Dandridge Sisters' Recordings and Tour With Jimmie Lunceford
1940, the Dandridge Sisters toured with Big Bandleader Jimmie Lunceford and his orchestra. In June 1940 the Dandridge Sisters recorded four songs with Jimmie Lunceford's band:
- Minnie the Moocher Is Dead
- You Ain't Nowhere
- Ain't Going To Study War No More
- That's Your Red Wagon
Apart from "Undecided" recorded in London these are the only known recordings that were put to vinyl by the group. The Dandridge Sisters disbanded in mid-1940 after Dorothy Dandridge began to pursue a solo career and starred in the film Four Shall Die. Etta Jones is often confused with the jazz singer of same name. She did attend the weddings of Dorothy to Harold Nicholas in 1941 and to Jack Denison in 1959. Vivian Dandridge appeared in a few uncredited movie roles including as an extra in Stormy Weather and the voice of "So White" in the controversial cartoon "Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs". She released an album in 1968 called The Look Of Love which was unsuccessful. She died in obscurity in 1991.
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