The Tonettes

Best remembered for the girl group classic "Oh! What a Baby," the Tonettes formed in the Bronx in 1957 -- when their television went on the fritz, sisters Diana and Sylvia Sanchez resorted to harmonizing by the family piano to kill time, so impressing TV repairman and aspiring music biz impresario Lou Ezzo that he convinced the siblings to cut a demo session. After recruiting classmate Josie Allen, the trio dubbed themselves the Claremonts in honor of the street the Sanchez family called home -- Ezzo soon licensed their debut effort, "Why Keep Me Dreaming," to the Apollo label...