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The Kane Triplets

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The Kane Triplets
The Kane Triplets with Bill Dana in a promotional photograph for The Ed Sullivan Show (1963)
Background information
GenresPop
Years active1960s-1970s
Past membersLucille Kane
Jeanne Kane
Maureen Kane

The Kane Triplets were a pop music group made up of triplets Lucille, Jeanne and Maureen Kane.[1] They are perhaps best known for their recording of the "Theme from Mission: Impossible," which was released in 1968 by United Artists Records with vocals written by Fred Milano and Angelo D'Aleo of The Belmonts.[2]

Career

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In 1948, when only a few weeks old, the triplets were featured in an advert in Life magazine. Their singing career began after their performance on Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts; they were picked up by The McGuire Sisters and performed alongside them in both theater and television performances.[1] They later performed on The Jack Benny Show, The Ed Sullivan Show, The Mike Douglas Show, The Perry Como Show and The Tonight Show.[1]

On 30 January 2007, Jeanne Kane was murdered by her ex-husband and retired New York City Police Department sergeant John Galtieri.[3] Galtieri, who was (at the time) a manager at Quiznos,[4] was sentenced to 25 years to life imprisonment for shooting Kane in a Staten Island parking lot.[3][4]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Biography". The Kane Triplets. Archived from the original on 2009-07-17. Retrieved 2010-05-09.
  2. ^ Payne, Douglas (2010-04-01). "Mission:Impossible". Lalo Schifrin Discography: 1966-1975. Retrieved 2010-04-09.
  3. ^ a b Yaniv, Oren; McShane, Larry (2009-05-28). "Retired NYPD cop John Galtieri gets life in prison for murder of ex-wife, Jeanne Kane". NY Daily News. Mortimer Zuckerman. Retrieved 2010-04-09.
  4. ^ a b Gendar, Alison; McShane, Larry (2009-02-19). "Retired NYPD cop guilty in wife's murder: gunned down child star Jeanne Kane in Staten Island". NY Daily News. Mortimer Zuckerman. Retrieved 2010-04-09.