan Freed plus they toured along with his America’s Greatest Teenage Documenting Superstars; the sisters afterwards focused on cabaret function rather than documenting.