Three X Sisters

Three X Sisters
Three X Sisters, circa 1935
Background information
Also known as"The Hamilton Sisters and Fordyce"
OriginCumberland, Maryland, and Brooklyn, New York
GenresVaudeville variety entertainers and singers 1919–1941, All Jazz Revue (1919–1921), popular music, "rhythm and blues", Fleischer Studios
Years active1919 (1919)–1946 (1946)
LabelsRCA Victor, His Master's Voice, Brunswick, Columbia
Past members
  • Pearl Santos (née Hamilton) (1900–1978)
  • Violet Hamilton (1906–1983)
  • Jessie Fordyce (1905–2003)
Websitethreexsistersharmony.angelfire.com

The Three X Sisters were an American all-girl harmony singing trio initially known as The Hamilton Sisters and Fordyce. They were on stage singing together in New York City, on Broadway, as early as 1922 and formed their trio in 1924, which was composed of Pearl Santos (née Hamilton) and Violet Hamilton from Cumberland, Maryland, and Jessie Fordyce from Brooklyn, New York. They were known on NBC radio as "radio's foremost harmony trio".

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