by Rick Lewis
artistic direction by Collette Aldridge
musical direction by Marc Petrunia

It’s 1950-something and Kaye, Peggy, Cheryl and Donna – four singing sisters from Muncie, Indiana – are making their national television debut. “Spotlight on Music,” a fictitious weekly program on the real-life Dumont Television Network, is the framework for an evening featuring some of the greatest hits of the ‘50s. A nostalgic nod to girl groups of the era, The Taffetas pays tribute to the sounds of The Maguire Sisters, The Fontaine Sisters and The Chordettes.

CAST LIST

Kaye – Adrianne Salmon

Peggy – Laurel Cahoon

Donna – Collette Aldridge

Cheryl – Rachel Ryan

Sh-Boom - a #1 song in 1954 for the Crew Cuts
Love Is A Two Way Street - a song was that was actually on a flip side of the single recording of the #17 hit Zorro in 1958 by the Chordettes
Mr. Sandman - a #1 hit in 1954 for the Chordettes
Tonight You Belong to Me - a #1 hit for Gene Austin in 1927 and was also a #4 hit in 1956 for Patience and Prudence
I’m Sorry - a #1 hit for Brenda Lee in 1960
Ricochet - a #2 hit for Teresa Brewer in 1952
I Cried – a #11 hit for Patti Page in 1954
Cry - a #1 hit for Johnny Ray and the Four Lads in 1952
Smile - a #10 hit for Nat King Cole in 1954
A Choo Cha Cha -Word sand Music by Patrick Welch and Michel Merlo
Happy Wanderer ( Val de Ri, Val De Ra) - a #3 song for Frank Weir and Orchestra in 1954
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) - A #8 hit for the Four Lads in 1053
My Little Grass Shack (in Kealakekua, Hawaii) -   a #1 hit for Ted Dio Rito and his Orchestra in 1934. Also a hit for the Mills
C-est si Bon (It’s so Good)- was written in 1947 but became a #20 hit for Danny Kaye in 1950 and a #8 hit for Eartha Kitt in 1953
Sweet Song of India - a #34 hit for the McGuire Sisters in 1955
Arivederci Roma - from the 1958 movie Seven Hills of Rome and was a #32 hit for Roger Williams that same year
See the U.S.A in Your Chevrolet - advertising slogan was first sung by Dinah Shore from 1956 to 1963 at the end of her variety television show
Allegheny Moon - a #2 hit for Patti Page in 1956
Tennesee Waltz - a #1 hit in 1950 sung by Pattie Page
Old Cape Cod - #3 hit for Patti Page in 1957
Fly me to the Moon - recorded by Kay Ballard in 1954 but didn’t become popular until both Frank Sinatra and Tony Bennett recorded it in 1964
Volare - recorded by the songwriter, Modugno, in Italian in 1957 which went to #1 and in English that same year by Dean Martin it hit #12
Around the World – a #6 hit for Mantovani and his Orchestra in 1957
(Put Another Nickel in…) Music Music Music! - a #1 hit for Teresa Brewer and the Dixieland All-Stars in 1950
Your Just In Love - a #3 hit in 1951 for Perry Como
Love Letters in the Sand- was a #1 record in 1957 for Pat Boone
L-O-V-E -  a #81 hit in 1964 for Nat King Cole
I-M-4-U -  theme song for the 1955 television program the Jack Paar Show
Rag Mop – a #2 hit for the Ames Brothers in 1950
You, You, You - a #1 hit for the Ames Brothers in 1953
Puppy Love - a song that  was a #2 hit for Anka in 1960
How Much is That Doggie in the Window - a #1 hit for Patti Page in 1953
The Hot Canary - a #12 hit for Paul Weston and his Orchestra in 1949
Tweedle Dee - a #2 record in 1955 by Georgia Gibbs
Lollipop - a #2 hit in 1958 for the Chordettes
Sincerely - a #20 song for the Moonglows in 1954 also a #1 hit in 1955 for the Mcguire Sisters
Johnny Angel - a #1 hit in 1962 for Shelley Fabares
Mr. Lee – a  song that was a #6 song for the Bobbettes in 1957
Dedicated to the One I Love - a #67 hit for the Chirelles in 1959 the same record hit #3 in 1961
Where the Boys Are - a #4 hit in 1961 for Connie Fancis
I’ll Think of You - words and music by Noel Sherman and Clint Ballard
Little Darlin’- a #2 hit for the Diamonds in 1957