Word reached the sisters, then in Chicago for NBC, that "Supper Club" would be making cast changes; they were eager for a chance to join Como's show, which also meant being closer to their home.
[11] In 1951, they had a minor hit with "The Tennessee Waltz", of which bigger selling recordings were made by Patti Page and Les Paul and Mary Ford.
In 1954 they switched to Randy Wood's Dot Records,[12] where they abandoned the slow late 1940s-early 1950s style for faster material aimed at the growing teen/rock-and-roll audience, and they had 18 songs reaching the Billboard pop charts, including ten in the Top 40.
Their late 1954 recording, "Hearts of Stone", was the highest charting single of their career as it sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc.
The sisters were tired of touring and disliked the direction popular music was headed, and were ready to cede the charts to the younger generation.
[7] Marge was married to Franklin Hobbs, who became a long-time on-air personality at WCCO in Minneapolis-St. Paul.They met while the sisters were still working in Chicago for NBC.
[18] In 2004 an article in the New York Daily News reported that Geri Fontane Latchford had received royalties due to her mother and two aunts.