Patience and Prudence

Patience and Prudence (last name McIntyre, but not used professionally) were two sisters who were a young singing act in the 1950s.

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Their father, Mark McIntyre, was an orchestra leader, pianist, and songwriter. In the summer of 1956, he brought his daughters, 11-year-old Patience and 14-year-old Prudence, into the Liberty Records studio in Los Angeles. They made a demonstration recording of the song "Tonight You Belong to Me," which had been a hit for Gene Austin in 1927. Not only did Liberty sign them, but it immediately released a recording of the girls singing the song, and by September the song reached #4 on the Billboard charts and #28 in the United Kingdom, and the biggest selling record put out by Liberty for two years. Another recording by the girls, "Gonna Get Along without Ya Now," was released the same year and reached #11 on the Billboard chart and #22 in the UK.

Related Topics:
Orchestra - Pianist - 1956 - Liberty Records - Los Angeles - Tonight You Belong to Me - Gene Austin - 1927 - Billboard - United Kingdom - Gonna Get Along without Ya Now

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The two girls continued to record, but did not have any subsequent hit records.

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