Jean Dinning

The composer of Mark Dinning's 1960 tragedy rock hit "Teen Angel," Jean Dinning (born Eugenia Dinning) was a member of a popular singing quartet, the Dinning Sisters, in the 1940s and '50s. The group, whose debut album, Songs by the Dinning Sisters, spent 18 weeks at the top of the Billboard charts, reached its peak with their version of the tune "Buttons and Bows" from the 1948 Bob Hope and Jane Russell film Paleface. One of nine children, soprano-voiced Dinning grew up singing in church. Her father, John Dinning, served as the church's musical director. Singing with her sis...