[1] Cynthia Sue Strother was born in Harlan County, Kentucky, on October 4, 1935, and died of heart failure in Las Vegas on February 16, 2024, at the age of 88.
[2] Edith Kay Strother was born in Cynthiana, Kentucky, on March 16, 1940.
[3] The sisters were the daughters of Eugene Rex Strother (1908–1988) and Edith Marie Bell (1912–1992).
[5] The duo was discovered and a week later signed by RCA Records after appearing on October 31, 1951, on the local Los Angeles television program, "Peter Potter's Search for a Song," singing "Bermuda", which was written by Cynthia, who had appeared as a solo artist twice before on the program, singing other self-penned compositions.
In May 1952, they appeared in the annual police benefit along with Bob Hope, Jack Benny, and Gene Autry.