Phyllis McGuire, star of popular 1950s vocal trio the McGuire Sisters, dies at 89 Matt Schudel In the 1950s, when Elvis Presley was leading the rock-and-roll revolution, the McGuire Sisters were genteel holdovers from an earlier time. In their proper, unthreatening way, Christine, Dorothy and Phyllis McGuire had a popularity rivaling that of Elvis himself. They were on countless magazine covers and TV shows, appeared in nightclubs and concert halls, and had 10 songs in the Billboard Top 20. Their two No. 1 hits “Sincerely” and “Sugartime” reflected the trio’s sweet, earnest image. The sisters, who began singing in church in Ohio during the 1930s, had an uncanny sense of timing and close harmony matched by a perky, ever-smiling stage manner.
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Entertainer and Las Vegas resident Phyllis McGuire has died
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Singer Phyllis McGuire, 64, the youngest of The McGuire Sisters, plays a harp at her home in Las Vegas, Tuesday, Dec. 12, l995. McGuire says she is very upset over stark portrayal of her in the HBO movie special, Sugartime, which focuses on Ms. McGuire s on-again, off-again romance with mobster Sam Giancana, beginning in 1959 when she and sisters Dorothy and Christine were one of the hottest acts in show business. (AP Photo/Lennox McLendon)
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LAS VEGAS (KTNV) â The remaining member of The McGuire Sisters has died.