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Patience and Prudence

Sisters Patience and Prudence McIntyre comprised the vocal pop duo of Patience and Prudence, one hit wonders of the 1950s. In 1956 their musician father took his then 14 and 11-year-old daughters into a recording studio to record a demo of “Tonight You Belong to Me”, with the intention of getting an established singer to record his version of it. The recording made its way to the head of Liberty Records, who offered to sign the girls and release the song. The quickly recorded a B-side, “A Smile and a Ribbon”, and the single became a smash, going to number 4 in the US, climbing to...